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Home » Side Dish Recipes » What to Serve With

58 Best Sides for Poppyseed Chicken

Published: Oct 28, 2023 · Updated: Jan 13, 2025 by Marye

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Wondering what to serve with poppyseed chicken casserole? You're in luck.

This easy dinner recipe goes great with so many awesome sides. The only difficult part is deciding which to try first.

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Table of Contents
  • 🗝️ Key takeaways
  • Vegetables
  • Salads
  • Breads
  • Desserts
  • 🍷 Wine and cocktails
  • 🍇 Garnish
  • 💭 Things to know
  • Related chicken dishes
  • 💬 Comments

Whether you're looking for fun veggies, quick sides for busy nights, or picky eater-approved dishes, this post is loaded with great options to satisfy the entire family.

Now, that's what I call a perfect weeknight meal.

🗝️ Key takeaways

  • My poppy seed chicken casserole recipe takes less than 30 minutes, and you can assemble or freeze it ahead of time.
  • With rich flavor and creamy sauce, comforting casseroles make everyone feel better after a long day.
  • Discover which sides, breads, and garnishes make your favorite casserole taste even more scrumptious.

Thankfully, creamy chicken casserole and its buttery Ritz cracker topping have a versatile flavor that pairs great with plenty of easy sides like white rice, brown rice, or even a side of green beans.

Overhead view of mashed potatoes in a bowl.

Vegetables

Serve crisp vegetables with creamy poppy seed chicken casserole for a wonderful contrast in textures. It'll make your taste buds tingle with excitement!

  1. Carrot raisin salad with pineapple
  2. Southern green beans
  3. Oven-roasted broccoli
  4. Maple roasted carrots
  5. Red-skin mashed potatoes
  6. Grilled asparagus
  7. Bacon-fried Brussels sprouts
  8. Sauteed zucchini
  9. Southern fried cabbage
  10. Buttered green peas
  11. Crockpot collard greens with bacon
  12. Riced cauliflower and mushrooms
Decorative image. Close up of a plate of the salad with a fork in it.

Salads

Done the right way, salads are exciting, filling, and flavorful. Plus, the best part is that they come together in minutes! Simply grab your favorite mixing bowl and toss everything together.

  1. Fresh green salad with garden veggies
  2. Italian green bean salad
  3. Greek salad
  4. Southern cucumber salad
  5. Caesar salad
  6. Cobb salad (just omit the chicken)
  7. Broccoli cauliflower salad
  8. Wedge salad
  9. Roasted sweet potato salad
  10. Pea, asparagus, herb salad
Closeup of the biscuits on the table showing the golden crust.

Breads

Serving bread is an easy way to make your poppyseed chicken dinner stretch. Nothing's more satisfying than a warm, chewy slice of bread or a tender, cloud-like roll. It's pure comfort food, folks.

  1. Restaurant-style breadsticks
  2. Homemade baguettes
  3. Ciabatta bread
  4. 30-Minute dinner rolls
  5. Crusty Dutch-oven bread
  6. Easy drop biscuits
  7. Herbed Focaccia bread
  8. Potato rolls
  9. Smoked gouda cheese bread
  10. Sourdough bread
  11. French bread
  12. Buttery cloverleaf rolls
  13. Honey-molasses brown bread
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Desserts

Keep the whole family gathered around the table a bit longer by surprising them with a sweet treat. After all, dessert isn't just for a special occasion!

  1. Boston cream poke cake
  2. Pineapple fluff
  3. Brownie cheesecake
  4. Chocolate chip cookies
  5. Chocolate beer bundt cake
  6. Fruit cobbler
  7. Copycat Twinkie cupcakes
  8. Reeses peanut butter cheesecake
  9. No-bake Rolo cookies
  10. Lemon squares
  11. Ice cream sundaes

🍷 Wine and cocktails

Want to know the best way to make any dinner feel a touch more fancy? Open up a well-paired bottle of wine or make your favorite cocktail.

  1. Pinot Grigio
  2. Cranberry Moscow Mule
  3. Muddled Fig Old-Fashioned cocktail
  4. Chardonnay
  5. Pinot Gris
  6. Whiskey Sour
  7. Moscato wine
  8. Martini
  9. Hibiscus lemonade (with or without alcohol)

🍇 Garnish

Just because your meal is served in a baking dish doesn't mean you can't fancy it up with somethin' extra. Garnish adds flavor and texture, making an easy chicken casserole recipe taste even better.

  1. Freshly grated parmesan cheese
  2. Parsley or chives
  3. Red pepper flakes
  4. Southern hot pepper vinegar

💭 Things to know

From serving to storage and more, these tips will help you have the best poppyseed chicken dinner ever.

  • Use leftover chicken or a grocery-store rotisserie to speed up prep.
  • We like to add a bit of garlic powder to the creamy sauce to amp up the flavor. However, you could sprinkle it on the buttery cracker topping, too.
  • Don't cover the top of the casserole while cooking, or the crackers will get soggy. You want them to get golden brown under the oven heat.
  • Leftover casserole lasts in the fridge for three days or in the freezer for three months. Wrap it well with plastic or use a storage container.
  • If you're prepping dinner in advance, leave the crackers off until just before baking. This will keep them deliciously crisp.

Related chicken dishes

  • Creamy Chicken Casserole with Stovetop Stuffing is a quick, all-in-one dinner that tastes like homestyle comfort food.
  • With savory flavor, creamy sauce, and buttery Ritz cracker topping, Million-Dollar Casserole excites the whole family—oh, and it's easy!
  • Your favorite soup flavor is now an easy chicken dinner. French Onion Chicken Casserole is a fun spin on a classic meal staple.
  • Swap the crackers for cornflakes, poppyseed for ranch seasoning, and add some potatoes to make savory, satisfying Chicken Hash Brown Casserole.
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