What to Serve with Salisbury Steak

Wondering what to serve with salisbury steak? I've got you with over 60 ideas for side dishes, breads, desserts, and more!

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• ❤️ Why we love it
• 🥔 Potatoes
• 🍚 Rice and noodles
• 🥦 Vegetables & fruit
• 🥗 Salads
• 🥖 Breads
• 🥧 Desserts
• 🍇 Garnish
• 🍷 Wine and cocktails
• 🥘 Other dinner recipes these sides go great with
• 💭 Things to know

❤️ Why we love it

Salisbury steak, sometimes called "poor man's steak" is an easy, family friendly comfort food that's been around for a long time.

My slow cooker Salisbury Steak recipe is made with lean ground beef, has a creamy sauce, and it's so easy!

The best side dishes for this will be made with simple ingredients that allow the flavors of the rich mushroom gravy to shine and offer a contrasting texture to the tender meat patties.

Any of these sides would go great with the hamburger steaks as well!

🥔 Potatoes

Comfort food begs for a comforting, carb-filled side dish!

1. homemade mashed potatoes
2. mashed red skinned potatoes
3. scalloped potatoes
4. stovetop potatoes au gratin
5. baked potatoes au gratin
6. baked potatoes
7. tater tots
8. crispy fried potatoes
9. buttered creamer potatoes
10. boiled potatoes

🍚 Rice and noodles

Rice and noodles are the perfect side dishes for salisbury steak because they don't fight with the gravy for flavor control!

11. egg noodles
12. any buttered pasta shape with a quick shake of parmesan cheese
13. Noodles Romanaff
14. jalapeno cheese grits
15. buttered rice
16. rice cooked in beef broth or french onion soup
17. macaroni and cheese

🥦 Vegetables & fruit

SO many great side dish vegetables to choose from!

18. fried cabbage
19. green beans and potatoes
20. sauteed mushrooms
21. roasted maple carrots
22. steamed broccoli
23. steamed cauliflower
24. roasted squash and brussels sprouts
25. fried apples
26. spiced apple rings
27. sauteed spinach and bacon
28. creamed corn
29. sauteed zucchini
30. buttered peas
31. asparagus with a little lemon juice squeezed over the top
32. fried onions
33. onion rings

🥗 Salads

Salads can be simple or complex. They add texture and crunch as well as nutrition.

34. broccoli salad
35. marinated green bean salad
36. classic tossed salad
37. carrot raisin salad
38. apple walnut salad
39. 3- bean salad
40. broiled grapefruit halves
41. classic wedge salad
42. southern cucumber salad

🥖 Breads

Breads round out the meal (and, all too often, the diner) as well as giving us a way to sop up all that good gravy!

43. cloverleaf rolls
44. 30 minute rolls
45. biscuits
46. cheese biscuits
47. drop biscuits
48. beer bread

🥧 Desserts

I prefer fruit desserts like apple pie with salisbury steak because it is a nice change from the creamy sauce.

When you think of a dessert to go with salisbury steak, hamburger steak, or poor man's steak type dishes you can't go wrong with classic diner type desserts!

A scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream is always welcome if you are so inclined!

49. dutch apple pie
50. red hot apple pie
51. spice cake
52. banana cake
53. blueberry peach cobbler
54. strawberry rhubarb pie
55. oatmeal cookies
56. brownies

🍇 Garnish

A garnish makes anything prettier! Add one of these easy garnishes to finish off the look of your salisbury steak.

57. pickled onions
58. french fried onions
59. chopped parsley
60. sliced green onions
61. sauteed mushrooms and onions sprinkled on top
62. sauteed bell peppers - mix the colors to make them extra pretty

🍷 Wine and cocktails

I like pinot noir with my recipe for salisbury steak because it really brings out the flavor of the mushrooms and creamy sauce. A cabernet sauvignon pairs well, too.

With hamburger steaks you'll want to try a zinfandel or a syrah.

I don't care for beer with creamy sauces but I can tell you that starting the meal with a classic old fashioned cocktail is a nice touch.

🥘 Other dinner recipes these sides go great with

These side dishes are a perfect accompaniment to these other main dishes, too!

• ground beef stroganoff
• classic beef stroganoff
• beef tips and gravy

💭 Things to know

Classic salisbury steak is total comfort food and it's not meant to be fancy but here are some tips to get the very best results from the meal.

• If you're serving with mashed potatoes arrange the salisbury steak patties over the potatoes so the rich gravy covers both.
• Try not to serve two starchy sides. For example, don't serve mashed potatoes and corn.
• Think about different textures and choose a variety - a crispy salad, the tender beef, creamy gravy...
• Leftover salisbury steak? It's SO good for making a hot, open faced sandwich! Just put it on bread or toast, and cover with the gravy. If you don't have enough meat for everyone to get a piece chop it up to make it go further.

When your dinner menu calls for classic comfort food salisbury steak is always a family favorite - and these easy side dishes are the perfect way to round out the meal.