49 Best Side Dishes for Trout

This cheesy potato casserole with diced potatoes makes the best side dish for rainbow trout fillets. I’m amping up the flavor of this EASY cheesy potato recipe by adding onions in a few forms and plenty of shredded cheddar cheese. 

Easy air fryer baby potatoes taste like delicious roasted potatoes, but cook in less than 15 minutes - talk about easy suppers! Serve with a seasoned sour cream dipping sauce.

Learn how to grill potatoes for the best summer side dish! These EASY grilled potatoes in foil take just a few minutes to prep and make the best simple side dish.

These parsley potatoes are the perfect delicious side to your favorite healthy dishes! It's like a simplified potato salad.

Roasted Mini Potatoes are crispy and flavorful. They’re a quick and delicious side dish that requires minimal effort and yields excellent results!

Crispy Roasted Potatoes are layers of thinly sliced russet potatoes scattered with shallots, slathered with butter and oil, and cooked until golden brown and delicious!

Give fish and chips new meaning with these homemade Deep-Fried Sweet Potato Fries. These crispy, sweet, & comforting fries pair perfectly with any grilled, baked, or fried fish. A great choice if you love sweet potatoes.

Baked potato fries that are easy to make, fluffy and so delicious. They’re seasoned with salt, black pepper and garlic granules for a tasty side ready in 35 minutes.

Creamy, decadent Homemade Scalloped Potatoes are right at home alongside any entree. This dish is so simple to make but will impress all of your dinner guests.

This recipe for haricots verts (French green beans) is on the table in just 10 minutes, and made with just TWO basic ingredients. Sautéed haricots verts are the perfect side for fish like trout.

This air fryer broccoli recipe is the BEST thing you can make in an air fryer, in fact it’s what I used my air fryer for most! Not only is this broccoli air fryer recipe made with just 3 simple ingredients, but it also cooks up in half the time of roasted broccoli.

This grilled asparagus in foil is a fantastic side dish to just about any meal that is made with just a few ingredients, and takes less than 10 minutes to make! 

Sauteed green beans are easy to make and a great side dish when you’re just trying to get something on the table quickly. They’re packed with bright flavors that will please any palate.

Roasted asparagus just got way more exciting! This easy and flavorful asparagus recipe starts with roasted asparagus that is then tossed with a tangy vinaigrette made with fresh lemon, herbs and garlic.

It doesn't get any easier to make this air fryer asparagus which pairs so beautifully with a fish dinner. Bright, tasty and fresh!

Easy buttered veggies are the perfect side to any meal! The whole family will love the mild flavor.

Fried Cabbage is one of the easiest comfort-food recipes you can make. When you add in bacon, onions, and garlic, this five ingredient southern staple is perfect as a side dish, or as your main meal with a big hunk of cornbread on the side!

This easy recipe for green beans is made in less 20 minutes. The perfect side for any seafood dish.

For a side dish with so much flavor, air fryer broccolini with lemon and parmesan pairs wonderfully with fish. Crisp stalks of broccolini are charred when air frying then topped with bright citrus and salty parmesan.

If you’re looking for some simple recipes for frozen peas, this is it! This sauteed frozen peas recipe comes together in a couple of minutes and has great sweet and savor flavor that will compliment just about any dish.

Crisp, fresh, and bursting with loads of unexpected flavor, this Garlic Bok Choy Recipe is guaranteed to be your new favorite side dish. Ready in just 10 minutes, enjoy this easy vegetarian side dish with chicken, beef, or fish.

Perfectly tender Sauteed Zucchini that’s never soggy or mushy. All you need is 10 minutes, a hot pan, and a few simple ingredients to transform this lackluster green vegetable into everyone’s favorite side dish recipe!

Easy Air fryer Brussels Sprouts that have a crisp outer crunch with a juicy and flavorful middle. They are ready in less than 20 minutes!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts – Up your green veggie intake! Enjoy this delicious Roasted Brussels Sprouts Recipe, an easy side dish idea to go with beef, chicken, turkey or fish.

This green bean almondine recipe tastes fancy, but can be made in less than 15 minutes. Perfect way to spruce up any meal and get a dose of nutrients too!

Honey Bourbon Roasted Carrots are a delicious and rich seasonal side to compliment your main dish. With hints of oaky and caramel notes from the bourbon and a sweet honey glaze, these carrots taste almost like a dessert instead of a vegetable.

This Healthy Zucchini Tomato Bake recipe is an easy way to use up all your summer vegetables. Fresh, healthy and full of flavor- it’s the perfect side dish!

This Honey Butter Skillet Corn is the easiest and most delicious side dish! With just 4 ingredients and less than 15 minutes, this sweet and salty dish is perfect to serve alongside any meal!

This kale apple slaw is a delicious fall side or main salad. It’s a gorgeous mixture of lacinato kale, crunchy apples, pecans, and a homemade vinaigrette dressing. This kale and apple slaw is ready in just 10 minutes and can easily be made-ahead, thanks to sturdy kale.

Napa cabbage slaw is the coleslaw you’ll make ALL summer long! My easy napa slaw is the perfect side for summer cookouts, grilled dinners, or a lighter side to a heavier meal.

This strawberry spinach goat cheese salad takes just a few minutes to make, but tastes totally satisfying and gourmet. While this strawberry spinach salad with goat cheese is perfect for summer months when strawberries are at their peak, we eat it all year round when we have strawberries in the fridge. 

This salad is so flexible and forgiving and SO good with any Italian or pasta dish. It’s peppery, citrusy, and a little salty. You’re going to love it!

This light cabbage slaw is bright, flavorful, and refreshing. The salad comes together quickly and is the perfect accompaniment to seafood.

This incredible flavor-packed artichoke heart salad recipe is the perfect main dish or side dish you need to make on repeat for lunch or dinner.

Looking for summer salad ideas that are light, refreshing, and easy to make? Wait until you try this simple salad with cucumber, tomato, and onion recipe.

This Italian celery salad is both light and refreshing and takes less than 10 minutes to put together. Sprinkled with fresh parmesan cheese shavings and dressed with a light lemon dressing, this vegetarian salad is perfect for light meals.

A warm and hearty roasted butternut squash salad loaded with cranberries, pecans, pumpkin seeds, chickpeas, and a caramelized squash with a hint of spices! Plus an exciting maple dressing to blend it all together.

This side salad recipe has all of the flavors you want and need for a satisfying side and is the perfect side to any dinner.

This cucumber salad is filled with colorful vegetables, lots of herbs, and tossed in a simple vinaigrette! It is a light, crisp salad that pairs perfectly with fish!

This lemon risotto recipe is deliciously bright and dreamy. We’re using a classic creamy risotto ratio of ingredients, but adding in a few extras for a boost of bright flavor that’s still plenty satisfying. 

This orzo pasta side dish is simple to make and goes with just about everything! Made with orzo pasta, butter and herbs and finished with a bit of parmesan cheese.

This amazingly simple yet super flavorful Mixed Vegetable Rice goes great with your favorite fish dish or any seafood recipe.

Cooking rice in the oven is much more convenient and if you follow all our tips you will get perfect fluffy rice every time. Oven cooked rice is so easy to make and it doesn't take that much longer than other cooking methods.

No more boring white rice when you make Cranberry Rice Pilaf For Two with pecans and caramelized onion! Makes a hearty vegetarian side dish to serve with your fish.

This Instant Pot brown rice recipe is super flavorful with the addition of seasonings and herbs. You’ll love the light lemony tang combined with the salty capers and herbal sweet flavors of the tarragon and thyme.

This Creamy Italian Pasta Salad is made with a smooth Italian dressing, and loaded with pepperoni, mozzarella cheese, and other deliciousness. The perfect side dish for your next fish fry!

This Zesty Quinoa Salad is loaded with quinoa, wild rice, and fresh vegetables tossed in a zippy lime vinaigrette. Easy and delicious grilling side dish, potluck salad, or meal prep lunch.