While your favorite chili recipe can stand on it’s own two feet, we are sharing 68 of the BEST Chili Side Dishes to take your meal to the next level!
A big bowl of chili is the best comfort food you could ask for. Whether it’s game day or just a week day, it hits the spot. With all of the different flavors you can get with a hearty chili, there is truly a chili recipe for everyone. And who doesn’t love a big bowl of leftover chili the next day?
A hearty bowl of chili is a comforting dish that is the best thing to bring to potlucks, cookouts, or any occasion.
And it’s no wonder! With simple ingredients like ground beef, chili powder, black beans, bell peppers, jalapenos and more – chili is always a popular choice!
That’s why finding the perfect match to compliment a good chili is a good idea. And you’ve come to the right place!
Finding the PERFECT side dish to pair with your chili dinner is EASY with this list of great options below.
Move over, tortilla chips because these are the BEST SIDES you’ll find to serve alongside your chili main dish.
You’ll have a well balanced, hearty meal on the table in no time. And with the best side dishes for chili night that we could find!
But before we get to the perfect pairing for your meal, check out our most popular Chili Recipes:
THE BEST INSTANT POT CHILI (DUMP AND GO RECIPE)
CREAMY WHITE CHICKEN CHILI RECIPE
THE BEST HOMEMADE CHILI RECIPE
Let’s discover an easy side dish for you to serve with your spicy chili, chili con carne, turkey chili or more! Grab your chili and your favorite toppings and let’s explore the great ideas for a yummy side dish to go with it.
Which of these tasty sides are you most excited to try first?
Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread Recipe
his Easy Cheesy Garlic Bread is perfectly crispy on the outside, soft on the inside and has the best homemade garlic butter spread topped with shredded mozzarella cheese.
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30 Minute Homemade Rolls Recipe
Perfect homemade rolls in just 30 minutes!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz34vuDXHUU
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Italian Fresh Green Salad Recipe
The Fresh Italian Salad is packed with veggies and makes the perfect side dish for any dinner!
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Disneyland’s Sweet Cornbread Recipe
This Disneyland's Sweet Cornbread Recipe is so simple and tastes absolutely amazing. You will love this simple appetizer or side dish, perfect for the holidays or barbecues.
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Olive Garden Breadsticks Copycat Recipe
The perfect copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks! Perfect with any salad, soup and pasta dish!
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Easy Homemade Rolls Recipe
These are the easiest homemade rolls I have ever made. Fluffy and light and bursting with flavor.
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Seven Layer Green Salad
Easy-to-make and much easier to serve than your traditional seven layer salad! Nobody misses out on any layer with our take on this classic Midwestern side.
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Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast Recipe
Our Cheesy Garlic Texas Toast is better than anything that you can find in the frozen section at the store – make it fresh right at home!
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Air Fryer Parmesan Broccoli Recipe
This Air Fryer Parmesan Broccoli recipe will quickly become your new favorite side dish! The flavor is amazing and they’re perfectly crispy!
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Texas Roadhouse Rolls Copycat Recipe
While the Texas Roadhouse recipe has never been released, this is the best Texas Roadhouse rolls copycat recipe you are going to find!
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Instant Pot Honey Glazed Carrots Recipe
Sticky and sweet these are some of the best Instant Pot honey glazed carrots you will have! You’ll even feel like you’re eating a dessert.
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Copycat Famous Dave’s Cornbread Muffins Recipe
I am a sucker when it comes to cornbread, especially when it is a Cornbread Muffin from Famous Dave’s BBQ. You need these in your life.
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Easy Homemade Cornbread Recipe
Our easy homemade cornbread is a sweet and deliciously crumbly bread that is perfect for your next BBQ. It is so simple to make!
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Southwest Cornbread Recipe
This Southwest Cornbread Recipe is just like your favorite cornbread recipe with a some delicious southwest flavor!
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Healthier Honey Cornbread Muffins Recipe
I love serving these muffins with a hearty bowl of soup for a perfect comfort food meal! Related Recipe: Looking for more cornbread recipes?! Try our Southwest Cornbread Recipe! The tastiest muffins that go perfect with any meal.
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The Best Simple Greek Tossed Green Salad Recipe
Our take on an easy Greek Tossed Green Salad is a simple salad and the perfect side dish. Add chicken or beef and make this a complete meal!
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Layered Bacon and Swiss Green Salad Recipe
An easy salad that is layered with swiss cheese, lettuce, bacon, onions, and a homemade dressing!
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Easy Homemade Breadsticks
You can make Homemade Olive Garden breadsticks right from your own kitchen! Enjoy these light, soft and perfectly seasoned breadsticks.
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Perfect Baked Potato – Love and Lemons
A perfect baked potato has crispy skin and fluffy insides. This method for how to bake a potato works every time! Add your favorite toppings, and dig in!
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Baked Sweet Potato – Love and Lemons
Learn how to bake sweet potatoes with these tips & tricks! Enjoy them with butter, salt & pepper, or use them in your favorite baked sweet potato recipes.
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The BEST Sweet Potato Fries Recipe! | Gimme Some Oven
This Baked Sweet Potato Fries recipe is ultra-crispy, easy to make, perfectly seasoned, and guaranteed to disappear pretty much…immediately. 🙂
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Soft Pretzel Recipe
The best Soft Pretzel Recipe! These pretzels are soft and chewy in the middle, golden brown on the outside, and have that delicious iconic pretzel flavor. They’re super easy to make at home!
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The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Nothing is more comforting than a hot, melty grilled cheese sandwich. Grilled cheese sandwiches are an easy lunch that is perfect for kids and adults!
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Easy Spanish Rice
Cook a pot of rice using chicken broth, tomato sauce, and seasonings to make quick and easy Spanish Rice, a delicious side dish for a variety of entrees!
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Sheet Pan Nachos – Damn Delicious
Sheet Pan Nachos – Loaded nachos that are guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser! Simply layer your toppings, bake onto a sheet pan and serve. Done. Easy peasy!
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Easy Cornbread Recipe – Moist and Fluffy Homemade Cornbread!
My family has been making this easy cornbread recipe for generations. With a golden crust and fluffy center, this is the best homemade cornbread out there!
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Homemade Tortilla Chips {and Guacamole!} | High Heels and Grills
Homemade Tortilla Chips always hit the spot! They are crispy, salty, and are surprisingly easy to make. Pair it with the guacamole for an even bigger taste.
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Seriously Good Homemade Coleslaw
My favorite homemade coleslaw recipe with the most delicious creamy dressing. This coleslaw is quick and easy to make. It is even easy to make in advance.
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10-Minute Quesadillas
Quesadillas are the perfect quick meal. Enjoy this vegetarian quesadilla recipe in under 10 minutes! Find tips on how to make the best quesadillas, too.
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Crispy Oven Baked Potato Skins
These crispy oven baked potato skins are crispy, cheesy, and bacon-y. They are so yummy it will be hard to stop at one!
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Crispy Onion Rings
One of my favorite things to serve up alongside hamburgers and hot dogs is a pile of Crispy Onion Rings! Crunchy and sweet, they’re delicious dipped in fry sauce!
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The Best Tossed Salad
Tossed salad is full of fresh garden and farmers market vegetables. You’ll hardly be able to wait for a giant helping of the best tossed salad recipe ever!
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Life Changing Queso Dip (Mexican Cheese Dip)
Code cracked: made with real cheese, this Queso Dip is a copycat of the dip sold in jars and served at your favourite Mexican restaurant. Silky smooth!
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Bacon Cheddar Cornbread
Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tyson Foods, Inc. The opinions and text are all mine. Bacon Cheddar Cornbread has a irresistible salty, smokey flavor with just a little sweetness from some corn.
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Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks Recipe – Handle the Heat
This simple recipe for Copycat Olive Garden Breadsticks makes buttery, garlic-scented, and chewy breadsticks that are utterly addictive!
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Here It Is, The Only Quesadilla Recipe You’ll Even Need
Here’s how to make classic Mexican and Tex-Mex cheese quesadillas! Just toasted tortillas with melted cheese, griddled with our special technique. Make it yours with your favorite add-ins and toppings.
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The BEST Baked Potato Recipe | Gimme Some Oven
The best baked potato recipe — perfectly crispy and flavorful on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside, and SO flavorful and delicious!
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Make These Potato Skins for a Classic Party Snack
Crispy, cheesy potato skins are baked, then topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, sour cream, and green onions. Make this easy appetizer for your next party!
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Baked Sweet Potato (How To Bake Sweet Potatoes)
Making a Baked Sweet Potato in the oven is so easy and comes out perfectly sweet and fluffy on the inside with this foolproof recipe.
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Gourmet Hot Dogs
How to create the ultimate Gourmet Hot Dogs with all of the delicious hot dog toppings. You can create famous hot dogs such as Chicago Dogs, Chili Dogs, and even BBQ Bacon Dogs. Tips on how to turn an ordinary hot dog into the most flavorful hot dog you will ever eat!
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The Best Garlic Bread You’ll Ever Eat | Ambitious Kitchen
The BEST garlic bread has fresh herbs, tons of flavorful garlic, and is perfectly toasted. This garlic bread is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!
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Jalapeno Poppers
Jalapeno Poppers are filled with a rich creamy cheese filling and topped with a crisp Panko topping and baked until golden and bubbly!
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Fruit Salad {With the Best Dressing}
Fruit Salad with honey lime dressing is sweet and full of fresh flavor. This easy fruit salad recipe is a favorite summer side dish!
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Hellmann’s Potato Salad (Original Recipe)
Whether you’re having a summer barbecue, a picnic, or just an intimate meal at home, the original Hellmann’s potato salad recipe is a must-have. Learn how to make this timeless dish today!
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Twice Baked Pepper Stuffed Potatoes
Twice Baked Pepper Stuffed Potatoes are fluffy potatoes with spicy peppers, cumin, chili powder, and sour cream.
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Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes
These Air Fryer Hasselback Potatoes only require a couple of ingredients and a few simple steps to make. The perfect air fryer side dish!
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Air fryer mashed potatoes – ready in just 25 minutes
An easy way to make mashed potatoes that doesn’t require you to stand watching the hob to stop a pot boiling over. Make in the air fryer!
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Gouda Smashed Potatoes
Gouda Smashed Potatoes are crispy and warm making the perfect holiday side dish for your family and topped with fresh parsley.
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Air fryer jacket potatoes – Crisp yet fluffy on the inside
Delicious crisp yet fluffy air fryer jacket potatoes that take around half the time of the oven and are perfect for freezing too.
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Chili Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoes – Cupcakes & Kale Chips
Crispy baked sweet potato slices with a bit of spice and a hint of lime that the whole family will love.
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Garlic Butter Instant Pot Red Potatoes Recipe – Little Sunny Kitchen
Instant Pot Red Potatoes with butter and garlic are so easy to make, and they are the perfect versatile side dish. Potatoes in the instant pot are delicious.
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Air Fryer Parsnip Fries
Air fryer parsnip fries are a great alternative to the humble potato. Dipped in a red pepper mayo sauce, its a moreish side dish recipe!
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Butter Lettuce Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing
Butter Lettuce Salad is tender butter lettuce, creamy avocado and crisp radish tossed in a tangy lemon dijon dressing. It’s clean eating at its best!
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Cucumber and Tomato Salad
This is far from a boring Cucumber and Tomato Salad as we show you how to transform a simple salad into a showstopper!
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Mexican Zucchini Boats Recipe — Registered Dietitian Columbia SC – Rachael Hartley Nutrition
These grilled Mexican zucchini boats, inspired by the flavors of Mexican street corn, are the perfect side dish for summer grilling! Hallowed out zucchini halves are rubbed with a flavorful mix of spices, grilled, then fill with creamy cotija before finishing off with a splash of lime!
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Healthy Greek Yogurt Coleslaw with Cranberries {No Mayo}
This healthy Greek yogurt coleslaw has just the right amount of creaminess, sweetness and crunchiness with no mayo. Perfect for BBQ season!
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Zucchini Carpaccio with Manchengo Cheese
This easy gluten free 4-ingredient shaved Courgette Salad is the perfect summer side dish. Whip it up in 5 minutes or less!
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SWEET POTATO BEET SALAD WITH FETA (VEGAN OPTION)
This Sweet Potato Beet Salad is full of color, flavor, and texture! Feta cheese, crunchy walnuts, and caramelized onions take it to the next level, and the honey balsamic dressing brings it all together!
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Southwest Salad. Jalapeño Vinaigrette. Honey Butter Cornbread Croutons.
This is not your average Southwest Salad. Leftover cornbread repurposed, the most delicious dressing you’ll ever have, cheese AND bacon. Yum!
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Instant Pot Cornbread + Skillet Version | Recipes From A Pantry
Instant Pot cornbread is soft, crumbly and deliciously cheesy. Making cornbread instant pot is easy and is the perfect side dish for your fall meals.
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Soft Homemade Garlic Knots
These garlic knots, drenched in an herbed garlic butter, are so easy to make and so delicious. Soft on the inside and lightly crisp on the outside. These are perfect with any meal.
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Gluten-Free Cornbread
This gluten-free and dairy-free cornbread recipe is incredibly moist and tastes good with any weeknight meal. This incredibly easy recipe with simple ingredients is better than any boxed mix.
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Brown Butter Maple Beer Bread
Brown Butter Maple Beer Bread is the easiest way to make homemade bread! It’s got a light, airy texture, crispy edges and requires no yeast!
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Honey Butter Rolls
These Honey Butter Rolls are soft and fluffy, fresh and warm, topped with a sticky sweet and savory honey butter compound mixture. Redefining what dinner yeast rolls actually mean. Be still my heart. The Best Honey Butter Rolls Caution: it’s dangerous to be left alone with these Honey Butter Rolls.
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Jalapeno Cheese Bread in Bread Machine
This jalapeno cheese bread recipe is made easier by using the bread machine. Set it and it’s ready in about two hours. Amazing sandwiches.
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Garlic Parmesan Knots
These Garlic Parmesan Knots are easy to make and so delicious to serve as a side dish for almost any main meal! Get the recipe on UrbanBlissLife.com
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Buttermilk Biscuits from Scratch
Buttermilk Biscuits that are flaky, buttery, and light-as-air are easy to make at home with the right tips. #biscuits
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Easy Crusty French Baguette
This Easy Crusty French Baguette is simple enough to be made at home but tastes just like you bought it at your local bakery!
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