Side Dishes for Prime Rib of Beef
Prime rib is a luxury roast that is often served on special occasions only. Everything needs to be tasty to prepare for a holiday gathering or celebrating meal. Therefore, you may want the side dishes to be equally delicious but don't know what to serve with prime rib yet.
In this post, I will present to you 37 stunning ideas to serve together with prime rib. Some of them are super healthy to your health, while some complement your prime rib perfectly. Wait no more and let's head into the list right away!
The Stunning List To Pair With Your Prime Rib
Here in this post, I will divide the food into 7 categories. Check out the list below and keep reading till the end to figure out what dishes suit you the most.
Squash Recipes:
- Roasted Butternut Squash
- Mashed Butternut Squash
- Baked Bacon Cheese Butternut Squash
- Maple-roasted Acorn Squash
Green Vegetable Recipes:
- Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
- Creamy Green Bean Casserole
- Sesame Green Beans
- Caesar Salad
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Bacon
- Roasted Broccolini
- Creamed Spinach
Mushroom Recipes:
- Sauteed Mushrooms
- Mushroom Risotto
- Buttery Garlic Mushrooms
Potato Recipes:
- Sour Cream and Ranch Mashed Potatoes
- Cheesy Garlic Butter Potatoes
- Homemade Steak Fries
- Au Gratin Potatoes
- Homemade Mashed Potatoes
- Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
- Garlic-herb Shoestring Potatoes
- Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Sweet Potato Recipes:
- Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Rosemary-pecan Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- Vanilla Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Carrot Recipes:
- Glazed Carrots
- Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots
- Brown Butter Honey Carrots
Fruit Recipes:
- French Fruit Tart
- Candied Caramelized Pear Slices
- Fruit Sorbet
Other Recipes:
- Homemade Dinner Rolls
- Cheddar Bacon Chive Biscuits
- Yorkshire Pudding
- Vanilla Creme Brulee
- New York Cheesecake
- Grilled Corn On The Cob
4 Extremely Healthy And Time-Saving Squash Recipes You May Try
The health benefits of squash to human health are undeniable, right? Not only is squash healthy but it's also very tasty. Let's find out what dishes you can make from this extraordinary vegetable
1. Roasted Butternut Squash
If you are too busy around this time of the year, this is a to-go recipe for you. What's more fantastic than roasted squash straight from the oven to serve with the mouthwatering prime rib?
What I love about this dish is that it tastes so good no matter how you make it. Only a handful of ingredients are required. You just cover your squash with these components and let the oven do its magic!
2. Mashed Butternut Squash
There are quite a lot of mashed recipes in this post. That is because the juicy and flavorful prime rib pairs super well with the smooth, tender and creamy texture of mashed vegetables.
You need to incorporate several ingredients to achieve the best flavors for this dish. Parmesan cheese is one of the things you have to buy to make mashed butternut squash.
What's unique about this recipe is that you can either bake, steam or boil your squash. It's not really a problem if you don't have an oven at home, is it?
3. Baked Bacon Cheese Butternut Squash
This is seriously a delicious upgrade for your important meal! This dish is full of flavors: savory, sweet, and fatty tastes beautifully blend together. Butternut squash is a healthy boost everyone can enjoy!
The instructions for this side dish are very easy to follow: chop the squash, then sprinkle them with bacon, seasonings, and cheese. Pop them into the oven, and there you go!
4. Maple-Roasted Acorn Squash
Acorn squash is a gorgeous variety of squash that is needed in every autumn-inspired accompaniment. This is a straightforward recipe for roasted squash, but it's one of the most addictive acorn squash dishes you will ever make!
The process of making this dish is easy and full of fun. And the best part is when you drizzle maple syrup all over the baked squash. No one could resist this magnificent, delightful glaze of syrup on hot roasted squash, right?
7 Simple Yet Amazing Green Recipes You Can Count On
Serving greens as a complement to your main dish is a great way to balance your senses after enjoying a meaty dinner. What's terrific about the recipes below is that your kids won't panic when they see greens anymore!
5. Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
This is a perfect low-carb alternative to mashed potatoes that you can try. Instead of the regular creamy, cheesy, and full-fat mashed potatoes, switch to this one if you want to enjoy a fancy yet healthy side dish.
Cauliflower mashed potatoes actually resemble real mashed potatoes very much. Cauliflower, milk, and parmesan cheese blended together is all it takes to steal your show!
6. Creamy Green Bean Casserole
This classic vegetable side dish goes well with various main dishes, including standing rib roast. Whether you buy fresh or frozen green beans, they will all turn out to be an extremely tasty dish!
The recipe is very easy to follow so just do as they instruct you. If you don't have french fried onions, you can use panko or breadcrumbs instead.
7. Sesame Green Beans
This veggie dish will give you a zen feeling after your meaty party! Just green beans, sesame stir-fried with oil, and seasonings, but the flavor will surely blow you away.
There are no words to describe this recipe rather than quick and easy. Only a handful of minutes and a vibrant hot plate of green beans is done! You can roast the white sesame first to even more emphasize the flavor.
8. Caesar Salad
Here is your must-try salad on this special occasion! Step up your prime rib game with a magnificent bowl of Caesar salad. The salad dressing in this recipe smells and tastes super good!
To be honest, the most time-consuming part of making any salad is thoroughly washing all the greens. And then, you just need to mix the rest of the ingredients and decorate them nicely.
Feel free to make a big batch of this salad because it is simply healthy and irresistible!
9. Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Bacon
Roasting with an oven indeed takes your greens to a new level! Roasted brussels are an incredible way to enhance the original taste of brussel sprouts and deliver fiber to your body. Hence, you won't have to feel guilty even if you crave for extra standing rib.
This roasted brussels sprout recipe is very simple: brussels sprouts, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Bacon is added to enhance the savory flavor, but if it's not available, you can skip this ingredient as well.
Even kids will embrace this dish with open arms, and you know how most kids hate greens!
10. Roasted Broccolini
Are you bored of eating regular broccolini? Then this is a must-have recipe for you! It's healthy, effortless to make, and absolutely suited to accompany your steak dinner.
This is another green transformation by your magical oven! It makes broccolini become crispy outside but tender inside and brings out the best flavor of the green.
Decorate your food with some lemon slices to make it look more attractive. If your guests are fans of greens, they must be very thankful to you. This roasted dish could be the centerpiece of your table, despite its short cooking times and very few ingredients.
11. Creamed Spinach
Veggie side dishes are usually easy to make and healthy. It only takes you a couple of minutes with several other ingredients. And there you go: the most mouthwatering, moist, and creamy greens on earth.
You simply simmer spinach in the cream, milk, and cheese mixture with a hint of seasonings. Sprinkle some parmesan cheese on top and it's done. This is a true treat for all of your spinach lovers!
3 Super Delightsome Mushroom Side Dishes For Your Night
Mushrooms are simply irresistible! Only sauteed mushrooms themselves taste heavenly good, but there are two more recipes waiting for you to try. Let's see what they are right now.
12. Sauteed Mushrooms
Sauteed mushrooms are a simple yet exquisite dish. After consuming the extra meaty richness of the main dish, balance your senses with these gorgeous mushrooms.
The recipe is straightforward to make and healthy to boot. You only need a couple of ingredients to enhance the flavor of yummy mushrooms. Mushrooms have a great texture and incredible looks.
Infuse your mushrooms in the absolutely delicious teriyaki sauce and see how things turn out!
13. Mushroom Risotto
This is obviously going to be a festive and filling meal when combined with prime rib. Fancy as it may sound, risotto is actually not hard to handle.
This recipe calls for chicken/vegetable broth, rice, wine, seasonings, and of course, mushrooms. With a touch of olive oil and grating parmesan cheese on top, everything turns out to be super rich and creamy.
If you want to surprise your guests with a simple yet delicious dish, you definitely don't want to miss mushroom risotto.
14. Buttery Garlic Mushrooms
The name says it all, right? These mushrooms, butter, and garlic are perfect to complement your standing rib roast.
The best part is that this dish can be made ahead and reheated at mealtime. Not only do these mushrooms smell super buttery but they are also infused with the flavors of garlic and herbs.
Anyone who wants to eat mushrooms definitely doesn't want to skip this dish!
Be a chef at your own house with this simple yet fabulous garlic butter mushroom dish.
Serve Your Prime Rib With One Of These 8 Luxuriously Appetizing Potato Dishes
This is the crowdest savory side dish in the whole post. Beef and potatoes are just meant for each other, don't they?
15. Sour Cream And Ranch Mashed Potatoes
This is a perfect gluten-free side dish for your prime rib night! And it takes you only half an hour to accomplish these amazing mashed potatoes.
What's special about this recipe is combining sour cream and ranch seasonings after the potatoes are already mashed! If you don't have sour cream in your hands, try to buy plain Greek yogurt instead.
16. Cheesy Garlic Butter Potatoes
This is an exciting recipe for potatoes to make. Garlic and butter seem to be a perfect couple, right?
To make this dish, you only need several ingredients. Once the baking is done, you will be amazed at how the texture of potatoes turns out: crunchy and crispy outside but remaining soft and tender inside!
The combination of mozzarella and parmesan cheese would give your side dish extra deliciousness.
17. Homemade Steak Fries
This is the best version of homemade steak fries. You can't really call your meal a party without serving some steak fries, right?
The thing that I love most about this recipe is you don't have to use a ton of oil to fry potatoes. Just pop them in the oven, together with other ingredients, and they will turn out just perfectly crispy!
Paprika really provokes the tastiness of baked potatoes. I suggest that you try this recipe immediately after reading my post!
18. Au Gratin Potatoes
Au gratin potatoes are a must-try for anyone who is addicted to the top quality of side dishes originated from France. This creamy, cheesy version of au gratin potatoes is sure not to let you down!
When combined with milk, cream, and cheese, potatoes smell just out of this world. After mixing the dairy products with flour, simmer them in a saucepan until thickened. Then pour the mixture over potatoes and let your magician oven do its job!
You can make this dish 1-2 days in advance and microwave it for later use.
19. Homemade Mashed Potatoes
No dish is too fancy for a tasty bowl of homemade mashed potatoes. Just like other potato dishes, this dish is an excellent combination with prime. The texture of mashed potatoes is super soft and smooth, as if they can melt right in your mouth!
You need to cook the potatoes and mash them very well. Combining the result with butter and milk is also a nice method to make your mashed potatoes thick yet still smooth enough. You will see that it's tough to resist the wonderful smell of this mixture!
When you add in the final seasonings, you can be creative and choose your own ingredients. Here in this recipe are salt and pepper, but cheeses and herbs will also pair really well.
20. Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
Rosemary roasted potatoes are a savory addition to your standing rib. Simple as the instructions may sound, but I swear, this combo is divine! Rosemary is an absolute favorite herb for anyone in love with the herbaceous aroma and pungent taste.
You need to season the cut potatoes first, and it's ok if you use rosemary leaves in dried form. Put them all in the oven and wait for 1 hour.
Serve this while it's still hot with your prime rib. I'm sure that you will crave for more and more of these roasted potatoes.
21. Garlic-Herb Shoestring Fries
This is such a bizarre method to fry potatoes. Instead of regular potato slices or French fries, why not give these stunning "shoestrings" a try?
In order to have the shoestring appearance, you need to run your potatoes through a spiralizer first. Then toss them with the seasonings and bake them at 425oF. It only takes you 45 minutes to finish this exceptional dish!
22. Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
This is another simple potato recipe for you to nail on! Cheesy scalloped potatoes only require a couple of ingredients, but the result couldn't be more satisfying.
You need to prepare this dish at least 1.5 hours before serving. Basically, you're gonna arrange potatoes and onions in a baking tray first and then pour the cooked butter and cheese mixture over them. Put them all in the oven and that's it!
What's more perfect than serving this French dish with prime rib?
3 Exceptional Sweet Potato Dishes You Can Switch To
These are the ideal candidates if you want to serve something healthy yet delicious at the end of your fatty meal.
23. Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Why not throw some mashed sweet potatoes beside your roasted rib? This dish is super delightsome, straightforward to make, and very healthy. In my opinion, mashed sweet potatoes even have a more distinct taste than mashed potatoes.
You can have multiple colorful mashed sweet potato dishes at once. For example, try to look for purple, white, and orange sweet potatoes and serve them on different plates at the same time to make your meal more festive.
24. Pecan Sweet Potato Casserole With Rosemary Pecan Parmesan
This casserole is such a festive food to serve with your succulent prime rib! What's so convenient about the dish is that you can prepare them ahead and serve them 1-2 days later.
Pecan has a distinctive flavor that should not be mistaken for other food, and so does rosemary. The combination of those two and sweet potatoes is simply perfect. Remember that if you plan to make this ahead, you need to microwave it right before serving.
25. Vanilla Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I can't wait for the holidays to prepare a nice big batch of these fancy sweet potatoes. This dish pairs perfectly with roasted ribs because sweet potatoes are already yummy themselves.
Therefore, the combination of baked sweet potatoes, seasonings, and vanilla seeds is simply astounding. And the recipe is surprisingly interesting and easy. It costs you only 15 minutes to prepare and another 30 minutes until serving!
Master the ultimate way to roast your sweet potatoes with this fantastic instruction.
3 Wonderful Carrot Dishes To Throw On Your Party
Not really into greens or potatoes? Here is precisely what you need to consider having in your prime rib night!
26. Glazed Carrots
This recipe will create a heavenly side dish that smells out of this world. Everything infused in butter smells fabulous, right? Glazed carrots are a super healthy side dish because carrots are a rich source of vitamin A, which is very beneficial to your eyes.
The sugar in the recipe will coat your carrots in a beautiful caramel glaze. The sweet taste of glazed carrots and the savory taste of prime rib pair so well together. However, if you want to reduce sugar because carrots are already mildly sweet, feel free to do so
27. Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots
These miniature carrots look so eye-catching after being roasted. Tangy, sweet, caramelized… are not enough to describe this amazing dish.
Baby carrots are already very yummy themselves, but when combined with balsamic vinegar and other ingredients, they turn out to be insanely addictive. The high heat of the oven even brings out all the natural sweetness of these healthy vegetables!
If you want this dish to be extra sugary, you can either add in honey, corn syrup, or maple syrup. The smaller baby carrots you choose, the more incredibly flavorful the dish becomes.
28. Brown Butter Honey Carrots
What do you imagine when you first heard the name of this side dish? To me, it was a wonderful collection of healthy, beautiful components with a full range of flavors. And of course, these carrots are absolutely perfect to serve with prime rib!
You will have to spend about 25 minutes making these stunning brown butter honey carrots. It's best to serve when the dish is still hot, as the gorgeous glaze tends to dry out a little bit when it has cooled down.
None of these desserts below doesn't taste out of heaven, I bet. Some are very easy to make, while others are a bit complicated. Let's find out what recipe suits you best then!
29. French Fruit Tart
Give your meal a perfect sweet treat that tastes like spring with some tarts that are topped with fresh fruits! This tart delivers a creamy richness, robust berry flavor, the delightful crunch of the tart shell together with a note of vanilla.
Don't worry because this fruit tart is not hard to make. If you are not confident about making the pâte sucrée, you can buy store-bought versions instead because they are sold everywhere!
Your family will be delighted if you serve a gorgeous dessert like this.
30. Candied Caramelised Pear Slices
Wanna hear a bit of magic? If you are not a master of baking cakes, wait no more and dive into this super simple recipe! The sweetness of pear slices is super delicate because pears are naturally sweet already.
Keep in mind that you should go for fresh, unblemished skin pears. That will enhance the quality of this dessert a lot. After finishing the candied pears, you can sprinkle them with salt and pepper to deliver a savory touch to your dish.
31. Fruit Sorbet
Here I will present to you the optimal way to make fruit sorbet! This recipe doesn't call for an ice cream maker. Moreover, any seasonal fruit would work well, such as raspberries, peaches, or watermelons.
Believe me, nothing is astounding as a hot prime rib meal served with icy cold sorbet in the end. It helps to balance all the flavors and gives you a refreshing feeling.
6 Awesome Recipes With Other Ingredients To Serve With Prime Rib
Here is the incredible list of 6 other recipes for you to try. There are bread, biscuits, cakes and corn in this category. Let's dive into them now!
32. Homemade Dinner Rolls
What's fancier than homemade dinner rolls for a big day like this? Your guests are sure to be impressed with your cooking skills once you serve them this decent treat!
If you're not familiar with making bread, just let the stand mixer do its job. If you don't have a mixer, you need to knead the dough by hand. It may take some time but this homemade dinner roll is really worth making!
You can either serve the rolls immediately or store in the fridge and reheat them in the oven later.
33. Cheddar Bacon Chive Biscuits
One of my favorite herbs to serve with prime rib is chive. It has an outstanding taste, and when combined with bacon-stuffed biscuits, they create an exquisite savory flavor together.
And here's the best part: the buttermilk biscuits in this recipe are super flaky. This texture pairs so well with the juicy meat of standing rib, and I bet your guests will keep asking for more of this delicious treat.
34. Yorkshire Pudding
This is a hearty pudding that originates from England. It's such a luxurious sweet accompaniment to go with the equally premium ingredient – prime rib. Yorkshire pudding delivers a satisfying creaminess and the eggy texture of soufflés.
The ingredients required for Yorkshire pudding are pretty simple, and so is the method to make it. Follow the instructions carefully and in the end, your table is filled with beautifully puffed, crispy, and golden brown Yorkshire puddings.
35. Vanilla Creme Brulee
I bet there's nothing more attractive than the smell of freshly baked creme brulee: elegant yet fancy baked cream filled with the vanilla smell. This is a perfect way to deliver a delicate sweetness after having a standing rib meal
The recipe doesn't require much effort either. All you need to do is mix all the ingredients together and toss them in the oven. The better cream and vanilla you can find, the more excellent it will get!
36. New York Cheesecake
I promise no one will be able to resist this amazing treat. This cheesecake is such a breeze to make!
I recommend that you make this cake one day in advance. By placing the cheesecake in your fridge, its texture becomes denser and the flavor turns out to be more defined.
This recipe requires more of your time and effort.
37. Grilled Corn On The Cob
Parties are not actual parties without grilled corn on the cob, right? Here I will introduce you to the perfect grilled corn on the cob. I'm sure that everyone can't stop asking for more of this great corn!
Corn is a cheap and the most easy-to-buy ingredient. There are two butter coatings for you to choose in this recipe. Spread the desired butter on freshly grilled corn and wait for it to pair with your prime rib perfectly!
Everyone can try to make this at home, especially those beginners who want to impress your guests with simple yet unique dishes.
Expand Your Food Knowledge With These Incredible Side Dishes
Have you found your perfect side dish to pair with prime rib after reading my post? If you have any other options besides this list, please comment down below. I'm always willing to know your ideas.
I hope that you find my post interesting and informative. Please share it with your friends and family so that you all can take your holiday meals to a new height!
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