A fresh cucumber and cabbage salad with a sweet-sour chilli dressing and roasted peanuts. The perfect side for beef rendang, grilled meats or spiced dishes.
Side Dish Recipes
16 RecipesThis collection brings together side dish recipes from Swaledale’s chefs and contributors, from roast potatoes and mash to salads, vegetables, grains and other accompaniments.
Some are simple enough for a midweek supper, while others are made for roasts, barbecues and larger gatherings. Each is intended to complement the main dish, whether that means something crisp and fresh, rich and buttery, or slow-cooked and comforting.
For sauces, gravies, stocks and other accompaniments, browse our Stocks & Sauces collection.
How to Make Hash Browns
Crisp and deeply golden on the outside, soft and fluffy in the middle, a properly made hash brown is hard to beat. This simple recipe shows you how to make them from scratch, ready for breakfast, brunch or alongside your favourite cut of meat.
How to Make a Greek Salad
A refreshing Greek salad served with a distinctive tzatziki of grated carrot and cucumber, lifted with dried mint, crushed garlic and chopped green pepper.
How to Make Smoky Aubergine Sauce
A rich and smoky aubergine sauce, perfect as a side for lamb, hogget, mutton, chicken, or beef. Charred over the BBQ for deep, authentic flavour.
Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
Henry Harris’s duck fat roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary, blanched until tender before roasting until crisp and deeply golden.
Warm Salad of Asparagus & Jersey Royals
A seasonal warm salad of asparagus and Jersey Royals, celebrating the best of spring produce.
Pounded Cucumber Salad with Peanuts & Green Beans (Tam Dtaeng Kwaa)
This pounded cucumber salad (tam dtaeng kwaa) is one of my favourite Thai side dishes. I love it served alongside our northern Thai Sai Ua sausages, or with artisan steaks such as bavette and onglet.
Triple-Cooked Chips: The Ultimate Iteration of a Potato
Triple-cooked chips, crisp outside and fluffy inside, a recipe for the ultimate potato side.
Creamy Mashed Potato
A simple, creamy mashed potato recipe loaded with butter, the perfect comforting side for roasts or weeknight suppers.
Greek-Style Potatoes
Greek-style potatoes roasted with lemon, oregano, garlic and olive oil in chicken stock for a tender, fudgy centre. Ideal with lamb, chicken or fish.
Duck Fat Confit Potatoes
Confit potatoes slow-cooked in duck fat, pressed overnight, then fried crisp. A rich, golden side that pairs beautifully with roast meats.
