15 Best Sides for Crab Cakes

This creamy rice dish is luxurious and flavorful - like a fancy risotto without all the stirring.

A pile of crunchy vegetables, lightly dressed with a creamy, mustardy dressing reminiscent of a Chicago hot dog topping. Here's a simple and satisfying Napa Cabbage Slaw.

This Seasoned Green Bean Recipe is the perfect side dish to so many meals. They are crisp and bright and the ideal compliment for all of your seafood main dishes. The lemony garlic butter in these green beans is perfectly balanced, and the toasted sliced almonds and parmesan cheese take the flavor profile right over the top.

A foolproof French-style potato gratin that pairs perfectly with seafood, including your favorite crab cakes. This authentic recipe features thinly sliced potatoes in garlic-thyme cream with golden Gruyère cheese.

This refreshing and flavorful Gazpacho Salad is a simplified version of Spanish gazpacho. No food processor or immersion blender required! It's bright, fresh, crunchy, acidic - everything you could hope for in a healthy side dish for crab cakes.

Seafood loves lemon, and it loves dill. If you've been looking for a new side dish to dress up your crab cake dinner, this Mediterranean Basmati Rice with lemon and dill will be just the ticket!

Roasted Green Cauliflower is the all-star side dish I didn't know I was missing in my life. Toasty green cauliflower shoots tossed in olive oil, garlic, anchovies and pine nuts - it will be the star of your next dinner party!

Nutty, Sautéed Orzo with Sun-dried Tomatoes, Basil and Goat Cheese brings all the best flavors of your favorite Italian trattoria to your kitchen table. It's a great side dish that's flavorful and hearty.

This simple and delicious Salad Recipe takes a handful of crisper drawer staples and creates a surprisingly tasty, fresh vegetable salad in a matter of minutes. Ripe tomatoes, Persian or English cucumbers, red onions, a few handfuls of fresh herbs and a simple lime and olive oil dressing create the perfect side dish for your summer meal.

Get all my secrets for tender, crispy-edged smashed potatoes (hint: it's butter!). This sour cream sauce with chives is the perfect dipper!

Whether you're grilling over coals out on the deck in the middle of summer, or in a grill pan in the house in mid-January, these Marinated Grilled Asparagus are the perfect dish. It pairs crisp, charred asparagus with creamy, lemony dressing, rich eggs with fresh chives.

The simplest salad packed with freshness and flavor. This is the leafy green on every table in my adopted country of Portugal and I can't wait for you to try it with your crab cake dinner!

This gorgeous bowl of grains is packed with equal parts flavor and nutrients. Garlic Brown Rice and Quinoa is fancy enough for a dinner party and leftovers work well for lunchtime grain bowls!

If crispy, golden Parmesan Truffle Fries get you excited about life, you're in the right place! These amazing baked Parmesan Truffle Fries are decadent, but make you think you're eating healthy since they're baked instead of fried. Perfectly served with my Broiled Crab Cakes.

This crunchy cucumber salad is the Din Tai Fung restaurant copycat side dish you need on your table. The balanced flavors of sesame oil, chili paste and vinegar come together with a little honey to make this chilled cucumber salad simply divine. Let's talk about How To Make Din Tai Fung Cucumber Salad.