Are you looking for delicious yet easy Thanksgiving Side Dishes for a Crowd? Well, you’re in the right place! We put together a collection of sides so mouthwatering, you’ll swear they took all day, so easy it feels like you’re cheating, and so memorable, you’ll be making them year after year after year. I guarantee it.
But don’t take my word for it. You’ll find ideas like crispy bacon-wrapped asparagus, rich, buttery slow-cooker creamed corn, and sweet-savory crack green beans (my favorite way to make them, by the way), and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Need other Thanksgiving or Fall Recipes? You’ll want these:
- Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers for a Crowd
- Simple Thanksgiving Desserts Everyone Loves
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
If you want a guaranteed crowd-pleasing side dish that’ll have everyone wishing you made more, make our bacon-wrapped asparagus. They’re salty, sweet, and super easy to whip up with common ingredients.
Broccoli Cheese Casserole
What happens with tender broccoli gets smothered in a homemade cheddar cheese sauce and a buttery panko crumb topping? Joy. Pure joy and satisfaction. Each bite of this broccoli cheese casserole is creamy and cheesy with just right amount of crunch.
Slow Cooker Creamed Corn
I don’t like our slow cooker creamed corn…I’m obsessed with it. We keep it simple with frozen corn, cream cheese, butter, and a few seasonings. But the result is almost impossible to stop eating.
Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls
Like mashed potatoes, you can’t have a proper Thanksgiving without Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls. 😆 I mean, look at them. They’re big, soft, and fluffy, and one batch makes 35 rolls. You have to make these.
Sweet Potato Casserole with Canned Yams
This sweet potato casserole with canned yams tastes amazing, homemade, and yet easy thanks to simple ingredients. The filling is delicious with warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg. But the star of the show is the crunchy brown sugar pecan crumble topping.
Slow Cooker Green Beans
If you’re looking for more green vegetables for Thanksgiving spread, this is it. I’m telling you, this slow cooker crack green beans side dish has it all. It’s sweet from the brown sugar, salty, and it is packing a ton of flavor with Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, garlic, and onion powder. Wow!
Just add everything to the slow cooker, it doesn’t get much easier than that.
Buttery Mashed Potatoes
Can you even have a Thanksgiving dinner without buttery mashed potatoes? No. The answer is always no. 😆 Our version is the best I’ve ever had. They’re creamy and dreamy thanks to Yukon Gold potatoes, heavy cream, and an embarrassing amount of butter.
Sweet Potato Cubes (in the Air Fryer)
We started making these air fryer diced sweet potatoes years ago and haven’t stopped. Why? Because it’s easy, crispy, flavorful, and everyone loves it. Plus, you can make them even when you run out of oven space.
Honey Butter Skillet Corn
Sweet and buttery with a hit of garlic and paprika, this honey butter skillet corn is a 15-minute side dish you can get one of your helpers to make. You just focus your efforts on the main dishes and desserts, okay?
Sweet Potato Bread Rolls
These sweet potato bread rolls from Recipes From Leftovers are fluffy, slightly sweet, and extra, extra tender thanks to the mashed sweet potato. They have that classic homemade roll texture but with a twist.
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
These loaded mashed potatoes have bacon, cheese, sour cream, and chives. You know, everything you love in a baked potato, but easier to serve to a crowd. And just look at that picture…do I have to tell you they’re delicious?
Brown Sugar Roasted Carrots
Some people love carrots, others can’t stand them. If you’re in the latter camp, stay with me. These brown sugar-roasted carrots are the side dish that’ll change your mind about the orange tuber. Trust me, they aren’t the lunchtime villain you had to face every day after your sandwich and juice box.
Honey Glazed Roasted Carrots
These honey-glazed roasted carrots are delicious with a sweet and tangy flavor. They’re great. But honestly, if I were choosing between two carrot dishes for Thanksgiving, I’d go with the brown sugar carrots. These are good, just not quite as good.
Now, I just hope the honey glazed carrots will forgive me. 😆
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
These garlic mashed potatoes are a hit. They’re just as buttery and creamy as our homemade mashed potatoes above, but we went heavy on the garlic. And guess what…everyone loves them.
Oh, by the way, if you want more mashed potatoes ideas, see our cheesy mashed potatoes.
Sweet Potato Cornbread
This sweet potato cornbread from Baked Abundance ain’t your grandma’s cornbread (not that there’s anything wrong with granny’s cornbread). It’s super moist and full of roasted sweet potato, brown sugar, and cinnamon flavor.
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving Dressing
Sure, this old fashioned Thanksgiving dressing from Little Nonni is buttery, savory, and packed with fresh herbs. It’s full of toasted bread cubes and a rich herb mixture. But don’t let the name fool you, this dish is still incredibly easy to make. Prep takes just 15 minutes.
Southern Baked Mac and Cheese
Let’s be honest, a lot of side dishes for Thanksgiving can be rather yada yada yada. But not this Southern baked mac and cheese from Chenee Today. It’s rich-rich with cheese and evaporated milk, making it creamy and custardy.
Green Bean Casserole
When you plan out your Thanksgiving menu, you’ll want to try something new, but you’ll always need classics like this green bean casserole from Recipes from a Pantry. It’s full of tender green beans, a luscious creamy sauce (that I kinda want to drink), and that familiar crunch of crispy fried onions.
Loaded Smoked Cheesy Potatoes
Sometimes regular potatoes just won’t cut it, so we have to kick things up a notch (Emeril Lagasse style) with Thanksgiving sides like these loaded smoked cheesy potatoes. Get this. You have a mix of hash browns, sour cream, two kinds of cheese, and bacon cooking low and slow in the smoker. Mmmm…I can taste it now!
Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes
These Air Fryer Roasted Potatoes are another side dish to make when you don’t have space in your oven. I always love how crispy they are on the outside and creamy they are inside. Better still, this recipe requires just 4 ingredients and takes 5 minutes to prepare before the air fryer does the rest.
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