Vegetable

25 Recipes for Southern Vegetable Sides

Traditional and modern takes on the classic Southern dishes you know and love.
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Butter Beans with Butter, Mint, and LimePhoto by Squire Fox
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    Matt Duckor
    3/25

    Pickled Corn

    Think of this pickled corn salad as a puckery side for rich barbecues and cookouts. Sweet from the corn, spicy from dried chile flakes, and sour from pickling vinegar: you really can have it all.

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    photo by William Abranowicz
    4/25

    Braised Turnip Greens With Turnips and Apples

    Turnip greens, good. Turnip greens with crisp apple and turnip slices, even better.

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    Photo by Mark Thomas
    5/25

    Mirliton Relish

    Mirlitons, also called chayotes, are a South Louisiana staple that is crunchy and cool like a cucumber. In this relish, the vegetable is mixed with bell pepper and crisp green onion for a refreshing side that would also be good on hot dogs.

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  • Collard Green and Radish Slaw with Crispy Shallots
    Hirsheimer & Hamilton
    6/25

    Collard Green and Radish Slaw with Crispy Shallots

    Golden-fried shallots add irresistible crunch and flavor to this collard green salad.

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    Photo by Romulo Yanes
    9/25

    Green Tomato and Honeydew Melon Salad

    Can't decide between a tomato salad or a melon salad? Why not both? Using acidic green tomatoes plays off of the honeydew melon's sweetness; add in jalapeño to tie everything together with some spice.

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    Christopher Testani
    10/25

    Hearty Greens With Kumquats

    Common in Louisiana and Florida, sweet-and-sour kumquats are just right on top of a bitter and hearty green salad.

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  • Sweet potato pure in an oval casserole with a peanutstudded crumble topping.
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    17/25

    Sweet Potato Casserole With Sorghum

    Instead of the standard marshmallow topping, the recipe uses sorghum syrup for a rich, deep sweetness, and chopped roasted peanuts for a pleasing crunchy contrast.

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    photo by Ture Lillegraven
    18/25

    White Beans with Tasso

    This dish uses tasso, a Cajun-style cured, smoked pork, to add flavor to the slow-cooked beans.

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    Ditte Isager
    19/25

    Buttered Peas with Onion

    There's no trick to this straightforward, old-fashioned side dish—just delicious ingredients simply prepared. Store-bought peas have been picked and frozen at their peak freshness; their delicate sweetness and bright color require little embellishment.

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    20/25

    Carolina Cole Slaw

    Transport yourself to a North Carolina barbecue restaurant with this tangy, crunchy coleslaw, the perfect pairing to your homemade pulled pork.

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    25/25

    Kimchi Creamed Collard Greens

    The number one mistake with collards is not buying enough. They reduce a lot during cooking, so the more the merrier. Take this collard green recipe into the 21st century by adding kimchi to the cooking pot.

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