The BEST Pot Roast Sides (Roast Beef Sides)

If you’ve ever wondered what to serve with pot roast, look no further! These amazing pot roast sides are cozy, hearty, and easy recipes that will perfectly compliment your tender meat and gravy. Mix and match these roast beef sides for the perfect menu every time!

Collage of pictures of pot roast, dinner rolls, and mashed potatoes with text overlay. — These simple pot roast sides (or roast beef sides) are the perfect comfort-food indulgence!

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🍽 What to serve with pot roast
🥔 Potato sides
🥕 Vegetable sides
🥖 Bread sides
👨🏼‍🍳 Full pot roast menu
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Is there anything more cozy on a cold day than a tender, succulent pot roast covered in gravy? Whether you make it in a dutch oven (affiliate), slow cooker (affiliate), or Instant Pot (affiliate), this is the absolute best way to use your chuck roast, bottom round, or other beef roast. Turn it into a classic Yankee pot roast, a flavorful Mississippi pot roast, or a simple roast beef without vegetables.

Our go-to recipe is this Slow Cooker Fall Apart Pot Roast recipe. With just 5 simple ingredients, it’s a real winner for a simple but home-cooked meal.

🍽 What to serve with pot roast

If you’ve ever felt unsure about what to serve with roast beef, you’re not alone. Choosing amazing side dishes for pot roast will make your whole menu shine, so it’s worth your time. A classic pot roast menu would include potatoes, vegetables, and bread. So today we’re sharing our favorite roast beef sides in each category.

🥔 Potato sides

Whenever someone asks me what goes good with pot roast, I always start with potatoes! You can serve creamy mashed potatoes to soak up the gravy, crispy seasoned potatoes to add texture, or even step outside of the box with baked sweet potatoes. These are absolutely essential pot roast sides!

PERFECT Red Skin Mashed Potatoes

This red skinned mashed potato side dish is a gem! Easy, creamy, and buttery...What more could you want? Plus we include all our tips to prevent gummy, lumpy mashed potatoes.

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Bowl of mashed potatoes with butter on top.

Incredibly Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Calling all potato lovers! These Crispy Smashed Potatoes are tender on the inside with a satisfying crunch on every edge. With a variety of flavor options, this is the ultimate side dish for any number of meals.

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Spatula lifting smashed potato from baking sheet.

Perfect Baked Sweet Potatoes with Sweet and Savory Toppings

It is surprisingly easy to make these Perfect Baked Sweet Potatoes! They are soft and tender, the ideal base for sweet or savory toppings. With only 5 minutes of hands-on time, you can have these healthy and filling sweet potatoes ready to serve.

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Close up of perfect baked sweet potato with candied nuts

🥕 Vegetable sides

There are so many vegetables to go with roast beef dinner! If you’re shooting for a more classic menu, I suggest green beans and pan roasted corn. But oven-roasted broccoli and crispy Brussel’s sprouts also make good options.

Fresh Green Beans with Bacon

Green beans cooked in a rich broth full of smokey bacon, savory onions and aromatic garlic make these Fresh Green Beans with Bacon exceptionally flavorful. With easy prep-ahead instructions, they make the perfect side dish to serve at your next holiday dinner or weeknight meal!

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Fresh Green Beans with Bacon on a platter with blue towel in background.

Perfect Roasted Corn (w/ frozen corn)

This Roasted Corn recipe is a quick and easy side dish made with frozen corn caramelized in a savory mix of onions and garlic. It's easy enough for a weeknight and can be made all year long. It's the BEST way to roast corn on the stovetop and will be ready to devour in just 20 minutes.

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Whole corn kernels in cast iron skillet with a wooden spatula.

Perfect Oven Roasted Broccoli

Tender broccoli with irresistibly crispy, caramelized tips! This Perfect Oven Roasted Broccoli recipe only needs 5 ingredients and 15 minutes. It's an easy and healthy side dish that everyone will love!

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Sheet pan of perfect oven roasted broccoli

Easy Green Beans Almondine

Green Beans Almondine is a fast and easy side dish using frozen green beans, fresh lemon, and toasted almonds. Both flavorful and healthy, this recipe is a win-win that can be done in under 15 minutes!

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Green beans almondine with almonds and a lemon on a platter

Crispy Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Boring Brussels sprouts? No way! These caramelized, crispy, salty bits of goodness are irresistible. It's a surprisingly delicious vegetable that makes for the perfect easy side dish.

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🥖 Bread sides

There are good sides for pot roast, and then there are the BEST sides for pot roast. Breads fall into the best category for me. Since this is a classic yet hearty meal, you don’t need anything extravagant. Simple dinner rolls or tender biscuits will do perfectly.

Easiest Rhodes Rolls (Frozen Dinner Rolls w/ Butter and Herbs)

These Rhodes Rolls are the easiest rolls ever! Once they rise, all you need is 5 minutes of prep time and a short bake in the oven. Out pops perfectly golden brown, buttery, soft pillows of dough sprinkled with salt and herbs. It's magic! With so many flavor variations these are irresistible.

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Baked Rhodes roll with butter and herbs being held in a hand.

The Easiest Cream Biscuits

These Cream Biscuits only need 5 ingredients and come together in a flash! Pillow-soft on the inside and beautifully golden on the outside, you won’t believe something SO good comes together SO fast.

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Cream biscuit cut in half with jam inside

If you want a full menu with advice, shortcuts, and tips for a crowd, check out our Sunday Dinner: Pot Roast Edition. You can follow that menu as-is, or feel free to switch out some of the sides for recipes you found here today. It’s the perfect meal to draw your family and friends to the table this season.

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