Salmon is healthy, delicious, and, above all else, easy to prepare, making it a great way to incorporate more seafood into your diet. While it makes for an easy main dish, it can be difficult to find side dishes to serve alongside it.
Pairing salmon with any of these flavorful side dishes will help you create a satisfying and well-rounded meal. To save you precious time and effort, I’ve compiled a list of 20 low carb side dishes to serve with salmon.
» You might like this Crab and Shrimp Stuffed Salmon.
Our Favorite Salmon Recipes
We’re always trying to add more fish to our diets and salmon is one of our favorites. It’s both easy to source and easy to cook. It’s a very mild fish that everyone enjoys and it has lots of healthy Omega-3s.
Here are a couple of our favorite salmon recipes.
Pan-Fried or Baked Blackened Salmon
Try this delicious Pan-Fried or Baked Blackened Salmon for dinner and you'll see why these Cajun spices are a perfect combination with salmon. It's an incredibly flavorful dish.
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Pan Seared Salmon & Kale Salad
This low carb pan roasted salmon and kale salad is light and flavorful, perfect for lunch or dinner.
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Side Dishes to Serve With Salmon
Korean-Style Cucumber Salad
This deliciously spicy Korean-Style Cucumber Salad is made with fresh cucumbers, green onion, a tasty soy-sauce based dressing, and garnished with sesame seeds.
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Roasted Bok Choy
This Roasted Bok Choy combined with soy sauce, rice vinegar, brown sugar, sesame oil, and red pepper flakes, creates a tasty blend of flavors that compliments any dish.
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Strawberry Cucumber Salad
This Strawberry Cucumber Salad features ripe cucumbers and strawberries, creamy feta cheese, and a homemade vinaigrette dressing.
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Pan-Fried Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts
Pan-Fried Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts are the perfect side dish for your protein. The flavor is incredible.
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Spinach and Apple Fall Salad With Maple Dijon Dressing
This Spinach and Apple Fall Salad with Maple Dijon Dressing combines spinach with crispy apples, walnuts, and feta cheese, all tossed together with maple Dijon dressing, making for a delicious salad.
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Thomas Keller Zucchini Recipe
This recipe for Thomas Keller's Zucchini transforms zucchini in a way you've probably never tried before, frying it, then baking it until it's very tender and serving it with a tomato and shallot salsa.
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Low Carb Green Beans with Pesto & Feta
Low carb Green Beans with Pesto and Feta are a great side dish blending the bright flavor and aromatics of pesto with crunchy green beans and delicious feta cheese.
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Mediterranean Cucumber Salad
This fresh and crisp Mediterranean Cucumber Salad combines fresh cucumbers with shallots, radishes, herbs, and a vinegar and oil dressing for a light and tasty salad.
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Keto Greek Salad
This Keto Greek Salad is made with cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion, bell pepper, kalamata olives, and crumbled feta cheese, with a tangy olive oil-based dressing. It's a light and refreshing salad that you can serve any time.
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Delicious Low-Carb Bang Bang Brussels Sprouts
These low-carb Bang Bang Brussels Sprouts are cooked to tender then tossed in a delicious copycat Bang Bang Sauce that gives a creamy sweet chili flavor to your veggies.
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One-Pot Garlic Mushrooms & Cauliflower
This garlicy cauliflower and sautéed mushrooms have a delicious umami flavor that pairs well with just about any low-carb main dish.
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Keto Orange Sauce Brussels Sprouts
Keto Orange Sauce Brussels Sprouts are a sweet and savory side dish that combines fresh orange juice with soy sauce and vinegar to make a delicious low-carb sauce to dial up the flavor of steamed Brussels sprouts.
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Strawberry Spinach Salad
This bright and tangy salad is perfect as a side salad paired with chicken or sliced steak.
Smoked Cauliflower
This Smoked Cauliflower head is rubbed with a flavorful blend of seasonings and placed on the smoker or BBQ to get soft and tender while soaking up the smoky goodness.
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Easy Air Fryer Green Beans
<p>Air Fryer Green Beans are so simple to make and they turn out perfectly crispy and tender when cooked in the air fryer. So why not save yourself a few steps and cook your green beans with a tasty seasoning in the air fryer.</p>
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Simple Air Fryer Frozen Broccoli
Air Fryer Frozen Broccoli is a great side dish that you can always have on hand in the freezer. It takes just 8 minutes to cook in the air fryer and is a very healthy side dish to pair with any meal.
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Easy Air Fryer Asparagus
This easy air fryer asparagus is a quick way to make a veggie side dish in just a few minutes in the air fryer. It can be cooked to your preference - tender and crisp.
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10-minute Sautéed Kale & Spinach
Sauteed kale and spinach is a quick and simple side dish that comes together in less than 10 minutes, and goes with nearly anything!
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Greek Lettuce Salad - Maroulosalata
Made with only 4 ingredients, this Greek Lettuce Salad (maoulosalata) is the perfect salad recipe ready in under 10 minutes.
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Air Fryer Stuffed Mushrooms
These air fryer stuffed mushrooms with cream cheese are gluten-free and low in carbs. They are a true crowd pleaser and make a great appetizer or side dish.
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Low-Carb Dinner Rolls
<p>These Low-Carb Dinner Rolls are super quick and easy to make, but they’re soft and tender with that classic “bready” taste.</p>
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Tomato Garlic Confit with Marinated Feta
Loaded with tangy flavors and super creamy at the same time- this tomato garlic confit with marinated feta is a total winner!
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Easy Roasted Asparagus with Lemon Tahini Sauce
Best roasted tahini asparagus. Roasted asparagus is so much better with this easy lemon tahini sauce. It’s the perfect side dish for anytime of year.
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Soy Glazed Eggplant
This soy glazed eggplant absorbs all the explosive flavors of the brown sugar, soy sauce, garlic, and ginger sauce transforming it into a tender, ultra-flavorful meal we can all agree on.
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Loaded Keto Cauliflower Casserole with Broccoli and Cheese
<p>Creamy loaded keto cauliflower casserole with broccoli and cheese is an ultimate keto side dish – low-carb and high-fat deliciousness that can proudly take its place on your dining table</p>
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Crunchy Kale Salad (Chick-fil-A Copycat)
Crunchy Kale Salad is like your favorite Chick-fil-A kale salad but better. Massaged kale, cabbage, green apple, nuts with a tangy dressing.
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Angela lives a low-carb lifestyle in the Pacific Northwest with her two kids. She loves to read, cook, bake, try new recipes, and travel.