Whether you’re cooking Thai, Vietnamese or Malaysian food tonight, you’re probably considering your options for side dishes. I love cooking different Asian foods at home and pairing it with a delicious and easy side dish makes the meal complete.
From Korean Chicken Wings to a Crunchy Chinese Vegetable Dish, we’ve got a great list of Asian side dishes to serve with you meal tonight. Serve up some of this basmati rice to complete the meal.
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Easy Asian Side Dishes
Korean Sticky BBQ Wings
These delicious Sweet & Spicy Korean BBQ Wings are deep-fried then glazed in a sticky, sweet, and spicy sauce.
These Honey Sriracha Brussels Sprouts are so delicious, with the sweetness of the honey and the spiciness of the Sriracha combined together for a super tasty glaze.
Instant Pot Chicken Fried Rice is packed with chicken and veggies, with a satisfyingly tasty sauce that pulls it all together. It’s as good as any take out fried rice you’ve ever had.
This Instant Pot Jasmine Rice recipe eliminates the struggle to make perfectly fluffy rice and it only takes about 15 minutes total in the Instant Pot. Make as much or as little as you need.
Baechu-Kimchi is a popular Korran side dish of fermented cabbage spiced with Korean red pepper flakes and aromatics. It’s is a perfect way to complete a meal.
A Pasta Salad with Asian flavors is all we need for weekend brunch. It has a Spicy Peanut Dressing and is topped with toasted sesame seeds to extra flavor.
This quick air fryer broccoli will make an easy addition to any weeknight meal. Seasoned with sesame oil for an Asian inspired twist! If you’re like me you’re always looking for new ways to use your air fryer and new ways to get your family to eat vegetables. Both of those problems are solved with […
Asian Broccoli Slaw is the perfect recipe for summer potlucks. The Broccoli Slaw Dressing has a sweet tangy flavors of soy sauce, peanut butter, and ginger.
Who would think humble green beans could be as good as this?! Spicy, pungent and full of flavour, this delicious lemongrass chilli green beans stir fry is totally worth sharing with everyone.
A fabulous side of stir fried Zucchini noodles with onions, bell peppers, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce, and a few red pepper flakes. It tastes fabulous and cooks up in about 10 minutes and is ready to eat!
This warm Balinese vegetable salad is perfect as a side dish, with fragrant Indonesian flavours and toasted coconut. It’s lovely and light, and slightly spicy. Ready in 25 minutes with just 9 ingredients.
Soft, slippery, salty, spicy, umami – this miso aubergine has it all, and it only takes a few minutes to prepare! It’s finished under the grill until they sizzles.
This seared baby bok choy recipe includes a sweet, sesame-ginger, garlic-soy sauce to drizzle on top! The seared bok choy is delicious enough on its own, but with that special sauce, it’s sensational! A perfect side dish that takes less than 30 minutes to make!
This Asian inspired veggie stir fry is your new favorite side dish. Seriously! Soy sauce coated vegetables and mushrooms will be a great addition to almost any meal.
This Instant Pot teriyaki fried rice bowl is filled with colorful veggies and makes a delicious one-pot dinner idea! Flavors blend well and are delicious! it’s ready in 20 minutes which makes it family friendly for busy weeknight dinners.
These easy roasted tandoori cauliflower wings are delicious crispy oven-roasted cauliflower with Indian spices. Learn how to make tandoori cauliflower in the oven- a quick & healthy appetizer recipe.
This light and refreshing Thai Noodle Salad is quickly and easily made, requiring just a few minutes’ cooking time. It is perfect as part of a feast and is a delicious side dish.
Laura is a home cook, with 25 years experience behind the stove, who spends an extraordinary amount of time in the kitchen cooking. She loves making new recipes and finding wonderful new things to eat, both at home or abroad. She spends a lot of time researching, crafting, and perfecting her recipes.