What Side is your "Go To" Side with Steak?

[bep35]

Hola!

I will be grilling NY Strips for Easter and will be responsible for sides and possibly appetizers. Because of the special time together with the kids and grandkids, I wanted to reach out to the Pitmaster Brethren and Sistren for recommendations on both a side dish or two with grilled steak (that are your tried and true favorites) and possibly some appetizer ideas. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Have fun and have a great Easter everyone!

[Purc]

I always have sautéed sliced mushrooms with steaks and sometimes stuffed mushrooms. I also make a microwaved steamed cauliflower side with mayo, mustard and cheddar cheese sauce.

[barelfly]

I like me some crispy brussel sprouts. And for a group like you are cooking for, cook Kenji’s Hasselback Potato Gratin! They are dynamite with a steak!

https://www.seriouseats.com/hasselback-potato-gratin-casserole-holiday-food-lab

[Andrrr]

Dang those got my mouth watering.

[Jfrosty27]

Shrooms, bakers, green beans. 👍

[Panhead John]

I’m being Mr Obvious here, but I’m a fully loaded baked tater guy….bacon, green onions, butter, sour cream. Depending on the steak, just French fries. +1 on the sautéed mushrooms, white or baby Bella’s. Occasionally bacon wrapped asparagus on the grill, sprinkled with a little Lawry’s garlic salt and pepper.

[Finster]

Baked taters are my favorite, but other types of taters aren't out of the question.
If it's summer, I like to grill whole marinated mushrooms. Grilled zucchini is a favorite, and corn on the cob is a summer staple. Fresh tomatoes with Mozz and olive oil goes great with it too..

[Johnny Booth]

House salad.
- Romain, sweet peppers, celery, carrots, cucumbers, black olives. Newman’s Balsamic Vinaigrette.
Maybe Asparagus
Cabernet.

Ideas for sides:
Twice-baked Taters
Baked Mac and Cheese
Corn on the cob

Carol does a butternut squash and apples cubed, with candied walnuts. It is delicious. Not sure it would pair with steak, but it’s a winner.

https://deliciously.fit/roasted-butternut-squash-with-apples-and-walnuts/

[bbqLuv]

Ditto: Twice-baked Taters
Baked Mac and Cheese
Corn on the cob

[Finster]

Is that recipe good for leftovers?
I’d like to try it, but I’m pretty certain I’ll be the only one eating it.
If it would make for good lunch leftovers, that would be a bonus

[Donw]

We are a steak, baker or Hasselback potatoes, and asparagus family but for holiday or special meals I make several potato galettes for sharing. Actually easy to do if you have a mandolin. Plenty of recipes on the internet.

[Panhead John]

Those look awesome Don!

[Johnny Booth]

That looks pretty. We hasselback too. The galettes take that up a notch. 👍👍

[Troutman]

That galette does look friggin' awesome. I like the size, ones I've done are in a large pan but this is a good individual serving size. Must steal that idea !!!

[captainlee]

Wedge salad blue cheese of course, baked spud, creamed spinach, mushroom caps.

[jfmorris]

I keep it simple here usually.

I almost always do sautéed mushrooms (usually baby portobello or white) in a skillet or wok, to go with the steaks. I doctor the mushrooms up with some beef broth, dijon, salt, pepper, butter and little cream, maybe a dash of Lee & Perrin's or soy sauce, and a splash of cream. I wisk in a little corn starch if I want to thicken it up at the end.

For sides, baked potatoes with all the fixings are a classic. But with kids involved, maybe smashed/mashed potatoes would be good, scalloped potatoes, or even a smoked/baked Mac n Cheese as your starch.

Crusty bread, toasted with butter and garlic salt - think Texas toast will go well too.

For green, I would go with a salad or some green beans. I've been known to grill artichokes, but not everyone goes for those. The other green Yvonne had recently and really liked at Longhorn was some charred Brussel sprouts.

Most of the time it is just Yvonne and I for steak, and our goto is the steak with mushrooms, baked potatoes, and EITHER grilled artichokes OR a salad.

[Steve B]

Loaded baked taters. Also love sauteed onions.

And of course a side of steak. Nuttin better.

[Dan Deter]

I spent an embarrassing amount of time this morning wondering why the side of the steak mattered....

[bep35]

My bad. I didn't catch the "Side" in there twice. Once it was posted I couldn't change it.

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

an artichoke is my favorite, followed by shrooms... otherwise its whatever frozen veg we have in the freezer. For a crowd I would maybe do some Mexican street corn especially if you will have a helper to slice the cobs after charring

[yakima]

Upon seeing the title, I immediately thought, What the heck, now we need to learn to pick the correct side of the steak for presentation? Kind of like left or right hand brisket.

[Mosca]

It depends on the season!

Summer: corn on the cob and cole slaw.

Winter: potatoes and tossed salad.

Always: sautéed mushrooms.

[jfmorris]

Ohhh. Grilled corn is one of Yvonne's favorites. I totally forgot about that. Last year she loved it when I gave that the Mexican Street Corn treatment...