25 Delicious Greek Side Dishes You’ll Make Every Single Week

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published Jan 28, 2025
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Credit: Photo: Alex Lepe; Food Styling: Rachel Perlmutter

Greek side dishes are the perfect way to round out a meal inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean. Whether you’re serving classic pastitsio, rich and hearty moussaka, or a simple yet flavorful Greek chicken, the right side dishes can make your table feel like a feast. These side dishes highlight the fresh ingredients and bold flavors that make Greek cuisine so beloved.

You’ll find classics like tangy Greek salad and roasted Greek lemon potatoes, along with a unique twist with a hearty spanakopita kale salad. From simple vegetable dishes to crunchy salads, we’ve got you covered. Here are 25 delicious Greek side dishes that pair perfectly with your favorite mains.

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Photo: Alex Lepe; Food Styling: Rachel Perlmutter
Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

What’s better than feta cheese? Feta is one of the most perfect salad cheeses, and Greek salad is the best way to showcase that. Juicy tomatoes, cooling cucumbers, crunchy onions, and briny olives all work together to create a bowl loaded with flavor.

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Photo: Alex Lepe; Food Styling: Rachel Perlmutter
Greek Lemon Potatoes

This classic Greek potato side dish showcases melt-in-your-mouth creamy potatoes packed with lemony flavor.

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Laura Rege
Spanakopita Kale Salad

With briny feta crumbles, crunchy toasted walnuts, and zippy herbs, this chopped kale salad tastes just like spanakopita, the iconic Greek savory pie.

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Kristina Vanni
Fluffy Zucchini Pancakes

Fluffy savory pancakes packed with shredded zucchini, herbs, and salty bites of feta cheese.

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Lauren Volo
Tzatziki Sauce

Tzatziki is a Greek yogurt-based sauce with cucumber, garlic, and fresh dill. Here's how to make the best version of this versatile condiment at home.

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Kelli Foster
Lemony Greek Potato Salad

Inspired by Greek lemon potatoes, this easy potato salad is packed with bright, tangy flavors.

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Photo: Paola + Murray; Food Styling: Drew Aichele
Sautéed Beet Greens

After the beets are roasted, turn your attention to the hearty greens and stems. When sautéed in a hot skillet with garlic and finished with lemon, they quickly become a delicious and easy side.

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Perry Santanachote
Garlicky Skordalia

This irresistible puréed potato dip is rich with olive oil and packs a garlicky punch that goes best with simple foods, such as raw vegetables, poached seafood, or grilled meats. It's also delicious with nothing else but warm pita bread.

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Shelly Westerhausen
Marinated Chickpea and Feta Salad with Spring Veggies

This star of this crunchy, veggie-packed salad is a tangy Greek-inspired dressing, which doubles as a marinade for the feta and hearty chickpeas.

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Photo: Christopher Testani; Food Styling: Jesse Szewczyk
Horta Phyllo Pockets

These two-bite pockets are filled with garlicky greens, fresh dill, feta, and just a bit of rice to hold all the good stuff together.

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Creamy Whipped Feta Dip

Pita chips, crackers, crostini, and a mix of crudités are natural pairings for this creamy dip. If you happen to have any leftover feta dip, it makes a pretty fantastic impromptu pasta sauce, a sandwich or burger spread, or a dip for french fries.

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Joe Lingeman
Marinated Feta-Beet Salad

Sweet roasted beets loaded with fresh herbs and feta cheese.

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Joe Lingeman
Grilled Zucchini and Yellow Squash Salad

Zucchini and yellow squash are grilled until smoky, then tossed with a lemon vinaigrette, feta, and fresh mint.

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One-Pot Greek Orzo with Tomatoes, White Beans, and Feta

A hearty Greek-inspired orzo dish with creamy canned cannellini beans, briny olives, juicy tomatoes, and salty feta.

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Gentl and Hyers
Greek-ish Grain Salad

We love grain salads, and we love Greek salad, and there’s not much in this world that isn’t improved by a few slabs of feta cheese. This is the big salad of our dreams.

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Faith Durand
Tomato Salad with Red Onion, Dill and Feta

This is the full-on maximalist tomato salad: tossed gloriously with red pepper, feta, fresh dill, cucumber, and olives.

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Lauren Volo
Feta and Tomato Braised Chickpeas

Tender chickpeas swimming in an oregano- and garlic-spiked tomato sauce and topped with plenty of melty feta cheese.

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Shaved Cucumber and Fennel Salad with Olives and Feta

A Mediterranean-style salsa is layered with lemony fennel and cucumbers for a simple salad that's bright, fresh, salty, rich, briny, and crunchy.

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Faith Durand
Greek-Style Braised Green Beans

This dish is our favorite way to enjoy fresh or frozen green beans – braised until tender with onion, garlic, white wine, and a touch of spicy pepper and lemon.

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Ghazalle Badiozamani
Greek Pasta Salad

An easy recipe for a Greek-inspired pasta salad that's filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, Kalamata olives, and feta and dressed in a tangy oregano vinaigrette.

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Lauren Volo
Greek Vinaigrette

Classic Greek vinaigrette is more than just a red wine vinaigrette with a little oregano for color. Nope, this classic gets its sass from the one-two punch of red wine vinegar and lemons. Partnered with garlic and some dried herbs in the cupboard, this dressing will become the house salad dressing for your home.

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Greek-Style Lima Beans

Fresh mint, lemon zest and feta cheese turn lima beans into a super-flavorful side.

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