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30 Perfect Sides to Serve with Quiche

Jan Valdez
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published Dec 21, 2024
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Potato Hash (diced potatoes and peppers, fried) in a skillet with a wooden spoon
Credit: Laura Rege
Potato Hash

With its creamy, savory filling and buttery crust, quiche pairs well with a variety of sides. Whether you’re serving a classic quiche Lorraine, a crustless quiche perfect for a crowd, or a tray of bite-sized mini quiches, the right side dishes make all the difference for your weekend brunch, lunch, or dinner.

If you’re in the mood for something hearty, try potato sides like crispy breakfast potatoes, cheesy hash brown casserole, or a diner-style potato hash with onions and peppers. For a lighter touch, fresh salads like spinach salad with apples, walnuts, and feta, a sweet and tangy fruit salad, or a crisp cucumber salad are a nice contrast to the rich, creamy texture of quiche. 

Here are 30 delicious sides to serve with quiche that are simple, flavorful, and easy to prepare. 

Potato Sides

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Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

Take the extra step to parboil the potatoes and rough up the edges for the crispiest, craggiest potatoes.

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Hash Brown Casserole

Our copycat take on Cracker Barrel's hash brown casserole is just as delicious and only a fraction of the cost.

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Perfect Potato Hash

When you're craving an American diner-style side to go with quiche, look to this easy one-skillet hash brimming with crisp golden potatoes, onions, and peppers.

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Ukrainian Dill Potatoes

The dish is just three humble ingredients — potatoes, fresh dill, and garlic — but their combination makes the perfect side for quiche.

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Crispy Skillet-Fried Potatoes

The secret to these impossibly crispy potatoes? Not baking or boiling. All you need is a skillet and a lid (yes, really) to pull off these perfect spuds. Here, they’re finished with fresh herbs and a pat of butter, which browns quickly, turns a little nutty, and takes the potatoes over the top.

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Potatoes O’Brien

This great-next-to-quiche potato side dish marries tender-in-the-center, crispy-edged potatoes with onion, bell peppers, and a hint of garlic.

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Crispy Cottage Fries

Crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, round cottage fries are a breakfast and brunch showstopper.

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Ranch Roasted Potatoes

These super-crispy roasted potatoes have a magical sauce made of butter, mayonnaise, and ranch seasoning mix.

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Lemony Greek Potato Salad

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

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Best-Ever Melting Potatoes

There are endless ways to cook potatoes, all marvelous in their own right. But if we had to pick just one, it would be these melting potatoes. When sliced into thick rounds, blasted with high heat in the oven, and bathed in butter and broth, humble potatoes become their most luxurious, tender selves — with very little effort from you.

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Smashed Garlicky Potatoes

Yukon gold potatoes are boiled then roasted to get a mixture of browned, super-crunchy bits and creamy spuds in every bite.

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3-Ingredient Roasted Dijon Potatoes

Partnered with grainy Dijon mustard, these potatoes have a pop of tang to complement their crispy, crackly edges.

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Lemon Butter Melting Potatoes

Inspired by melting potatoes, thick slices of potatoes get tossed with a lemony herb butter and cooked in a hot oven, creating a crispy, snappy crust on the outside.

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Pommes Persillade

Crispy diced potatoes tossed in melted butter, garlic, and parsley makes the ultimate side dish for quiche. It’s like the classic diner home fries you know and love, only elevated.

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3-Ingredient Roasted Cajun Potatoes

Red potatoes are coated in Cajun seasoning and a few dashes of cayenne pepper hot sauce, then baked until hot and crisp.

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Crunchy Salads

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Spinach Salad with Apples, Walnuts, and Feta

A simple baby spinach salad filled with fruit, nuts, and cheese that's the perfect side dish for a rich and creamy quiche Lorraine.

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Fruit Salad

This fruit salad is filled with ruby-red strawberries, lime green kiwi, plump blueberries, orange wedges, sweet mango, pineapple, and more. The finishing touch is the honey-lime dressing that marries all of the fruit together.

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Cucumber Salad

This is the easy side dish you’re going to want at every brunch. The best part: You only need four ingredients.

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Greek Salad (Horiatiki)

Juicy tomatoes, cooling cucumbers, feta cheese, crunchy onions, and briny olives all work together to create this classic Greek salad.

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Green Fruit Salad

Cubes of cool, mellow melon are tossed with sweet green grapes, star fruit, creamy avocado, and fresh mint for an easy fruit salad that looks and tastes impressive.

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Watermelon Feta Salad

This zesty, sweet-and-savory watermelon salad has all the delightful, crunchy elements of a refreshing side dish for quiche.

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Sour Cream and Dill Cucumber Salad

Classic cucumber dill salad tossed in a tangy sour cream dressing. It pairs well with any type of quiche, and we guarantee your family and friends will ask you for the recipe.

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Strawberry-Basil Arugula Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

A simple 5-ingredient recipe for arugula salad with strawberries, pistachios, and fresh basil.

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Smashed Cucumber and Feta Salad

The smashed feta cheese dressing is light, creamy, and what totally makes this super refreshing cucumber salad.

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Melon and Herb Salad with Pistachios

This combination of cantaloupe, fresh herbs, and salty pistachios is light, elegant, and perfect alongside a rich and cheesy quiche.

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Tangy Pickled Cucumber Salad

A light, fresh salad of quick-pickled cucumbers and chopped fresh chives that's perfect alongside your favorite quiche.

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Cucumber Caprese Salad

A simple twist on classic caprese salad that adds cool, crisp cucumbers to the equation.

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Arugula & Fennel Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette

For a simple salad to make the meal complete, this tumble of arugula and shaved fennel is all you need.

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Sweet and Salty Watermelon Fruit Salad

Made with blackberries, sliced cucumber, lime juice, and feta cheese, this watermelon fruit salad is equal parts sweet, salty, and savory.

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Creamy Grape Salad

This salad features red and green grapes (or cotton candy grapes!) tossed in a sweetened cream cheese and sour cream sauce and is topped with toasted pecans and tarragon. It’s fresh and cool and makes the perfect side dish for quiche.

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