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The 22 best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets for kids

Trying to serve your kids an at least semi-well rounded meal? Here are the best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets for kids!

If your kids are much like mine, when I ask them what they want to eat, they will yell back either CHICKEN NUGGETS or MAC N CHEESE.

The basics are king around here.

However, chicken nuggets aren’t a whole meal (usually).

I serve my 1 and 3 year old in these divided silicone plates so they get 1 “main dish” and 2 sides.

One of our sides is always cut up fruit: berries, sliced apples, sauteed apples, sliced banana, mandarin oranges, something like that.

The second side is what is up in the air. For breakfast, it’s a yogurt pouch. For lunch, it’s either goldfish or chex mix. For dinner, I try for more of a side dish.

But, if you are like me, when it’s time to make food your brain goes completely blank as to what to cook.

If you are wondering what to eat with chicken nuggets, there are loads of possibilities!

My personal go to is frozen chicken nuggets with frozen sweet potato fries and cut up fruit. I then like to throw together a simple salad for any adults and throw sliced nuggets on top of the salad – with a honey mustard or similar dressing.

This is easy since the 2 things bake together and we always have fruit and salad stuff in the fridge.

Below I am rounding up my best ideas of what to serve with chicken nuggets. I will round up a general list of ideas and then keep scrolling to links to actual recipes for some great ones!

PS – these are our favorite Nuggets! I bake them in the oven, but I hear they are *chef’s kiss* in the air fryer if you have one!

The 22 best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets for kids

The best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets for kids

Here are my general favorite sides with chicken nuggets.

  • Cut fruit
  • Fries – my kids actually prefer sweet potato fries
  • Tots
  • Chex mix, pretzels, chips
  • Veggie sticks
  • Cheese stick or babybel cheese
  • Baked carrots
  • Potatoes any way – mashed potato, smashed, baked
  • Mac n cheese
  • Corn
  • Pickles
  • Applesauce
  • Bread/rolls (when in doubt, give my daughter a hawaiian roll.. or 3)

Don’t forget the condiments (we limit our kids to 2 at a time, haha):

  • Ketchup
  • Honey mustard
  • Chick Fil A sauce
  • Ranch
  • Barbecue sauce
  • Honey

If you are wondering what goes with chicken nuggets for adults, consider:

  • Cole slaw
  • Baked beans
  • Green salad
  • Green beans
  • Grain salad like cous cous, quinoa, etc

(And if your kids will eat those things, more power to you! Mine will not.)

Here are some mouth watering recipes for chicken nugget sides!

The best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets for kids

Kids want nuggets AGAIN!?! Here are some of the best side dishes to serve with chicken nuggets - that are totally kid friendly!

What goes well with chicken nuggets in your house?

Thanks for reading!

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