If mashed potatoes are a top side dish for your family and you need ideas that pair great with them, you’re in the right place.
Below you’ll find a list of simple and delicious main courses to serve with mashed potatoes of every type.
What to Eat with Mashed Potatoes for Dinner
Mashed potatoes pair great with just about anything. From juicy chicken breasts to seafood and veggie-rich dishes… it’s a neutral side that will no doubt get devoured!
Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts
Tired of dry, tasteless chicken breasts? Not with this recipe!
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Easy Baked Sriracha Chicken
The family will absolutely devour this sweet and spicy chicken dinner!
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Baked Pesto Salmon
Salmon cooked perfectly in the oven made easy with your favorite pesto sauce.
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Pesto Chicken Thighs
The solution to a busy weeknight! Grab chicken thighs + pesto and let the oven do the rest.
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White Wine Chicken & Green Beans
An ultra-smooth and creamy chicken sauce in minutes makes this chicken irresistable with mashed potatoes.
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Easy Shepherd’s Pie
Turn your mashed potatoes into shepherd's pie with this easy recipe. Use ground turkey, beef, or chicken.
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Oven Beef Kabobs
This Kabob recipe can be prepared in the oven anytime and caramelizes the best veggies and beef strips to be ready for dinner!
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Blackened Chicken Breasts
Loaded with flavor, ultra juicy, and ready fast! This a winning recipe for your mashed potatoes.
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Lemon Garlic Chicken & Asparagus
An easy 5 star dish gets made in a flash and served with delicious asparagus and your favorite side.
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Jerk Chicken Drumsticks
A family-favorite recipe with crispy, charred edges and all that seasoning that's tamed down by the mashed potatoes.
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Chicken Kabobs
Always juicy, these Chicken Kabobs are the best mid-week dinner to be served on top of or next to fluffy mashed potatoes.
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Gluten-Free Chicken Nuggets (Chick-fil-A Copycat)
Make these ahead and stash them in the freezer for a solution to dinner that everyone loves.
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Panéed Chicken
These pan-fried and lightly breaded chicken breasts are a kid favorite and are ready in 10 minutes.
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Copycat Cane’s Chicken and Sauce
These perfect golden and crispy chicken strips beat the fast-food ones any day!
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Chicken with Prunes and Sage
An easy and delicious one-pan recipe with a lightly sweet sauce to pour over the chicken and your mashed potatoes.
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Garlic Herb Salmon
An easy recipe for salmon in the oven baked in foil for super easy cleanup!
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Chicken Leg Quarters
Let the oven do the work with this proposal-worthy Chicken Leg Quarter recipe that requires minimal prep!!
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Pan-Grilled Chicken
This simple cooking method yields great-tasting and juicy chicken breasts every time!
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New Orleans Fried Catfish
Louisiana-style Fried Catfish meets creamy, light mashed potatoes for this epic mid-week dinner-this is one of the best pieces of fish you'll ever taste.
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Air Fryer Fish Sticks
Have these in the freezer? No problem. Throw them in the air fryer for golden crisp perfection.
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Flank Steak
With this epic Flank Steak recipe and some delicious mashed potatoes, you can have dinner on the table in 30 minutes.
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Chicken Cordon Bleu
This delicious recipe is grain-free, cheesy, and baked to perfection. Make this delicious version to serve with cheesy mashed potatoes.
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Homemade Fish Sticks
This recipe is baked, not fried, for a delicious meal to serve with mashed potatoes that is healthier than the alternative. You're doing great!
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Garlic Butter Salmon
Salmon baked requires minimal prep and work but yields flaky and tasty salmon that everyone will rave about. Serve with mashed potatoes and your fave veggies.
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These epic meals are waiting to be served with a big bowl of creamy mashed potatoes!
Erica says
My family loves mashed potatoes and I never know what to serve with it -we only had them with roast growing up. So many new options. Thanks!