These delicious side dishes for swordfish are all relatively easy to make and full of fresh ingredients.
From pasta salads to grilled veggies, we've got some great side dish recipes for you that pair nicely with the flavor of swordfish.
Swordfish is a fantastic, hearty fish that tastes closer to steak than regular fish fillets. It has a mild flavor that pairs well with all types of sides.
Sautéed Yellow Squash
This simple sautéed yellow squash recipe makes the crisp, fresh squash flavors shine. The squash's mildly sweet, nutty flavors are deepened over the heat.
It's topped with fresh herbs, garlic, salt, pepper, and lemon juice for maximum flavor. It's great with a pan-seared swordfish.
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Oven Roasted Root Vegetables
This delicious oven-roasted root vegetable recipe is a fantastic, healthy side dish! This side dish is a wonderful addition to a weeknight dinner.
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Grilled Corn in the Husk
This grilled corn in the husk recipe is the absolute easiest way to cook sweet corn! It's super simple and results in tender, succulent corn.
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Roasted Radishes
These delicious roasted radishes are a wonderful side dish. Radishes are a sharply flavored but delicate root vegetables that benefit from being lightly seasoned and roasted.
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Roasted Turnips
These delicious roasted turnips are a simple, flavorful side dish that's easy to make. Roasted turnips are perfect for a weeknight meal served alongside some baked swordfish.
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Grilled Baby Bok Choy Recipe
This grilled baby bok choy is an easy recipe for a delicious side dish. It has a zesty, savory sauce with a little chili kick. The best part is it’s ready in less than 15 minutes!
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Italian Tomato Salad
This fresh Italian tomato salad recipe (Insalata di Pomodori) is a simple summer side dish. It's perfect for pairing with grilled swordfish and is absolutely bursting with fresh flavors.
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Roasted Golden Beets
Roasted golden beets are one of the most delicious vegetable side dishes. You'll roast the whole beets in a foil packet until tender.
This cooking method is incredibly simple. You don't even have to peel the beets before roasting!
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Grilled Asparagus Recipe
This delicious grilled asparagus recipe is ready in minutes!
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Mediterranean Grilled Vegetables
These delicious grilled Mediterranean vegetables are a perfect side dish! They're char-grilled to perfection and topped with herbs, olive oil, and lemon juice.
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Grapefruit Salad
This delicious grapefruit salad with avocado is a fantastic, fresh side salad recipe!
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Roasted Parmesan Green Beans
These delicious parmesan cheese green beans are topped with panko and perfectly roasted.
They're a crispy, savory, and tasty side dish that's ready in less than 30 minutes. The majority of which is hands-off time while the beans are baking in the oven.
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Grilled Halloumi Salad
This grilled halloumi salad is a tasty, savory recipe! It's paired with fresh, juicy tomatoes and cucumbers for a crunchy vegetable bite.
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Brussels Sprouts Kale Salad
This shredded Brussels sprouts salad with kale and apples is quick and easy to make!
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Smashed Brussels Sprouts
These crispy smashed Brussels sprouts are baked to perfection. They're a delicious side dish that's fun to make.
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The Easiest Green Salad
This easy green salad is quick and delightful. It's got a mustardy dressing that tastes great tossed with any soft green.
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Pesto Pasta Salad Recipe
This healthy pesto pasta salad recipe is full of flavor. The roasted veggies, grilled corn, and pesto make this a standout recipe.
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Roasted Broccolini
This roasted broccolini recipe is a ridiculously simple side dish that tastes great.
It’s a fresh side dish that's ready in less than 20 minutes. Broccolini is sweeter and milder than regular broccoli - it's well worth trying!
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Sautéed Zucchini
This easy sautéed zucchini recipe allows zucchini squash's crisp, fresh flavors to shine.
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Grilled Corn and Black Bean Salad
This grilled corn and black bean salad is a delicious summer side dish or light lunch. It's full of flavor and easy to make!
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Oven Roasted Okra
This tasty oven-roasted okra is a fantastic side dish! It can be made with fresh or frozen okra and only involves a few simple steps.
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Roasted Purple Potatoes
These roasted purple potatoes with garlic and herbs are a flavorful and beautiful side dish.
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Avocado Caprese Salad
Thisavocado caprese saladis a perfect side salad recipe. It's easy to make, highlights fresh, seasonal ingredients, and is flavorful!
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Shaved Asparagus Salad with Quinoa
This shaved asparagus salad with quinoa recipe is a delicious side dish!
It's topped with a zesty dressing made from orange juice and mustard - it adds a punch of flavor that pairs well with the subtle asparagus and quinoa.
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Roasted Honeynut Squash
This delicious roasted honeynut squash recipe is topped with miso maple butter for a savory and sweet side dish. This is the best way to enjoy these cute little squash.
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Asian Style Green Beans
These delicious Asian-style green beans will be your new favorite side dish!
They're a fantastic way to cook fresh green beans that highlight the natural flavors and add a zesty kick.
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Roasted Carnival Squash
You'll love this roasted carnival squash recipe - it's so easy to make and results in creamy, succulent squash.
Carnival squash is a hybrid of acorn and sweet dumpling squash. It has bright, colorful skin and rich, sweet flesh.
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Heirloom Tomato Salad Recipe
This heirloom tomato salad recipe is summer in a bowl! It's a fantastic side salad or light lunch.
This recipe is similar to a Caprese salad in that it pairs tomatoes with mozzarella and basil but adds some delicious fresh summer stone fruit.
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Za'atar Roasted Butternut Squash
This delicious roasted butternut squash is topped with za'atar seasoning for a flavorful bite.
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Roasted Red Cabbage
This roasted red cabbage is a gorgeous side dish recipe!
It's our favorite way to eat red cabbage - roasting it brings out the flavor and adds some great crunchy bits.
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Honey Roasted Baby Carrots
This delicious honey-roasted baby carrots recipe is a fantastic, simple side dish. It requires very little hands-on time but makes the tenderest and tastiest carrots.
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Grilled Endives
You've got to try these delicious grilled endives - they're so simple to make and are the best way to bring out the flavor of endives.
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Yield: 4 servings
Side Dishes for Swordfish
Try one of our favorite sides for swordfish - this easy sauteed yellow squash recipe is the best! It comes together quickly and has great flavor.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time16 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 medium yellow squash, cut into ½ inch pieces
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 sprigs fresh thyme, finely chopped
- 10 fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and butter.
- Once the oil is hot and the butter is bubbling, add the yellow squash. Stir the squash to coat them in the butter and oil. Sauté for 5 minutes. Stir again and flip the squash over and cook for 4 more minutes.
- Add the garlic and thyme to the pan. Stir to combine and cook for an additional 2 minutes.
- Remove the squash from the heat and add the chopped basil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Stir and serve immediately.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 112Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 291mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 4gSugar: 7gProtein: 3g
Which one of these side dish recipes will you try?