What to Serve with Grilled Shrimp – 20 of my best side dishes for a quick and easy weeknight dinner or simple, summertime entertaining! Perfect pairing with any grilled shrimp recipes.

Grilled Shrimp is one of my favorite – and fastest – ways to a quick, easy summer meal loaded with flavor.

If you’re like me and always on the lookout for protein – shrimp is jam-packed with it and whips up in about 5 minutes on the outdoor grill with almost no cleanup.

Pour a nice glass of white wine, get that hot grill ready and let’s talk sides because there’s really no one perfect dish – it’s whatever you and your crew enjoy.

Grilled shrimp recipe:

There are many different recipes for grilled shrimp on Pinterest and pretty much any cookbook you pick up.

My Grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp starts with fresh shrimp, basted in a delicious garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest sauce with just a pinch of red pepper flakes (think shrimp scampi – on skewers!).

What to Serve with Grilled Shrimp:

SALADS AND VEGETABLES:

overhead view kale crunch salad and small bowl of crispy chickpeas

overhead view - white bowl with corn salad garnished with lime sliced and fresh basil

white rectangular platter with chickpea salad with tomatoes and cucumbers

overhead view white plate and grilled peach caprese with white napkin in foreground

Chick fil-A Copycat Kale Crunch Salad tasty, refreshing side dish

Mango Salsa

Corn Tomato Salad

Fresh Green Beans 6 minutes, no blanching

Creamy Sour Cream Cucumber Salad

Chickpea Tomato Cucumber Salad

3 zucchini corn fritters on black plate with marinara for dipping

overhead view - black bowl with 5 minute coleslaw

Zucchini Corn Fritters air fry or pan fry

Spring Panzanella Salad

Easy Creamy Coleslaw 4 simple ingredients (mayonnaise, shredded cabbage, honey and apple cider vinegar).

Air Fryer Roasted Broccoli

PASTA/RICE:

Caprese Pesto Pasta Salad

Creamy Parmesan Cheese Rice

overhead view black bowl with creamy parmesan rice and forkful

overhead view of 2 bowls of pesto orzo salad

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

Pesto Orzo Pasta Salad

Risotto

POTATOES:

white bowl with Deviled Egg Potato Salad garnished with fresh dill

open foil pack of grilled potatoes in foil topped with chopped parsley

Potato Salad – this is my old-fashioned potato salad I’ve been making for more than 30 years. Creamy mayo, crispy bacon – it’s been one of my most popular recipes for years. Readers call it “amazing”.

Air Fryer Baked Potatoes

Grilled Foil Potatoes cooked completely on the barbecue.