What is a good side dish for red beans and rice?

Question

I bought the red beans and I have some sausage and some rice, so I thought I would spice it all up, throw it together and make red beans and rice. Does corn bread sound ok, or some salad or what?

Answer 1

Coleslaw would be my choice - oil and vinegar dressing.

Answer 2

Home made corn bread sounds good to me!

Answer 3

Sweet corn on the cob would be a nice accent also.

Answer 4

Salad or greens.   You already have carbs & starch with the rice & beans, so cornbread would be really overdoing the carbs......

Answer 5

salad

Answer 6

those are side dishes

Answer 7

cornbread sounds the best but you should throw sausage in the rice too

Answer 8

corn bread sounds good

you can make fried plantains

also a salad with onion is ually served at spanish places when eating rice n beans

Answer 9

Cornbread and greens like collards are good.

Answer 10

Some type of blackened chicken or beef would complement red beans and rice...for a totally Cajun meal.  Corn bread or southern biscuits will top it off.  Instead of bread, you could add corn on the cob to the meal as well as a small tossed salad.  

Answer 11

I usually have corn bread with my red beans and rice and I don't usually have any other side dishes because it's such a hearty meal.

Answer 12

Corn bread would be great with it...sometimes I like to mix mine up a bit with the beans and rice.   If you want to make some different you could make Mexican Corn Bread.