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Best Lebanese Side Dishes (Authentic Recipes)

Published: Jul 24, 2023 · Modified: Jul 24, 2023 by Janelle Hama *This post may contain affiliate links. Disclosure

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So you’re looking for Lebanese side dishes, well my friend, you’ve landed on the right recipe roundup.

I handpicked the best Lebanese sides you must try from within this blog (I specialize in Lebanese food) and from other gifted Lebanese food bloggers. 

four pictures of different Lebanese side dishes, rice, greens, salad and bulgur with squash

This Lebanese side dishes list is great for giving ideas for what to serve as part of your next friends and family gathering.

It has been created for easy navigation and sectioned into the following;

  • Dips
  • Dressings and Sauces
  • Rice and Grains
  • Salads
  • Vegetables

Most of these recipes have been accessed from the vegan Lebanese recipe collection and complement this list of vegan mezze recipes.

Dips

a brown clay bowl filled with blended chickpeas topped with whole cooked chickpeas

Hummus

No Lebanese side dishes list would be complete without hummus. This chickpea dip is served with mixed plates, falafels, bbq's, grilling and so much more.

Lebanese Hummus Recipe
zucchini baba ganoush in a bowl

Baba Ghanoush

Also known as Baba Ghanouj, this creamy and smokey eggplant dip is also perfect with grilling, bbq's, falafel, sandwiches and so much more. One of the best side dishes due to its versatility.

a brown bowl filled with yellow zucchini flesh

Zucchini Flesh Dip

Aka Lib Koosa is a juicy and sour Lebanese zucchini dip made from cooked zucchini flesh in a lemon and mint sauce. It is often served as part of a breakfast mezze table.

Zucchini Dip Recipe

Dressings and Sauces

garlic dipping sauce in a brown bowl with a spoon

Toum

Garlic lovers meet the iconic white fluffy sauce filled with huge amounts of garlic can be smeared on nearly anything. Think breads, grilling, vegetables, falafel, bbq's and so on.

Toum Recipe
a ceramic bowl filled with crushed green chili sauce

Shatta

This hot sauce is one of those Middle Eastern dishes that can virtually be used on any savory foods. Featuring firey chili, copious garlic, fresh lemon juice and the best extra virgin olive oil. Whatever you can think of is where it can be used for an extra kick.

Shatta Recipe
shawarma sauce in a wooden spoon

Tahini Sauce

This tahini sauce is one fits many. It pairs with shawarma, kebabs, veggies, wraps, sandwiches, salads and the list goes one. This sauce is a must in your arsenal.

Lebanese Shawarma Sauce

Rice and Grains

lebanese vermicelli rice in a brown bowl with silver cutlery

Lebanese Rice

AKA Vermicelli Rice, this is such a popular and delicious side dish. It is always served as the go-to rice with stews and similar Lebanese dishes. Made with toasted vermicelli noodles and buttery white rice. A great way to amp up your side-of-rice game.

Lebanese Rice Recipe
a white plate with mashed potato and bughul topped with olive oil and red chillies

Potato Kibbeh

Featuring a delectable combination of herbed mashed potatoes blended with tender bulgur topped with extra virgin olive oil. Potato kibbeh will elevate any meal with a burst of Middle Eastern flavors. Try it with tabouli. Yum!

Potato Kibbeh Recipe
a white bowl with spiced rice with toasted nuts and vegetables and a salad on the side

Lebanese Spiced Rice

The most requested type of rice in my Lebanese family. This Lebanese spiced rice features buttery rice seasoned with aromatic spices and is filled with veggies. It is then topped with toasted almonds, cashews and pine nuts. You'll love it!

Lebanese Spiced Rice Recipe
a white bowl filled with cooked bulgur with vermicelli

Bulgur with Vermicelli

A classic Lebanese side, this is similar to vermicelli rice,. However, the rice is swapped for bulgur wheat. It is always served with potato stew. Think of nutty and buttery flavors.

Bulgur Wheat With Vermicelli
a qwhite plate with cooked burghul, red capsicum and zucchini

Lebanese Squash with Bulgur

Yet another lesser known Lebanese meal. Picture tender, juicy Lebanese squash simmered in lemon, red bell peppers and nutty bulgur. This dish is great with salad and fresh Lebanese bread or as part of a mezze.

Lebanese Squash with Bulgur Recipe
bulgur pilav in tomato in a red pot

Bulgur Pilaf

A traditional dish of bulgur that has been simmered in a rich tomato broth. Good enough to eat as a main, this pilaf can be used instead of plain rice and can be paired with many foods.

Tomato Bulgur

Salads

a brown ceramic bowl filled with chopped salad swimming in a whiteish sauce

Tahini Salad

No matter how much I tried to explain how I love this salad, it still wouldn't do it justice. It features simple diced vegetables that are swimming on a tahini dressing. Use on the side with rices, grilling, kebabs, bbq's and more.

Tahini Salad Recipe
fatoush salad top down view

Fattoush Salad

If there were royal members of Lebanese salads, this is one of them. This salad features seasonal veggies, crispy broken pita in a sour dressing. It is commonly served with bbq, kebabs, kibbeh, mujadara and more.

Lebanese Fattoush Salad
A white bowl of parsley salad with two silver spoons

Tabouli

Here's another royal member of Lebanese salads. The main ingredient is parsley tossed with tomato and bulgur in a sour dressing. It is also commonly served with bbq, kebabs, kibbeh, mujadara and more, but don't let these limit your imagination.

Tabouli Recipe
A white bowl with a glass spoon filled with quinoa and chopped vegetables

Quinoa Tabouli

Made for those who want to enjoy a fresh salad of tabouli with a gluten free grain. Serve this salad as you would any other salad.

Quinoa Tabouli Recipe
a blue bowl of Malfouf salad

Malfouf Salad

The simplest side of crunchy cabbage salad. Made with shredded cabbage and fresh parsley tossed through a sour dressing. It's similar to quick pickles, without the process and is great with rices, pilafs, grilling, bbq and similar.

Salatat Malfouf Recipe
Lebanese Potato Salad (salata batata) in a dark blue bowl

Potato Salad

This is the perfect cold potato salad. Offering a comforting blend of creamy textures, fresh herbs and sour flavors, and versatility that complements a wide variety of main courses

Potato Salad with Spring Onions Recipe
Lebanese oregano salad

Fresh Oregano Salad

If I could eat this every day, I would. I love to eat it wrap in pita bread. Generally, small amounts are eaten at any given time due to its potent flavor. It is extra punchy! Enjoy it with kibbeh, pilafs, mujadara and more.

Oregano Salad

Vegetables

two white plates and a pot of loubieh

Braised Green Beans

The simple recipe of green beans with onion, tomato and olive oil, aka, Loubieh bi Zeit. Good enough to eat in pita bread, but highly popular as a side dish to any mezze

Loubieh Bi Zeit Recipe
air fried cauliflower with tahini sauce and a hand squeezing lemon on top

Fried Cauliflower

Congratulations! You just found your new favorite way to enjoy cauliflower. The fried cauli florets are drizzled with tahini dressing and is generally served with other fried foods such as falafel.

Arnabeet Mekle Recipe
warak enab in a white plate with one open showing the filling

Warak Enab

Tender Lebanese stuffed grape leaves, aka, warak enab, is filled with a rice, herbs and vegetable stuffing. It is almost always found at a mezze table, though it can be enjoyed as a main.

Warak Enab Recipe
cooked black eyed peas with greens in a white bowl

Lebanese Black Eyed Peas With Greens

A perfect example of simple wholesome ingredients to make a delicous meal. The black eyed peas are simmered in garlic, cilantro and onion and chopped greens. Then finished with fresh lemon juice.

Lebanese Black Eyed Peas With Greens Recipe
batata harra in a grey plate

Spicy Lebanese Potatoes

Honestly it is ridiculous how much of these spicy potatoes I could eat. Golden crispy cubed potatoes tossed through a herby garlic sauce. A mezze feast just wouldn't be right without these potatoes.

Batata Harra Recipe
vermicelli rice with sauteed veggies on the side in a bowl

Ghallaba

A medley of garlicky spiced sauteed veggies that can be used as a side to rices, pilafs or as a topper to dips.

Ghallaba Recipe
Foul Akhdar Bi Zeit Lebanese Green Broad Beans

Green Fava Beans

Herby braised green fava beans (broad beans) are generally eaten with pita bread and sometimes pickles and plain yogurt. It's also delicious to enjoy them in a Lebanese plate filled with other foods.

Foul bi Zeit Recipe
Pickled Turnips

Pickled Turnips

Get ready to fall in love with this Lebanese pickled turnips recipe. These pink turnips are perfect for bringing the acidity and crunch to any meal. Recipe by The Salt and Sweet.

Pink Turnips Recipe
a white plate with steamed greens topped with fried onion and a side of Lebanese bread

Lebanese Greens

Lebanese greens are generally wild foods. Think chicory, dandelion, endive and similar. The greens are blanched and dressed in lemon, garlic and topped with caramelized onion. It is always served with pita bread, but I believe it would make a delicious addition to any mezze.

Lebanese Greens Recipe

Other Lebanese Recipes

As you may have deduced the Lebanese cuisine is filled with many different types of side dishes to accompany many foods.

Some delicious Lebanese main course meals that will pair well with the above sides include the famous Lebanese lentils and rice, or vegetarian kibbeh in a tray

This list of vegan Lebanese recipes is filled with delicious traditional Lebanese foods or some that have been converted.

Check out this list of delicious Lebanese salads or perhaps this list of delicious stews from Lebanon to warm you up.

For foods that are comforting, this list of vegan Lebanese stuffed foods might interest you.

You might also be interested in this list of vegan Middle Eastern cuisine recipes.

Which one of these recipes caught your eye?

I'd love to know! Leave me a comment below or tag @plantbasedfolk on social media.

More Vegan Lebanese Recipes

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  • Lebanese potato salad salata batata in a bowl up close
    Lebanese Potato Salad
  • a white plate filled with sliced tomato onion salad with specks of green herbs
    Sumac Tomato Salad
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