15 Summery Sides for Hamburgers and Hot Dogs

These super-easy, indulgent potatoes are layered with pats of chive and sour cream butter, then wrapped in foil and grilled until soft and delicious.

This sweet, salty corn salad is the perfect picnic side. Bonus: You can make the aioli the night before and fold in right before serving.

This zippy take on the classic backyard barbecue side dish is tangy-hot mixture of apple cider vinegar, molasses, brown sugar and crushed red pepper.

This supremely simple fruit salad is the ultimate refresher on a hot day.

This sweet and crunchy salad with lots of immune-boosting vitamin C would also be delicious with a pulled-pork sandwich.

Coat the vegetables with a mayonnaise-based marinade; it creates a beautifully blistered crust when grilled.

No July 4 celebration is complete without corn on the cob. This version is flavored with a trio of seasoned salts.

"The fire brings out the sweetness in the tomatoes,” says Chef Chris Cosentino."

The mayonnaise dressing for this potato salad gets pungency from mustard oil (store-bought spicy mustard works fine, too) and a hit of smoky-sweet flavor from bacon and bottled barbecue sauce.

This slightly updated version of an old favorite is irresistible. Plus, it's incredibly fast and easy because you don't have to make a sauce or even bake the macaroni.

This simple summer salad from Portland, Oregon, chef Joshua McFadden perfectly showcases summer produce at its peak. When corn season is in full swing, cut the sweet, raw kernels off the cob and toss them into this dish.

Chef Fabio Trabocchi sears golden, buttery fingerling potatoes and tosses them with fresh dill

In this alternative take on a classic coleslaw, tender haricots verts get tossed with crunchy strips of carrot, red pepper and parsnip.

Fresh cucumbers are excellent when gently braised in butter and served warm.

Here, Chef Charlie Parker serves lightly charred broccoli and ciabatta cubes in a twist on an Italian bread-and-tomato salad.