With these carnivore side dishes and entree recipes, you will be able to eat a variety of whole, nutrient-dense foods without sacrificing taste or pleasure. Maybe you just transitioned to the carnivore diet or to an animal-based lifestyle, but find yourself missing your favorite comfort foods – things like pancakes, waffles, bread, chips, fried chicken, and pizza. If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place!
In this post, you will find 14 comfort food carnivore side dishes and entree recipes that were designed for meat-eaters. Things like – you guessed it – pancakes, waffles, bread, chips, fried chicken, and pizza. All of these meat-based recipes use only animal-based ingredients, like beef, pork, chicken, uncured meats, organ meats, animal fats, and (optional) zero carb condiments, herbs, and spices.
Recipes for Carnivore Side Dishes & Entrees with Multiple Meats
Alright, let’s get into the meat. (Pun intended)
Carnivore Fried Chicken Strips
Like the classic fried chicken we all know and love, but without SAD breading and industrial seed oils.
Ingredients:
- Chicken thighs
- Pork cracklings
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Club Sandwich
Ingredients:
- Carnivore Sandwich Bread
- Duck Fat Mayonnaise
- Sugar-free bacon
- Sliced turkey
- Sliced ham
- Raw cheese (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Pizza
With raw cheese, homemade sausage, bacon, and pepperoni on a pork-based Carnivore Pizza Crust, this savory pizza is entirely animal (with the exception of a small amount of optional herbs & spices).
Ingredients:
- Carnivore Pizza Crust
- Raw cheese (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Sugar-free bacon
- Ground pork
- Pepperoni
- Italian seasoning (optional)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Pizza Crust
Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, this savory, carnivore, pork-based pizza crust is entirely animal.
Ingredients:
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Ground chicken
- Pork rinds
- Grass-fed ghee
- Italian seasoning (optional)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Recipes for Carnivore Side Dishes & Entrees with Pork
Pork rinds make wonderful crusts, breads, and pastries. Because of this, the bulk of my baked goods contain pork rinds. Not a fan of pork? Scroll down to the beef section to find a beef-version of the carnivore sandwich bread.
Carnivore Quiche
This carnivore quiche is made with a pork-based crust and loaded with heavy cream, raw cheese, eggs, and bacon (or easily substitute your favorite breakfast meat).
Ingredients:
- Ground pork
- Pork rinds
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Heavy cream
- Sugar-free bacon
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Raw cheese (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Chives (optional)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Pork Belly Chips
These chips are salty, hard, and crunchy just like you would expect from a standard chip, but the occasional piece may surprise you with a wonderful melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Ingredients:
- Pork belly strips
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Sandwich Bread
Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, this savory, carnivore, pork-based sandwich bread is perfect for sandwiches, spreads, or can be toasted and eaten alone.
Ingredients:
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Ground pork
- Pork rinds
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Tortillas
These tortillas are light, bendy, faintly crispy, and hold together well for tacos, wraps, or whatever!
Ingredients:
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Pork rinds
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Baguettes
Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, this savory, carnivore, pork-based baguette is a wonderful side to almost any meal!
Ingredients:
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Ground pork
- Pork rinds
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Recipes for Carnivore Side Dishes & Entrees with Ground Beef
For most folks on the carnivore diet, beef seems to be the safest protein. Below you’ll find things like beef bread and some crunchy beef bars that are perfect for on-the-go snacks.
Carnivore Sandwich Bread – Beef Version
Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, this savory, carnivore, beef-based sandwich bread is perfect for sandwiches, spreads, or can be toasted and eaten alone.
Ingredients:
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Ground beef
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Crunchy Beef Bars
The dehydrated beef gives a crunch like nuts in a candy bar, the ghee holds everything together and gives a lightly sweet flavor, and the salt finishes it off. It all comes together in one delicious bar!
Ingredients:
- Ground beef
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Recipes for Carnivore Side Dishes & Entrees with Liver and Organ Meats
Trying to eat more organs, but not a fan of the taste? These liver pancakes and waffles have been a hit on the blog. Hundreds of people have tried them, and say they mask liver taste quite well.
Carnivore Beef Liver Pancakes
The most nutrient-dense pancakes you will ever eat!
Ingredients:
- Raw beef liver
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Carnivore Beef Liver Waffles
Ingredients:
- Raw beef liver
- Eggs (ASHLEY20 for 20% off)
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
Get the recipe here.
Slow-Cooked Carnivore Side Dishes & Entrees Recipes
For an easy “set it and forget it” meal, these oxtails are wonderful.
Easy Instant Pot Oxtails
With slightly charred tops, fall-off-the-bone-meat, and extra ghee to make the broth slightly sweet and buttery, these oxtails are wonderful – the perfect base for a hearty, fatty soup.
Ingredients:
- Beef oxtails
- Grass-fed ghee (or butter)
- Sea salt (ASHLEYR for 15% off)
- Water
Get the recipe here.
Ashley Rothstein develops tasty, whole food, animal-based recipes that include a moderate amount of “minimally toxic” plant foods. To fix her own health issues, she bounced around between the carnivore, keto, and paleo diets for a few years. After experiencing and studying each diet philosophy, she learned she feels her best by merging the three and following an animal-based diet. As a glut at heart, she likes to channel her creativity and create meals that are healthy but also satisfy her inner gluttonous spirits.
