Our collection of the best food for St. Patrick’s Day from fun green desserts to tasty side dishes to traditional Irish dinners, and more!
This is the ultimate collection of St. Patrick’s Day food to help you celebrate! Whether you are looking for classic Irish food to eat on St. Patrick’s Day, want fun and festive treats, or need an easy recipe for a potluck, you’ll find the perfect recipe here.
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Traditional Irish Dinner Recipes
A traditional St. Patty’s Day meal is full of cozy comfort food to balance out all the green beer and whiskey. Roast meat, pot pies, and stews are all delicious classic Irish dishes for St. Patrick’s Day Dinner.
Corned Beef Recipes
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Braised Corned Beef is made tender and flavorful with beef broth and onions. It’s an easy, hassle-free meal that’s sure to be a hit on St. Patrick’s Day!
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Crispy Slow Cooker Corned Beef
Crispy Slow Cooker Corned Beef with a crispy crust! Flavorful, easy recipe without any soggy bits!
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Instant Pot Corned Beef is easy to make and wonderfully tender and juicy with just 3 ingredients. The perfect St. Patrick's Day dinner!
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Slow Cooker Corned Beef Dinner
Slow Cooker Corned Beef Dinner made in one pot with cabbage, potatoes, and carrots for the perfect easy St. Patrick's Day dinner!
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Guinness Corned Beef is a savory-sweet twist on classic corned beef that melts in your mouth, and couldn’t be easier using only 3 ingredients and one dish!
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Lamb Recipes
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Braised Lamb Shanks are fall off the bone tender and surprisingly easy with garlic, beef broth, red wine, and thyme to flavor the meat.
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Easy Irish Lamb Stew is hearty classic Irish comfort food with tender lamb and stew veggies braised in a rich Guinness-beef broth. Ready in about one hour.
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Irish Guinness Roast Lamb is tender boneless lamb shoulder and baby potatoes slow cooked in Guinness stout, beef stock, garlic, and onion.
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Slow Cooker Leg of Lamb is an easy lamb recipe perfect for St. Patty's dinner! Juicy, tender boneless leg of lamb with seasoned with garlic, rosemary, and lemon.
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More Hearty Dinners
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Beef Shepherd's Pie is a traditional dish with ground beef, veggies, creamy mashed potatos on top. A comforting meal for the whole family.
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Irish Guinness Beef Stew is a traditional Irish pub food made with chuck roast, potatoes, vegetables, and a warm broth flavored with Guinness beer.
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Guinness Pot Roast has fork-tender beef with classic ingredients like potatoes and carrots, and a surprise layer of flavor from stout, rosemary, and garlic.
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Classic Beef Stew is a one-pot, comforting, and hearty meal with beef, vegetables, tomato paste, and seasoning, perfect for cold winter days!
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Guinness Chili is a hearty, rich, flavorful dish made with beer, beans, tomatoes, and warm spices. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day or a super bowl party!
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Recipes for Leftovers
The best part of cooking a big roast is the delicious ways you can use the leftovers!
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Reuben Sandwiches filled with corned beef, dressing, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye bread are delicious and perfect for St. Patrick's!
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Roast Beef Pot Pie is an easy, delicious dinner recipe with leftover beef! Flaky pie crust with savory filling of roast beef, potatoes, veggies, and gravy.
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Learn how to make Corned Beef Hash! It is an easy breakfast recipe made in the old fashion style with corned beef, potatoes, and onions!
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Pot Roast Soup (Leftover) is the perfect way to repurpose leftover beef into a whole new meal. Made with potatoes, carrots, and thyme in just 40 minutes.
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Philly Cheesesteak Shepherd’s Pie
Philly Cheesesteak Shepherd’s Pie is a comforting dinner version of Philly Cheesesteak with beef, peppers, mushrooms and cheese topped with mashed potatoes.
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St. Patty’s Day Sides
Round out your comforting St. Patrick’s Day meal with cozy delicious sides. Potatoes and cabbage are the traditional choices, but you can cook them up in new fun ways or stick to the classic recipes. Don’t forget the bread to soak up any sauces from your roasts and stews!
Classic Potato Recipes
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Colcannon Irish Potatoes are a traditional Irish recipe. Creamy, fluffy mashed potatoes mixed with flavorful onion and cabbage all topped with crisp bacon.
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Crispy Salt and Vinegar Potatoes
Crispy Salt and Vinegar Potatoes are boiled then roasted for a super crispy exterior with a pillowy soft middle that taste just like your favorite potato chips!
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Perfectly easy and classic creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes made with red bliss potatoes, garlic, milk and butter in just 30 minutes. The perfect side dish for any occasion.
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Twice Baked Potatoes made with russet potatoes, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and bacon are creamy on the inside and crispy on the outside, and incredibly EASY to prepare!
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Melting Sweet Potatoes are the ultimate comforting dish that's crispy on the outside but literally melts in your mouth. Try them today!
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Tasty Veggie Sides
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Braised Cabbage is a simple and flavorful, tender dish made with red cabbage, onions, and just a little salt and pepper. Easily made in one pot.
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These Individual Carrot Souffles are sturdier than most souffles but are creamy and soft. Slightly sweetened they make a delicious side dish to anything from BBQ dishes to Crusted Pork Loins.
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Crispy Roasted Cabbage Steaks make a great side dish for any meal (not just your favorite Corned Beef) in just 20 minutes.
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Roasted Root Vegetables are an easy way to mix up your easy weeknight meals and add in some new flavors without any extra effort.
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Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Carrots
Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Carrots are an easy (and inexpensive) side dish for your holiday meals! Much lower in calories than sweet potatoes with a similar awesome flavor!
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Rainbow Roasted Vegetables are the perfect way to enjoy eating healthy, colorful vegetables for adults and kids! Makes a perfect side for quick meals or dinner parties where you want to impress!
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Easy Homemade Bread Recipes
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Irish Soda Bread is a dense, moist, slightly sweet, no yeast homemade bread with raisins throughout and no rising time. Perfect for beginning bakers!
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Ultimate Cornbread is incredibly EASY to make, made with cornmeal, flour, and sugar. It’s sweet, savory, and ready in under 45 minutes!
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Bacon Cheddar Beer Bread is a delicious no knead bread packed with crispy bacon and melty cheddar. Salty, savory, and slightly sweet bread in about an hour!
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Easy Beer Bread Muffins (with Baking Mix)
Easy Beer Bread Muffins with baking mix are better than biscuits! This 5 ingredient Bisquick recipe is your new favorite buttery breakfast or dinner bread!
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St. Patty’s Day Desserts & Treats
No St. Patrick’s Day collection is complete without festive green treats, rainbow desserts, and sweets with a hint of mint. Check out these fun, delicious ideas for St. Patty’s Day desserts for parties, potlucks, and just enjoying with your family.
Green Treats for St. Patrick’s Day
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Shamrock Cookies are simple, buttery, crisp cutout cookies with a touch of peppermint flavoring and a green sugar topping. Check it out!
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Shamrock Shake is the homemade version of the St. Patrick's Day treat made with vanilla ice cream, mint extract, whipped cream, and a cherry!
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Mint Chocolate Chip Brookies are a delicious combination of mint chocolate chip cookies and rich dark chocolate brownies that tastes like your favorite thin mint cookies.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are the PERFECT St. Patrick’s Day dessert made with mint chocolates, milk chocolate and peppermint extract in under 45 minutes!
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This Grasshopper Pie is a no alcohol recipe for the classic no-bake dessert! Rich creamy mint mousse filling in a crunchy Oreo cookie crust.
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Irish Themed Desserts
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Irish Cream Chocolate Fudge is the creamiest chocolate fudge that tastes like Irish coffee! Easy no-cook treat recipe perfect for holidays!
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This Irish Potato Candy recipe is a no bake candy made with cream cheese, powdered sugar, and shredded coconut rolled in cinnamon. A Philadelphia favorite!
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Guinness Brownies are moist and fudgy with a boozy kick mixed in. Made with melted chocolate and topped off with extra chocolate chunks for gooey goodness.
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Irish Cream Brownies are perfectly fudgy chocolate brownies flavored with Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur and with a chocolate and Baileys icing.
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Easy Chocolate Guinness Cake is a moist chocolate cake made with Guinness stout, full of malty flavor, and topped with dark chocolate frosting.
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Irish Cream Guinness Cupcakes are the perfect boozy, chocolatey treat to serve this St. Patrick’s Day. They’re moist and creamy, with tasty toffee flavor!
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Colorful Rainbow Treats
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Rainbow Poke Cake With Whipped Cream
Rainbow Poke Cake With Whipped Cream made with no cake mix. Condensed milk makes this poke cake super moist and fluffy stabilized whipped cream won’t melt!
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Froot Loop Cereal Bars are a fun fruity twist for marshmallow cereal treats. Easy no-bake rainbow snacks kids will want to make (and eat) all summer long!
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Rainbow Cupcakes with Vanilla Cloud Frosting
Rainbow Cupcakes with fluffy cloud-like vanilla frosting that is guaranteed to make anyone who sees them smile. No cake mix, still EASY.
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Homemade Rainbow Sherbet is the perfect creamy, fruity frozen treat with raspberry, orange, and lime flavors all mixed together. Try it today!
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Belgian Rainbow Waffles will make your St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast a hit with homemade Belgian waffles turned into beautiful rainbows with a pot o’ gold.
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Funfetti Cake Batter Dip (Dunkeroo Dip)
Funfetti Cake Batter Dip is a festive, easy and nostalgic dessert dip made with cake mix, vanilla yogurt, Cool Whip, and sprinkles and it tastes just like Dunkaroos!
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Chocolate Confetti Squares are an easy no-bake dessert with fruity marshmallows, melted chocolate and peanut butter mixed into fudgy bars.
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More Mint Chocolate Desserts
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Mint Chocolate Cheesecake is a refreshing sweet treat with an Oreo crust, creamy green mint filling, and a rich chocolate ganache topping.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Blondies that taste just like your favorite ice cream flavor in thick cookie bar form loaded with chocolate chips and a chocolate drizzle.
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Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream is an easy homemade ice cream recipe. Rich and creamy classic with cool mint flavor and dark chocolate chunks.
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Mint Chocolate Covered Oreos are the PERFECT combo of sweet and crunchy, made with mint Oreos dipped in melted chocolate and covered in green sprinkles!
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Mint Oreo Fudge is creamy, rich white chocolate fudge loaded with Oreo Cookies. With white chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and mint extract.
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