From Tender Corned Beef and Cabbage to Tasty Irish Soda Bread!
Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day! Here is a selection of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day recipes—including soda bread, corned beef and cabbage, hearty Irish stew, and colcannon—many of which come from our wonderful Irish-American readers!
Many of these recipes contributed by readers were passed down across many generations. We have more versions of Irish Soda Bread than we could count, so if you aren’t keen on the recipe we listed below, search our recipe database for alternatives! Have a delicious St. Patrick’s Day!
Irish Breads & Baked Goods
Irish Oatmeal Scones
Lovely scones with oats and currants. Great for a St. Paddy’s Day breakfast!
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Irish Tea Barmbrack
A traditional recipe (from Dublin, Ireland) for making a delicious Irish barmbrack loaf—and using up leftover tea!
Irish Soda Bread
This Irish Soda Bread recipe uses baking soda and baking powder to create a lighter, scone-like loaf.
Irish Dinner Recipes
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Not much beats corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day dinner. Enjoy this classic recipe!
Pot Roast, Irish-Style
A classic pot roast with potatoes and carrots.
Irish Beef Stew
This hearty Irish Beef Stew is rich, flavorful, and comforting. The secret weapon? A cup of Guinness stout adds a deeper, more complex flavor.
Lazy Man’s Beef Stew
Beef stew is comfort food at its finest. When it’s paired with crusty bread, a hearty meal is born!
Irish-Style Potato Dishes
Dill and Potato Cakes
This recipe combines two classic flavors in a simple and savory way. Six ingredients turn into a scrumptious and sophisticated side dish.
Irish Potato Biscuits
A different sort of biscuit that’s perfect for St. Patrick’s Day and goes well with a corned beef or meat stew.
Bella Cullen’s Colcannon
Colcannon is an Irish dish that traditionally pairs mashed potatoes with cabbage. Here, we substitute cabbage with kale for a modern twist (but feel free to stick with cabbage, if you prefer). It’s a great companion for corned beef and Irish soda bread.
St. Patrick’s Day Desserts
Bake up some Irish-themed treats for a sweet ending to St. Patrick’s Day!
Luck of the Irish Mint Brownies
Give this almost-too-pretty-to-eat brownie recipe a try. Not a fan of peppermint? Just omit the mint extract!
Darby Cream Pie
An eggnog-flavored chiffon pie with chocolate-whipped-cream topping. “Rich” doesn’t even come close to describing it. Two layers give the pie an elegant appearance.
Irish Potato Pie
This recipe, with slight adjustments, was brought over “on the boat” by the cook’s great-great-aunt in the 1880s.
Irish Breakfast
Corned Beef Hash With Eggs
What to do with leftover corned beef? Make corn beef hash! This dish is delicious the morning after St. Patrick’s!
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What will you eat for St. Patrick’s Day this year? Let us know in the comments!
Sarah Perreault
We usually fix Corned Beef & Cabbage, along with Carrots, and Soda Bread. Always cook enough corned beef so we can have Corned Beef Hash and Reuben sandwiches in the following days. Use to corn my own beef, too, but I'm now too old to do things like that...
It's St. Paddy's Day, for Saint Padraig (Patrick). Saint Patricia's Day is in August.
So many people boil their brisket. I was taught by my grandmother to roast it like a beef roast. It will melt in your mouth and stays moist. I bake it at 325 degrees (4 lbs) for about 4-5 hours in the oven in a deep pan or until well done, covered with about 2 cups of water in the bottom of the pan. Every year I have family and friends over and they really like it this way. I cook the veggies in a pot with some of the spices that usually come packaged. Makes a tasty meal.
