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St. Patrick’s Day Recipes: 25+ easy, festive Irish food ideas to make at home

This March 17th wear green and celebrate St. Patrick's Day by cooking. Try these 25+ easy Irish recipes including corned beef, Irish stew, shamrock cookies and boozy drinks.

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St. Patrick's Day is a festive occasion not only for the Irish people. Whether you want to honor the patron saint of Ireland or simply party with friends, make this March 17th unforgettable by tasting traditional Irish dishes. What are you waiting for? Choose your favorite ones from our 25+ easy recipes for St. Patrick's Day before starting the tradition of drinking.

The Irish people know how to have fun and cook tasty dishes in a few simple steps. Start your St. Patrick's Day celebrations from breakfast or brunch if you're planning on keeping late hours, by trying green pancakes or boozy French toast. Don't forget to try some corned beef and cabbage, Irish stew and traditional side dishes like colcannon to go with soda bread.

Enjoy themed dessert ideas such as delicious cupcakes, cakes and cookies that you can bring to a potluck or party. Are you looking for healthy recipes to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Don't worry, we have plenty of dinner ideas for people who don't want to go overboard on calories in order to sip a pint of stout, a glass of Irish cream or a boozy shot without hesitation.

This March 17th dress in green, look for leprechauns, shamrocks, pots of gold at the end of the rainbow and most importantly cook easy, quick and tasty Irish recipes to enjoy with friends before you start drinking.

St. Patrick's Day Food

1. Corned Beef Hash: the mouthwatering savory breakfast recipe to try today
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Corned beef hash is a tasty recipe perfect to enjoy at St. Patrick's Day breakfast with eggs. It's made of corned beef, potatoes, and onions cooked to crisp-tender perfection.
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2. Shamrock Pancakes: the fun breakfast recipe everyone will love
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Shamrock pancakes are a fun recipe for St. Patrick's Day. Three green heart pancakes are arranged as the clovers, while one strip represents the stem of the shamrock.
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3. Baileys French Toast: the sweet, boozy brunch recipe everyone will love
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Baileys French toast is an easy, sweet breakfast recipe. It puts a boozy spin on classic French toast with a Baileys egg batter and Baileys whipped cream.
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4. Corned Beef and Cabbage: the easy and traditional recipe
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Hearty and rich corned beef and cabbage is a great-tasting, easy Irish recipe that is a favorite St. Patrick's Day dinner in many households. Featuring melt-in-your-mouth beef brisket, tender carrots and potatoes, and delicious cabbage, plus some seasonings, this simple dish is an easy one to master.
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5. Irish Stew: the hearty, delicious recipe for a classic St. Patrick’s Day dinner
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Irish stew is a tasty, nutritious main dish perfect to enjoy at St. Patrick's Day feast. It's made of succulent pieces of lamb and vegetables slow-cooked in a rich gravy.
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6. Shepherd’s Pie: the mouthwatering recipe for a traditional comfort food
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Shepherd’s Pie is a tasty English main dish recipe. Very easy to make, it's traditionally made with ground lamb, mixed vegetables and a topping of creamy mashed potatoes.
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7. Irish Beef Stew: a hearty comfort food the whole family will love
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If you're ready to take your beef stew game to the next level, it's time you make Irish beef stew. This rich, hearty stew is a little different than your classic beef stew thanks to the addition of Guinness stout. The Guinness adds loads of flavor to the stew, helping to infuse the ultra-tender beef with the subtle flavor of stout beer.
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8. Irish Soda Bread: the easy recipe for traditional Irish quick bread
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Irish soda bread is a tasty, mild, quick bread with a cross in the center. It's made with baking soda instead of yeast (hence the name), flour, buttermilk and salt.
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9. Colcannon: the traditional recipe for Irish mashed potatoes
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Colcannon is a traditional recipe to serve Irish mashed potatoes on St. Patrick's Day. It combines cabbage or kale, mashed potatoes, green onion, dairies and butter until creamy.
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10. Boxty: the best recipe for Irish potato pancakes
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Boxty are soft Irish potato pancakes with crisp edges. Usually served on St. Patrick's Day, this pan-fried treat is made of parmesan, mashed and grated potatoes, and buttermilk.
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11. Irish Champ: the tasty, easy-to-make Irish side dish for any occasion
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Champ is a creamy Irish potato side that's very popular around Ulster. Similar to colcannon, it's made of mashed potatoes, milk, green onions, butter, chives.
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12. Dublin Coddle: the mouthwatering, hearty Irish one-pot stew recipe
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Dublin coddle is a tasty Irish stew made from Irish pork sausage, smoky bacon, tender potatoes. This one-pot stew dish is slow-cooked to perfection on low flame.
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St. Patrick's Day Desserts

13. St. Patrick’s Day Cookies: the easy, fun recipe for shamrock cookies
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St. Patrick's Day cookies are a fun recipe perfect for Paddy's Day. These soft, chewy cookies are cut out with a shamrock cookie cutter and decorated with royal icing.
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14. Chocolate Guinness Cake: the delicious, rich dessert to make this St. Patrick’s Day
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Chocolate Guinness cake is a decadent, malty dessert. It looks like a pint of stout thanks to the dark brown, tender cake and the thick, white cream cheese icing.
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15. St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes: the delicious recipe for festive green velvet cupcakes
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St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are a fun recipe. With their bright green color, they're have a velvety texture, moist, tender crumb and subtle chocolate-vanilla flavor.
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16. Barmbrack: the traditional Báirín Breac recipe for an easy Irish bread
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Barmbrack is a sweet-spiced Irish bread rich in tea-soaked sultans and raisins. Usually served at Halloween, it hides a trinket inside that should bring good luck to whoever finds it.
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17. Irish Apple Cake: the delicious, easy recipe you can enjoy for any occasion
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Irish apple cake is an easy, sweet-tart dessert. With tender crumb and crisp edges, it's made of a lightly spiced cake, an apple layer and topped with streusel.
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18. Baileys Chocolate Cream Pie: the amazing recipe for an incredible creamy dessert
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Silky, creamy Baileys chocolate cream pie is a gorgeous dessert rich in chocolatey, boozy flavor thanks to the combination of chocolate and Baileys Irish cream.
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19. Green Velvet Cake: the delicious, tender cake to make for St. Patrick’s Day
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Green velvet cake is a festive dessert for St. Patrick's Day. With a subtle vanilla-chocolate flavor, this soft, fluffy, moist cake is topped with a tangy buttercream.
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20. Mint and chocolate cheesecake: the recipe for a fresh, delicious and spectacular dessert
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So let’s see how to prepare mint and chocolate cheesecake in the best way.
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St. Patrick's Day Drinks

21. Irish Cream: the easy and quick recipe for homemade Irish cream
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This Irish cream is a very easy copycat version for Baileys Irish cream that you can make it for you recipes or as a drink. You only need a handful of ingredients (sugar, cream, whiskey, coffee, cocoa powder) and not much cooking. For this Homemade Irish Cream recipe, whiskey is mixed with a sweetened cream.
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22. How to make Green Beer: the fun, festive recipe for St. Patrick’s Day
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Green beer is the classic American drink to enjoy at St. Patrick's Day. To make this emerald green drink, you need is a light-colored beer and some green food dye.
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23. Irish Coffee: the easy recipe for the classic warming whisky cocktail
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Irish coffee is warming cocktail, perfect to enjoy on St. Patrick's Day. It's made with strong coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and brown sugar, then it's topped with whipped cream.
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24. Shamrock Shake: the simple, delicious McDonald’s copycat recipe-ideas
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Shamrock shake is a minty, creamy McDonald's copycat drink to enjoy at St. Patrick's Day. This version is ultra-creamy and even tastier than the classic one.
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25. Irish Flag Shot: the impressive layered shot recipe to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
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Irish flag shot is a layered drink which represents the Irish flag. It's made of layers of green crème de menthe, white Irish cream and orange Grand Manier liqueur.
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26. Pickleback: a tasty shot recipe to enjoy this St. Patrick’s Day
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Pickleback is an easy, popular recipe. A shot of chilled, savory pickle juice is taken after drinking a shot of whiskey as it neutralizes the boozy burn of alcohol.
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27. Chocolate Martini: the delicious recipe for a classic after-dinner cocktail
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Chocolate martini recipe is an easy drink recipe. With its rich, creamy texture and boozy chocolatey flavor, it's the sweet dessert version of the classic martini.
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