Our Best St. Patrick's Day Recipes
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Irish-inspired foods like corned beef and cabbage, shepherd's pie and Irish soda bread.
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Corned Beef and Cabbage
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Irish Soda Bread
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Shepherd's Pie Potato Bowls
Don't be fooled. These aren't ordinary twice-baked potatoes: beneath the golden mashed potato top is a rich beef and vegetable filling. And unlike your casserole dish, the potato bowls are also edible.
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Irish Stew
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Sauteed Cabbage
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Cheddar Chive Shamrock Scones
Start your St. Patrick's Day off on the right foot with these savory scones shaped like lucky four-leaf clovers.
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Melissa's Shepherd's Pie
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Classic Irish Coffee
Top the whiskey-spiked coffee with a homemade brown sugar whipped cream for the perfect St. Patrick's Day pick-me-up!
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Beef Potpies With Cheddar-Stout Crust
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Colcannon
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Irish Guinness Brown Bread
Stocking up for St. Patrick’s Day? Set some Guinness aside to make Ina’s foolproof recipe. Her moist, slightly sweet bread pairs just as well with salted butter as it does with corned beef and cabbage.
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Corned Beef
Alton cuts no corners when preparing scratch-made corned beef: It spends 10 days in the refrigerator, soaking in a flavorful brine, ensuring a St. Patrick's Day meal that everyone will love.
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St. Patrick's Day Fried Cabbage
This classic St. Patrick's Day side dish isn't truly fried, but still cooks in plenty of butter and bacon drippings. A dash of Worcestershire adds an extra savory note.
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St. Patrick's Day Green Velvet Layer Cake
Skip cream cheese frosting in favor of old-fashioned boiled frosting for this layered cake.
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Alton Brown's Scones
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Corned Beef and Cabbage
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St. Patrick's Day Green Velvet Cupcake Shamrocks
The old-fashioned boiled frosting for these Emerald Isle green cupcakes is creamy and fluffy.
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St. Patrick's Day Spinach Pancakes and Corned Beef Hash
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Vegetable Shepherd's Pie
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St. Patrick's Day Lime Poke Cake
This beloved dessert is made of not-too-sweet buttermilk cake and very lightly sweetened whipped cream. The cake tastes best just lightly chilled, so let it warm up a bit after removing it from the refrigerator.
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Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage Rolls
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Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
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Chocolate Stout Cupcakes
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St. Patrick's Day Mint Schnapps Shakes
A grown-up milkshake, this pale green delight is perfect as a midday treat or after-dinner dessert. It's only as good as the ice cream that goes into it, so splurge on a really high-quality one.
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Skillet Soda Bread
This nutty take on traditional Irish soda bread incorporates walnuts and grated lemon zest to add a bright burst of flavor to every crumbly slice.
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Corned Beef and Cabbage with Herb Buttered Potatoes
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Irish Potato Cakes
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Watercress Soup With Whiskey Cream
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Soda-Bread Biscuits
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St. Patrick's Day Mint Shakes
Milkshakes, like other simple concoctions, are only as good as their ingredients, so use high-quality ice cream and vanilla extract. Combining peppermint extract and vanilla ice cream gives the drink an extra-refreshing, minty flavor you wouldn't get from using regular mint chip ice cream.
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Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage Pizza
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Emerald Eggs
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Black-and-Tan Pork With Spicy Ale Slaw
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Guinness Float
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Corned Beef Hash with Poached Eggs
Make a hash with leftover corned beef and red-skinned potatoes before topping the mixture with a poached egg.
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Irish Cream Jelly Shots
An old-school spiked coffee drink just got an update. These boozy jelly shots have everything the cocktail does — coffee, Baileys and whipped cream. Cut them into squares or use a small shamrock cookie cutter for good luck.
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Melissa's Corned Beef and Cabbage
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Dressed Up Irish Coffee
Nancy’s boozy confection is not for the faint of heart. To kick her Irish coffee up a notch, she uses peppermint schnapps and two different types of Irish whiskey. Don’t forget the whipped cream to top it off!
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Wild Rice Stuffed Cabbage
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Gluten-Free Irish Soda Bread
Soda bread takes only a few moments to make. It requires no yeast, so no worrying that your yeast is old or your kitchen too hot. You simply throw some flours in a bowl, add rolled oats, baking soda and salt and stir in some buttermilk. Slide it into a hot oven and you have crusty, warm bread in under an hour.
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Boiled Cabbage
This simple, but deeply flavorful side is the perfect accompaniment to roasted pork or chicken, sausages or your St. Patty’s Day corned beef. The crinkly leaves of savoy cabbage hold up well to this cooking method and the buttery sauce readily clings to them, but you could use regular green cabbage, too.
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Full Irish Breakfast
When the Irish call this a full breakfast, they’re not kidding. We’ve given you all the traditional components here, but if you’re looking for a smaller meal, feel free to mix and match. Irish bacon is leaner than American-style bacon, so Canadian bacon is the closest substitute. If you’re feeling ambitious, you can also bake a loaf of soda bread to stand in for your toast.
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