The Best St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

This is one of the most popular recipes on our sister site, Pressure Cooking Today, and for good reason. It’s just 7 simple ingredients: corned beef, broth, onion, garlic, potatoes, carrots and cabbage. Yet it’s deeply flavorful, comforting, and the perfect dish to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

I’d say that this traditional Irish recipe is a reason to celebrate on its own. With perfectly cooked potatoes, tender corned beef and just wilted cabbage, you can’t go wrong with such a classic stew this holiday.

A fun way to dress up Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick’s Day. Individual pot pies with a clover in the middle of a tender, flaky crust, hiding a chunky chicken and vegetable filling in a creamy white sauce.

Not only is this easy Instant Pot/pressure cooker Shepherd’s Pie beautiful, with a piped potato topping, it’s also packed with flavorful veggies and meat. Pair ground lamb with colorful carrots, peas, and onion and flavor everything with tomato, savory beef stock and creamy cheese. What a perfect homage to Ireland!

Topped with fluffy mashed potatoes, this easy Shepherd’s Pie is a treat all year long, but it’s especially fun to enjoy as a St. Patrick’s Day recipe.

You can’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day without this crowd favorite: decadent Beef Stew made in the Instant Pot/slow cooker. This recipe tastes like it simmered for hours, but only you’ll know that it took less than 50 minutes from start to finish!

Tender cubes of beef, soft potatoes and carrots are bathed in a rich beef broth - make it like the Irish would by adding a cup of Guinness.

Mix up the classic St. Patrick’s Day meal by transforming tender corned beef into easy hand-held sliders.

Liz from That Skinny Chick can Bake tops off gooey corned beef sandwiches with zingy sauerkraut and creamy Russian dressing. Baked into a soft roll, this corned beef recipe is sure to brighten up your St. Patrick’s Day lunch.

Saint Patrick’s day is a time to celebrate cabbage’s wonderful versatility. For this pressure cooker recipe, stuff cabbage leaves with a flavorful mixture of beef, pork, and rice in a flavorful sauce.

Once they’re stuffed, the rolls only take 18 minutes to cook in the pressure cooker or Instant Pot, and they’re sure to be popular at any holiday gathering.

It’s hard to believe that just 6 ingredients transform into such a mouthwatering dish. Smoked sausage brings smokiness to delicate cabbage and creamy potatoes in this Instant Pot meal.

This is a perfect St. Patrick’s Day dinner for the pressure cooker, but Karen from 365 Days of Crock Pot also has you covered with a version of her recipe in the slow cooker!

This homemade quiche is loaded with three types of meat (ham, bacon and sausage), plus cheese and eggs (of course), all wrapped in a flaky pie crust. Add a handful of spinach to make it a fun St. Patrick’s Day breakfast to get you in the spirit bright and early.

If you’re attending a potluck or hosting your own holiday get-together, I also have a wonderful recipe for Mini Meat Lover’s Quiches that make excellent passed appetizers.

Not everything has to be traditionally Irish to be festive enough for St. Patrick’s Day! These adorable sugar cookies are traditionally Italian, but why not dress them up with a little green for good luck?

Italian cookies are not too sweet and get a hint of licorice flavor from anise extract. The easy dough comes together in just 15 minutes and brings a new element of fun to your St. Patrick’s Day spread with green and white decorations.

Because one kind of pie is never enough, follow a festive chicken pot pie with this green Mint Chocolate Chip Pie that’s the perfect St. Patrick’s Day dessert.

Not only is this delicious pie just the right color to celebrate, it’s also only 2 ingredients! Feel free to add your favorite toppings. I personally love to top this creamy pie with whipped cream and extra chocolate. 

Clover-shaped shortbread cookies with green pistachios on top is a fun way to celebrate St.Patrick'sDay.

It's a not-too-sweet, crumbly key lime shortbread cookie loaded with finely chopped pistachios finished with a tart key lime glaze and sprinkle with finely chopped pistachios.

No St. Patrick’s Day recipe roundup would be complete without a decadent Chocolate Guinness Cake. This recipe, adapted from Nigella Lawson, makes a stunning round cake topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting.

A cup of Guinness and a bit of sour cream goes a long way towards making this into a rich and moist St. Patrick’s Day dessert. 

Make your own minty cream for these simple and elegant icebox cupcakes. Along with mint cookies and Andes mints, these fun St. Patrick’s Day desserts are sure to be crowd-pleasers with all ages.

This recipe is also a great way to get your kids involved with any party prep. Have fun folding bright green food coloring into your cream and topping cupcakes with chocolate sprinkles

The classic year-round treat gets an Irish upgrade for St. Paddy’s. With an easy addition of green and white candy melts, this quick and easy dessert takes just minutes to make and won’t last long either!

You need just 5 ingredients to make this St. Patrick’s Day Dessert: creamy marshmallows, crunchy Rice Krispies, smooth butter and white and green candy melts for drizzling!