St. Patrick’s Day is incomplete without traditional Irish food. Even though the celebration consists of wearing green, drinking green beer, and tiny leprechauns, you should not miss trying these conventional Irish foods.
Traditional Irish St Patrick Day Food
What to eat on St Patrick’s Day? Fill your dinner table with these traditional St Patrick’s Day meals. These dishes contain stapled ingredients that are part of the Irish tradition for ages.
Add colcannon, shepherd pies, and so much more to the menu.
What Is a Traditional Meal Eaten on St Patrick's Day?
- A. Corned Beef
- B. Cabbage
- C. Shepherd's Pie
- D. All of the Above
Irish Bread
Soda bread is the perfect dish to bake with or without caraway seeds and raisins. Soda bread is famous in Ireland, and it’s a must-eat dish on St.Patrick’s Day. If you have leftovers, you can prepare bread pudding. The next best food is brown bread that is made by mixing yeast. You can try baking Irish potato bread too.
Beef Pot Roast
Beef Pot Roast is another popular dish. It is considered to be the most delicious and famous food in Ireland. The dish is served with roasted peas, potatoes, carrots, and lashings of gravy.
Warm Stews and Soups
Ireland is best known for seafood. Making a meaty stew is an excellent idea on this day. Irish beef stew is made with beef chuck, carrots, potatoes, onions, chicken stock, and stout beer. It is a perfect dish to try this St. Patrick’s Day.
Fresh Apple Tart
Are you looking for a super traditional dessert? Try this apple tart that is a well-known sweet dish in Ireland. Like the United States has apple pie, Ireland has apple tart. It is mainly baked with home-made pastry and regional apples.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
Corned beef and cabbage are the most common and famous meals. Historically, Irish people happened to eat nutrient-rich cabbage dishes, celebrated with sturdy veggies by Sautéing it with salt, butter, and pepper.
Americans love to have corned beef for dinner with boiled carrots, cabbage, and other vegetables.
Shepherd’s Pie is Must
During St. Patrick’s Day, people love to have pies on the dinner table. It is made with sliced meat and topped with mashed potatoes. Then it is baked.
Irish Colcannon
Irish Colcannon is the wow-worthy dish in Ireland and beyond. It is made with butter, mashed potatoes, cabbage, and sprinkled greens, kale, and spring onions. Potatoes, green onions, and cabbage boil together before they are mashed. Colcannon is commonly served with any meat dishes (corned beef/sausages) and crispy bacon or diced ham.
These are the best Irish recipes for St Patrick’s Day. You can try any of them to make the Ultimate Irish Feast. Check out things not to do on St Patrick’s Day in Ireland.