10 Irish Breakfast Recipes – Easy ideas for a traditional and authentic full St Patrick’s Day Breakfast Feast to celebrate the food of Ireland.
Irish Breakfast Recipes
These Irish Breakfast Recipes are easy ideas for traditional foods and ideas to celebrate the best of Ireland.
I’ve been lucky enough to have lived here in Ireland for over 4 years and am always amazed at the incredible quality of the produce available here from creamy Irish butter and potatoes to local Irish beef and lamb.(For my inspiration, here’s my full guide to what to eat in Dublin.)
1. Traditional Full Irish Breakfast
If you want to enjoy a feast on St. Patrick’s Day then you can’t go past a traditional full Irish breakfast which usually includes a sunny side fried or poached egg, Irish black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage, white pudding, Irish bacon, Irish sausages such as pork sausages, button mushrooms, hash browns and baked beans.
As if that isn’t enough of a huge breakfast, serve it all with a slice or two of Irish brown bread with with butter and a cup of tea or orange juice to wash it all down with.
You can include any (or all) of the above main ingredients, cooking them one at a time or in groups of foods in a large frying pan or two.
2. Irish Scrambled Eggs
If you don’t quite feel like a huge breakfast of all the Irish foods, then go for creamy Irish scrambled eggs instead that’s cooked slowly over a low to medium heat on the stove top.
You can enjoy the eggs as a simple gluten free/bread free meal or enjoyed with a slice or two of your Irish bread of choice such as brown soda bread or even Irish soda bread muffins and a little knob of Irish butter.
Potatoes find their way into a number of Irish breakfasts from potato farls and Irish potato bread to these easy potato pancakes that’s the perfect comfort food breakfast. These are often found on an Ulster Fry, which is a traditional breakfast of Northern Ireland.
You could even make green pancakes by infusing the pancakes with spinach or a drop of green food coloring.
4. Breakfast Fritters
A low carb version of potato pancakes are these keto cauliflower fritters that are loaded with Irish corned beef and cooked in a little oil in a frying pan.
Serve as part of a traditional Irish breakfast or simply with Irish bangers or sausage links as a smaller version of a full breakfast.
5. Corned Beef Hash
Another corned beef breakfast is this corned beef hash which includes chopped fried leftover corned beef and chopped cauliflower in a flavorful hearty meal that’s particularly welcome on a cold winter morning.
You could also stick leftover corned beef into a breakfast roll, along with some brown sauce and Irish rashers or slices of bacon for a quick morning meal.
6. Irish Raisin Bread
This Irish Raisin Bread is my version of a traditional homemade Irish Barmbrack loaf that’s full of raisins with every mouthful and perfect when slathered with Irish butter.
If you’re wanting to show Irish love with a hearty green full breakfast cooked in one large skillet in a little butter or olive oil, then you can’t go past this green shakshuka, loaded with loads of gorgeous green vegetables.
8. Green Smoothie
A healthy green breakfast option is this nourishing green smoothie that’s packed full of nutrients and is gloriously green.
9. Irish Oatmeal
I hadn’t really had oatmeal much for breakfast before moving to Ireland. Now, there’s always a pack or two in my pantry so I can make a hearty breakfast like the above pictured chocolate banana oatmeal.
Another oatmeal favorite is this heavenly apple and cinnamon oatmeal that’s loaded with Irish apples and sweet maple syrup or you could use brown sugar instead.
10. Granola Bars
A make ahead recipe with oats are these 4 ingredient granola bars that you can enjoy on the go with a cup of Irish Coffee.
More Traditional Irish Food Ideas
On my travel blog I’ve shared a post with more ideas of what to eat in Ireland to help you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with traditional ingredients.
There’s also a video you can watch below which outlines some of the popular dishes I’ve enjoyed over the past few years of living in Ireland. Hit play below or click here to watch on YouTube.
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