33 Delicious Passover Recipes for Your Seder Dinner
Passover is centered around the Seder plate. It’s rich with symbolism, meaning, and history. Whether you’re hosting a Seder this year or if you’re a guest, it’s important to know what goes on a Seder plate and why.
For your Passover menu, we have delicious recipes for classic beef brisket (along with sides for brisket), braised short ribs, and oven-roasted chicken. Classic favorites are here too, from matzo ball soup and fluffy potato kugel to the Ashkenazi Jewish side dish tzimmes.
While Passover is perhaps best known for the Seders, the holiday goes beyond the ceremonial meal. We have a post-Seder Passover meal plan to give you inspiration on what to cook. And don’t forget to make room for Passover desserts!
Here are 33 delicious Passover recipes for Seder dinner (and beyond!).
Classic Beef Brisket in the Slow Cooker Classic Beef Brisket in the Slow Cooker
If you’re looking for a stunning but easy main dish for your Passover table, this is it.
Matzo Ball Soup Matzo Ball Soup
This classic soup is make with homemade chicken stock and features extra fluffy matzo balls. No matter how tender the beef brisket or how tasty the charoset, matzo ball soup always steals the show on any Passover menu.
Tzimmes Tzimmes
The Ashkenazi Jewish side dish tzimmes is a celebration of stewed root vegetables perfumed with orange and lightly sweetened with brown sugar and dried fruit.
Moroccan-Style Braised Lamb Recipe Moroccan-Style Braised Lamb Recipe
According to Culinary Producer Rachel Perlmutter, "I love it so much that every year without fail, when I make it again, it’s even better than I remembered." The sauce is almost better than the lamb.
Red’s Brisket Red’s Brisket
This simple, slow-cooked brisket is tender and rich, with plenty of juice to drizzle over roasted potatoes.
Grandma's Potatoes Grandma's Potatoes
This roasted potato side dish is worth fighting over. The potatoes are crispy on the outside, but tender and buttery on the inside.
Roasted Asparagus Roasted Asparagus
Simply seasoned with salt, pepper, and lemon, it’s the easiest way to prepare the spring vegetable as an easy side to slow-cooked brisket.
Pomegranate Molasses-Roasted Skillet Chicken Pomegranate Molasses-Roasted Skillet Chicken
Thick, tart pomegranate molasses makes an excellent foil for succulent chicken legs and crispy potatoes in this oven-roasted skillet dinner.
Fluffy Potato Kugel Fluffy Potato Kugel
Think of potato kugel as a little like a latke casserole. Grated potatoes and onions are folded with eggs and then baked until golden-brown. The top is crisp and the interior is tender and moist. It makes a generous side dish, ideal for serving a crowd alongside classic beef brisket.
Air Fryer Green Beans Air Fryer Green Beans
Air fryers are great for cooking green beans (fresh or frozen). This easy side dish can be personalized with your favorite spices and seasonings that you already have on hand in the pantry.
Matzo with Avocado & Grated Egg Matzo with Avocado & Grated Egg
When grated, the hard-boiled egg takes on a fluffy yet rich texture that somehow manages to improve on what was already a great combination — avocado and eggs.
Instant Pot Brisket Instant Pot Brisket
This classic sweet and tangy brisket cooks in a fraction of the time thanks to the electric pressure cooker.
Instant Pot Chicken Soup with Herbed Matzo Balls Instant Pot Chicken Soup with Herbed Matzo Balls
Using the Instant Pot adds rich flavor and color to this nourishing chicken soup.
Make-Ahead Holiday Salad Make-Ahead Holiday Salad
Layer crunchy greens, sweet date-pickled onions, and crisp fried shallots up to a full day in advance for the ultimate make-ahead salad.
Matzo Sandwiches with Chopped Liver, Onions and Egg Matzo Sandwiches with Chopped Liver, Onions and Egg
Chopped liver has a uniquely earthy umami flavor that knows no equal.
Sweet & Tangy Slow Cooker Brisket Sweet & Tangy Slow Cooker Brisket
Meaty brisket is simmered in the slow cooker with a sweet and tangy tomatoey sauced laced with tender onions and just the right amount of spices.
Roasted Baby Potatoes Roasted Baby Potatoes
Everyone needs a simple, versatile side dish that’s easy to partner with a brisket or roast chicken dinner.
Roasted Cauliflower Salad Roasted Cauliflower Salad
We don’t know who needs to hear this, but salads are not just an assortment of raw vegetables! One of the most common misconceptions with salads is that you have to eat a little pile of leaves. This roasted cauliflower salad says otherwise.
Balsamic and Brown Sugar Brisket Balsamic and Brown Sugar Brisket
This Passover-worthy brisket recipe adds brown sugar and balsamic vinegar to the braising liquid, resulting in deep flavor and caramelized edges.
Steamed Asparagus Steamed Asparagus
Simple steamed asparagus with or without a steamer basket.
Smashed Garlicky Potatoes Smashed Garlicky Potatoes
Potatoes are boiled then roasted to get a mixture of browned, super-crunchy bits and creamy spuds in every bite. They're a great side to serve with Sweet and Tangy Slow-Cooker Brisket.
Roast Chicken with Fennel, Carrots, and Gremolata Roast Chicken with Fennel, Carrots, and Gremolata
Here’s a classic roast chicken dinner with a flavorful punch of fresh herbs — plus sweet roasted fennel and carrots, which absorb savory juices from the chicken by sharing the same pan.
3-Ingredient Garlicky Red Potatoes 3-Ingredient Garlicky Red Potatoes
Thick chunks of red potatoes are tossed with a generous dusting of garlic powder, then finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon before they hit the table.
Cucumber Salad Cucumber Salad
This is the crisp and tangy side you’re going to want alongside your slow-cooked brisket.
Slow Cooker Brisket and Onions Slow Cooker Brisket and Onions
The classic flavors of brisket you crave with the ease of the slow cooker. This recipe produces the most crowd-pleasing, tender pot of brisket you've made.
Sugar Snap Peas Sugar Snap Peas
This wildly easy vegetable side dish comes together in less than 15 minutes.
Roasted Carrots with Orange Roasted Carrots with Orange
This sweet and savory vegetable side is perfect alongside Balsamic and Brown Sugar Brisket.
Braised Short Ribs Braised Short Ribs
Braising beef is incredibly easy. Season and brown the ribs, add some onion and aromatics plus liquid to the pot, then cook low and slow.
Roasted Root Vegetables Roasted Root Vegetables
A simple formula for roasting any mix of root vegetables — be it carrots, parsnips, sweet potatoes, beets, turnips, or rutabagas.
Lemony Shaved Brussels Sprouts Lemony Shaved Brussels Sprouts
It's a 10-minute side dish that's easy to serve alongside slow-cooked brisket.
Deep-Fried Matzo Balls Deep-Fried Matzo Balls
Breaded in a combo of potato starch and panko, then deep-fried until golden-brown and crunchy, these deep-fried matzo balls are the perfect appetizer for Passover.
Air Fryer Butternut Squash Air Fryer Butternut Squash
For crispy and tender butternut squash in a fraction of the time, use your air fryer.
Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes
It only takes a handful of ingredients to turn this funky-looking root vegetable into a bursting-with-flavor veggie side.
