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Whether it’s ham or pork chops that you love for Easter, this collection is a delicious list of all the most popular Easter dinner ideas.
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Most Popular Easter Dinner Recipes
Everyone has different ideas of what they want for dinner when gathering for Easter.
As popular as turkey is for Thanksgiving, ham is the same for Easter, but that doesn’t mean you HAVE to have ham. There is a myriad of options your family can enjoy for the Easter holiday!
You’ll love these Easter recipes:
- Several options. From ham to pork chops to chicken to roast, we have several dinner choices available!
- Easy. All of these simple recipes would make great additions to your Easter dinner menu.
- Simple or fancy. Whether you are cooking for a crowd, or just a few, we have plenty of recipes that will help you complete your dinner spread.
Tips for hosting easter dinner
- Create your menu beforehand. This will be handy if guests ask if they can help bring a dish. You will already know what you need and where they can help out.
- Hit the grocery store early. Not only will you skip large crowds, but you will not have to worry about ingredients being out of stock.
- Clean out the fridge to make room for ingredients and dishes that need to stay cool.
- Plan. Make a list of times that can be made ahead of time, and what items need to be cooked/heated in what order.
- Various cooking methods. Utilize the oven, stovetop, and crockpot.
Perfect Your Menu
- Appetizers. Plan for each guest to have 4-6 appetizers. Provide a variety of hot and cold, savory and sweet, light and heavy.
- Easter sides. Plan to have 3-4 different sides for 6 or fewer guests. Add another side dish for every 8 more guests. Once you have the traditional starch, vegetables, and salad recipes add something new that you think your guests will love.
- Main course. Plan to serve 6 ounces per person if you are serving one main dish. If you have more than one main course plan for 8 ounces total per person.
- Desserts. Plan to have at least 2 dessert choices for every 10 guests. I always have at least one chocolate dessert and one fruit-based dessert. Easter-themed desserts are especially cute to have.
Meat as a Main Dish
Most Easter dinner menus include meat as the star.
- Lamb is popular because of its symbolism and the various delicious ways it can be prepared. Season and cook lamb tenderloin, rack of lamb, lamb chops, leg of lamb, and more.
- Ham is my family’s favorite Easter dish and a classic. We slow cook a Honey Glazed Ham every year.
- Roast beef, particularly Prime Rib or beef tenderloin, is another family favorite and is often served alongside ham at our large family Easter celebrations.
- Roasted Chicken or Turkey. Adding herbs such as fresh thyme, rosemary, sage, parsley, and oregano gives a flavorful cook. Don’t forget to save the juices to make a delicious Gravy.
- Salmon is an enticing alternative to some of the more traditional cuts of meat. It can be slowly roasted in the oven or easily pan-fried.
Best easter dinner recipes
Create our go-to Easter menu with these favorite recipes. They are simple and delicious!
1 Crockpot Ham Recipe
2 Honey Glazed Ham
3 Crock Pot Pot Roast
4 Roast Chicken Recipe
5 Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops
6 Instant Pot Ham
7 Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
8 Steak Marinade
9 Easy Prime Rib Recipe
10 Crock Pot Brisket Recipe
Easter Chicken Recipes
Chicken is one of the most popular meats for holidays and tends to be the first or second choice for most during holiday meals.
With that in mind, we wanted to share our most popular recipes. Some include pasta, some are fried, and some are baked. There are loads to choose from in case you want chicken for your Easter dinner.
11 Creamy Swiss Chicken Bake
12 Chicken Cordon Bleu Recipe
13 Lemon Pepper Chicken Recipe
14 Baked Ranch Chicken Recipe
15 Parmesan Crusted Chicken Recipe
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Get the recipe16 Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe
17 Ritz Cracker Chicken Recipe
18 Chicken Divan Recipe
19 Fried Chicken Breast Recipe
20 Lemon Chicken with Veggies Recipe
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Get the recipe21 Chicken Drumsticks in Oven
22 Buttery Baked Chicken Recipe
23 Chicken Piccata Recipe
24 Chicken Stuffed Crescent Rolls Recipe
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Get the recipe25 Lemon Garlic Chicken Recipe
More Easter Menu Ideas
For even more tasty dishes, fill in the spaces on the table with these favorites. Choose your star and complete the spread. We have plenty to choose from!
26 Pulled Pork Recipe
27 Crock Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots
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Get the recipe28 Crock Pot Pork Roast
29 Crock Pot Ribs Recipe
30 How to Make Baby Back Ribs
31 Fried Pork Chops Recipe
32 Best Slow Cooker Pork Chops
33 Dr. Pepper Ribs Recipe
34 Smothered Pork Chops Recipe
35 Breaded Pork Chops Recipe
36 Instant Pot Pot Roast Recipe
Delicious Holiday Ham
We always have ham for Easter. It’s tradition, and it’s a meat the whole family loves. We often do a Brown Sugar Ham, and sometimes we do this Honey Glazed Ham.
This recipe so juicy and flavorful, and best of all – it’s SIMPLE!
It only takes 5 minutes to prepare, and then the slow cooker does the rest of the work.
Here is the recipe:
35+ Easter Dinner Ideas
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup honey
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 10 whole cloves
- 1 4-5 pound Sam’s Choice spiral cut ham (cooked)
Instructions
- Cut the ham into slices and place them in your slow cooker.
- Add the brown sugar, honey, water, mustard and cloves to a small pot. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the cloves and pour the glaze over the ham. Cook on LOW for 4 hours making sure to baste the ham with the glaze every hour.
- Serve warm with the glaze.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Have a Delicious Easter feast!
There’s sure to be something here that you can use for your Easter feast. No matter what main dish you choose for dinner, I hope you get to enjoy it with family and loved ones.
Be sure to check out all our other Easter collections to complete your Easter dinner.
More Easter Collections: Easter Brunch Ideas, Easter Appetizers, Easter Side Dishes, Easter Desserts
Wow I love all these ideas for regular Sunday dinners too! Can’t wait to make my way through them!
So many great options here! Everything looks delicious, it’s going to be hard to narrow down the list!
This list is so helpful! I am going to try the roast chicken this year!
This is the perfect go-to for all the best Easter recipe ideas! I literally got my whole menu from here. Thank you for sharing this with us!
I love the Funeral Potatoes. Your recipe is very good.
This recipe turned out great and I love that it utilizes the crock pot. In my opinion its the best way to cook on a busy holiday.
This Easter dinner looks so amazing! I love this time of year to get with family and friends!
I sure love Easter dinner!! We used your ham recipe last year & it was a hit!! Juicy & delicious & wasn’t hard to make, which is a bonus! Excited to add some more of these recipes to our Easter menu!
The perfect place to suit all your Easter needs. The recipes are delicious and help you in preparing for special food and time with your family!
Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas and recipes for Easter dinner. So much to choose from but am sure dinner will be delicious.
You are so welcome! I hope you have a wonderful Easter dinner this year!