20 Delicious Passover Recipes for Festive Seder Menus

Passover cooking can feel like a balancing act: honoring tradition, following holiday rules, and still serving food people actually want to eat. This collection of Passover recipes brings together Seder classics and simple, family-friendly dishes for the rest of the holiday. These recipes are flavorful, practical, and written for real life—whether you’re cooking for a crowd or keeping dinners interesting all week. The goal is to make Passover feel doable, not daunting.

What You’ll Find Here

• Seder main dishes
• Passover side dishes
• Passover desserts (with and without nuts)
• Easy meals for the rest of the week
• Make-ahead and crowd-friendly recipes

20 Passover Recipes: An assortment of holiday-perfect dishes, from Jewish brisket to charoset to chocolate-covered matzoh.

If you keep a Kosher household or observe Kosher for Passover, check each recipe and your menu to ensure compliance with the laws of Kashrut—no mixing of meat and dairy and no leavened bread or fermented grain products (chametz).

20 Recipes for Passover

If your aim is a festive, Passover-inspired menu (even if not strictly certified Kosher), these recipes will help you create meals that feel like the holidays while remaining approachable and delicious.

Passover Seder Recipes

These dishes anchor the Seder—traditional favorites and flexible options that hold up well during a long, symbolic evening. They are chosen for flavor, reliability, and ease when entertaining a table full of guests.

Charoset

This nut-free charoset is a classic Passover recipe made with apples, red wine, cinnamon, and a touch of citrus—no nuts required. It’s allergy-friendly, easy to make ahead, and just sweet enough to keep people spooning it onto matzoh long after the Seder plate has done its job.

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Jewish Brisket

It’s not Passover in many homes without a brisket. This one is easy to make ahead and often tastes even better the next day. Leftovers work well in soups and sandwiches.

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Silver Palate Chicken Marbella

A timeless chicken dish from The Silver Palate Cookbook. Chicken Marbella is a classic on many Passover tables—savory, slightly sweet, and crowd-pleasing.

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Passover Side Dishes

Sides are as important as the main course. These Passover-appropriate side dishes pair easily with chicken, beef, or fish and are practical, adaptable, and unfussy.

Red Salad with Citrus, Honey, and Thyme Vinaigrette

A colorful, flavorful salad that adds brightness to holiday meals—perfect for festive dinners.

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Spinach Salad with Roasted Fennel

A lighter salad for heavy holiday meals, featuring Parmesan-roasted fennel with spinach, arugula, and red onion in a lemony vinaigrette.

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How to Roast Carrots

Roasted carrots add color, flavor, and nutrition to any Passover menu. Drizzle with a sauce to elevate them if desired.

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Oven-Roasted Asparagus

Roasted asparagus is a welcome spring vegetable often found on Passover tables.

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Green Beans with Tarragon Vinaigrette

A simple green bean side that complements nearly any main dish.

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Green Salad with Chickpeas and Spicy Honey Tahini Dressing

Bright greens and hearty chickpeas meet an addictive spicy honey tahini dressing. Make-ahead friendly and satisfying for lunches, dinners, or potlucks.

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Passover Recipes for the Rest of the Week

Passover lasts eight days. These recipes are meant for the long haul: make-ahead dishes, leftover-friendly meals, and easy ideas that keep dinners interesting without reinventing the wheel every night.

Best Lox Spread

Lox spread is excellent on matzoh for Passover when bagels are off the table.

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Whitefish Salad

Serve whitefish salad on cucumber rounds for an appetizer or spread it on matzoh.

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Matzoh Brei

Matzoh brei is essentially scrambled eggs mixed with broken matzoh—simple, comforting, and a great way to use leftover matzoh.

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Leftover Brisket Barley Soup

If you have leftover brisket, transform it into a comforting brisket and barley soup later in the week.

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Passover Desserts

Yes—dessert is still very much a thing during Passover. Flourless desserts can be rich, moist, and textured. Unleavened shouldn’t feel like a compromise.

Nut-Free Flourless Chocolate Cake

A rich, gluten-free chocolate cake perfect for Passover or any time you want a flour-free finale without nuts.

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Chocolate Covered Caramel Matzoh

Matzoh covered in a toffee-like layer, then draped with melted chocolate and finished with flaky salt or chopped nuts—an irresistible Passover treat.

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Chocolate Covered Caramelized Matzoh S’Mores

Marshmallows sandwiched between two layers of toffee-chocolate matzoh—one of the most decadent ways to enjoy matzoh.

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Easy Passover Dinner Recipes

After the Seder you still need to feed people. These easy Passover dinner ideas are designed for busy nights—simple techniques, familiar flavors, and satisfying meals even without typical pantry staples.

Easy Roast Chicken

A perfectly roasted chicken is a reliable, crowd-pleasing option for holiday dinners.

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Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpea Salad with Tahini Dressing

Roasted cauliflower and chickpeas with a nutty tahini dressing give this salad a Middle Eastern flair and hearty texture.

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Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes

Roasting chicken and potatoes together concentrates flavor as the juices mingle—an easy, hands-off dinner.

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Chicken Thighs with Onions and Green Olives

A braised chicken dish with lemons and olives—rich, lemony, and full of holiday flavor.

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