Best Hanukkah Recipes
on Oct 26, 2023, Updated Oct 24, 2024
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Welcome to the best Hanukkah recipes! It’s that time again, the festival of lights, and our Hanukkah menu is EPIC! These Hanukkah recipes include appetizers, mains, and desserts. Grab your jelly doughnuts and the menorah and get ready for the Hanukkah celebrations, because this holiday is going to be filled with the best dishes!
Our Top Hanukkah Recipes
There are so many recipes and ideas to choose from when you’re planning your Hanukkah parties, appetizers, or dinners. Below are some of our favorites, from the classics, to other exciting ideas!
- We love the classics like our Crispy Potato Latkes, which are savory potato pancakes and are a non-negotiable when it comes to Hanukkah.
- Sweet pastries like Sufganiyot (or Orange Ricotta Fritters!) are also always on the table at Hanukkah.
- If you’re looking for a more brunch-y option, opt for our favorite Gravlax and Dill Yogurt Crostini.
- Other items such as beef brisket, and noodle kugel are oftentimes served during Thanksgiving also.
Matzo Ball Soup For Hanukkah
This Matzo ball soup recipe is a traditional Jewish dish that has become a staple in my life since I was a kid. The flavor just feels like a warm hug to me! This soup is absolutely perfect for any occasion. Matzo ball soup is traditionally served on Passover at the Seder table, however, I definitely eat this year-round, and it is commonly found at other Jewish holidays throughout the year as well.
Easy Appetizers
How to make this baba ganoush recipe (roasted eggplant dip!)This dip is something that I grew up eating, and this is my dad’s famous recipe. It is the perfect appetizer or side dish to have on the table. It starts off with roasted or grilled eggplant, mashed or blended together with all the spices to make one easy, and delicious spread. The taste is just unmatched!
Roasted Garlic & Herb Yogurt Dip
All about this roasted garlic and herb yogurt dip!! Say hello to this cozy/easy prep-ahead appetizer for the holidays. It starts off with roasted garlic (duh) then blended with herbs like mint, parsley, and chives, with a lil bit of lemon and skyr yogurt – which makes this dip super thick & creamy!
This spinach artichoke dip recipe is the best appetizer side dish and appetizer EVER! Serve with your favorite tortilla chips, or even baguette slices and eat up! It’s also extremely quick and easy to make, this will go on repeat.
This Spicy Pimento Cheese Dip is a creamy and easy dip to make. This recipe is also a special dish to make for a dinner party! Once the cream cheese comes to room temperature, this dip takes less than 10 minutes, utilizing only a few simple ingredients.
Every year we have to celebrate with this crispy potato latkes recipe! Traditionally, latkes are served with sour cream and applesauce. For this recipe, I’ve paired this with salmon roe and Crème Fraîche. You can top it with anything you desire as well! It’s super versatile.
Hello beautiful cheese bourekas! A three-cheese mixture (cheddar, feta, ricotta) sealed in puff pastry triangles and topped with sesame seeds. It is so easy & tastes even more delicious. My dad used to bring home both cheese & potato bourekas all the time and now I just love making them myself (he said this recipe is one of his favorite bourekas!)
Cold Bites
Seared Ahi Tuna Cucumber Bites with Wasabi Mayo
Talk about the easiest ahi tuna appetizer ever: seared ahi tuna cucumber bites with wasabi mayo! It’s SO quick to make and looks insanely impressive. This wasabi mayo is super easy and has such amazing flavor. This is truly the most perfect ahi tuna recipe!
Gravlax and Dill Yogurt Crostini
A homemade gravlax recipe (it’s easier than you’d think!), on toasted crostini’s with a dill yogurt spread is just epic! It’s impressive to guests, but really easy to make, and assemble.
Vegetables and Salads
Lemon Haricots Verts With Crispy Shallots
These lemon haricot Vert with crispy shallots are everything! French green beans tossed with shallots two ways. This is a wonderful side dish for any holiday dish, from the Thanksgiving table to any brunch or dinner party. Not to mention, an easy side dish for any weeknight dinner.
Little Gem Salad with Yogurt Ranch
Today is all about this little gem salad with yogurt ranch! This little gem salad recipe is absolutely everything and more. A creamy yogurt ranch tossed with crunchy little gem lettuce leaf and really quick panko breadcrumbs and some sunflower seeds. Oh and loads of shredded parmesan.
Mains
This chicken schnitzel recipe is absolutely EPIC. A panko blend with fresh parsley and basil with dried herbs like oregano, garlic powder, ginger powder and paprika make this chicken super crispy. This is hands down one of my favorite dishes filled with so much flavor, and lots of crunch. This is always at every family holiday get together.
I have fully entered cozy mode with this red wine braised short ribs recipe! Charred to perfection short ribs topped with green onion, carrots, parsley, and lemon zest. One of my favorite stews.
The holiday recipes are starting, and I am living for this simple; yet packed with juiciness and flavor, garlic herb roast chicken. The spice blend is simple: a mix of parsley, thyme, rosemary, garlic & lemon, and of course butter, all tossed and roasted to perfection.
Hanukkah Dessert Ideas
Dreamy and delicious mixed berry cobbler recipe: a la mode of course! This fruit cobbler is made with strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries all tossed with a lil’ lemon juice and zest. Then baked to perfection with a crumble streusel topping. YUM. This is one of my favorite berry cobbler recipes.
The perfect fluffy, easy lemon mousse recipe! It is custardy, super citrusy, and topped with whipped cream. Also, the perfect holiday dessert to prep ahead. The most amazing lemon flavor! (Also wonderful for the citrus season!)
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Salted Ganache
This flourless chocolate cake with salted ganache is the ultimate flourless chocolate cake recipe. It is a fudge-like, rich cake that has no flour. It’s the perfect gluten-free recipe, or great for Passover, or Easter entertaining.
Nutmeg and Orange Ricotta Fritters with Berry Jam
These nutmeg and orange ricotta fritters with berry jam are sweet and zesty! This ricotta fritters recipe is a really great dessert for any occasion.
Hanukkah FAQs
Some of the most popular Hanukkah foods are latkes, challah, sufganiyot, brisket, apple sauce, kugel and matzo ball soup. Latkes and sufganiyot being the most popular and must have during Hanukkah!
If you’re hosting your first Hanukkah party, make sure to have a menorah, chocolate gelt and dreidels. These are often spread around the tables to eat, and play with while you eat your latkes and sufganiyot! At my family’s Hanukkah parties every year, they also have donuts of all kinds.
Many families do choose to give a gift each night of Hanukkah, whether that is something small each night, ending with a bigger gift on the last night. Growing up, I personally didn’t receive a gift every night, but usually a gift towards the end of Hanukkah. Every family and tradition is different!
Even More Hanukkah Recipes
Find all our Hanukkah recipes in our index! Thanks for reading along to these Best Hanukkah Recipes!!
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