19 Absolutely Delicious Christmas Main Dishes for Dinner
Here are some delicious recipe ideas for Christmas main dishes this holiday season! These Christmas recipes will make your holiday dinner a success!
Feeling overwhelmed and need some main dish recipes for the holiday dinner table this year? With so many ideas running through my mind most years, I’ve put this guide together to help anyone who, like me, wants something unique and fun.
If you’re a holiday ham type of person, or you prefer to go with a classic roast turkey or roast beef, fear not! We’ve got some delicious holiday main recipes to help you plan an unforgettable and beautiful Christmas dinner, that the whole family will love! Think mashed potatoes, a sweet potato casserole and beautifully sweet butternut squash, that you’ll have the side dishes mastered in no time.
How we celebrate Christmas in our home
One of our family’s favorite holiday traditions is to go out to dinner on Christmas Adam (you know, the day before Christmas Eve?!). We choose a restaurant that we haven’t been to before, and it’s so much fun! Plus it gets you off one night from cooking a Christmas recipes!
Then on Christmas Eve, we like to make a special Christmas dinner. We like to have a bit of variety, so we searched out these delicious Christmas dinner recipes that we could serve for the holiday period.
Whether you’re celebrating the holidays with Christmas dinner in a large group or just your small family, these recipes will be perfect! These dishes go perfectly with our guide for Non-Alcoholic Drinks for Christmas too!
Your kids will also love reading these fun Christmas books – it’s one of our favorite Christmas traditions!
Christmas Dinner Main Dishes
Delicious Instant Pot Ribs
This delicious instant pot ribs recipe is a very easy and yummy dinner the family will love. Find out how to make ribs for your holiday dinner in the instant pot!
Christmas Beef Chuck Roast
Put a beef chuck roast on your grocery list! This roast recipe will give you the extra time you need to focus on the things that really matter. It is definitely the perfect meal for Christmas dinner! You cook the pot roast in the oven and it comes out so juicy and tender. Let the roast cook for a few hours and that's it! A few hours to an amazing meal on your table. To top it off you make the gravy from the drippings from the roast.
Bohemian Roasted Duck
In Czech it's called Pečená Kachna as in roasted duck. It's a Sunday dish which is often thought of as one of the national dishes aside from pork, dumplings, and sauerkraut or goulash. Bohemian has a very almost simplistic style of cooking. Lots of braising or long, slow roasting with tender meats. Pečená Kachna, also known as bohemian roasted duck is the ultimate comfort food.
Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder
This time of year is all about Spring Lamb and slow roasting it really shows it off at its best! Slow Roasted Lamb Shoulder will definitely become a firm favourite in your household! It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Instant Pot Maple Glazed Ham
Instant Pot Maple Glazed Ham with its Caramelized Sweetly Spiced Glaze is a must have for Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving holidays. With the use of your Instant Pot, Mealthy MultiPot or Pressure Cooker, you will have the most delicious and juicy Ham ever.
Southern Comfort Glazed Ham
Here's a wild idea when making Thanksgiving or Christmas Ham : what about Southern Comfort? The fruitiness of it works well with the flavours of both the ham the usual glaze ingredients. …it is fantastic! It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Kahlua Pineapple Sprial-Cut Glazed Ham | Delicious Table
One-pan Kahlua Pineapple Glazed Ham is the BEST spiral-cut baked ham recipe to serve a crowd on a budget. A huge hit for holiday parties, brunch or dinner! This recipe has pineapple juice, grated ginger, honey, vanilla, Kahlua, a sprinkle of cinnamon, and orange zest/juice, this ham might just change your life.
Garlic Herb Butter Beef Tenderloin Roast
This Garlic Herb Butter Beef Tenderloin Roast recipe makes a delectable, melt-in-your-mouth cut of meat that is practically tender enough to cut with a butter knife. Beef tenderloin is truly a special occasion recipe, the kind you save for holidays like Christmas, dinner parties, or other times when you are celebrating.
Honey Roast Duck Recipe
This Honey Roast Duck recipe makes a beautiful holiday main dish but is easy enough for any special occasion or Sunday dinner. With crispy skin and tender, juicy meat, this post will show you how to cook duck to get that beautiful roasted look and amazing flavor! It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
INSTANT POT BALSAMIC DIJON HAM
Many people sreve ham for Christmas dinner, but it is a bit of a chore to wait HOURS for it to heat all the way through in the oven and often you are left with a dry ham. This Instant Pot Balsamic Dijon Ham will change all of that! For our 6 pound ham we cooked it for just 10 minutes in the Instant Pot and 10 minutes in the oven.
Christmas-Spiced Pork Tenderloin
Christmas-Spiced Pork Tenderloin features juicy pork coated in an aromatic paste of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, rosemary and orange zest. It's the perfect entrée for Christmas or any dinner. Plus quick prep, quick cooking and only one pan to clean up makes for a no-muss, no-fuss recipe that anyone can make. It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Stuffed Seitan Vegan Holiday Roast
It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's time to make your very own vegan holiday roast! Yes, you can buy them frozen in a store, but honestly they're nowhere near as good as this homemade version.
Our seitan is soft in the middle, and has a nice crust on top flavored with mustard. It's stuffed with apples, cranberries, mushrooms, pecans, shallots, and fresh herbs, which creates an explosion of flavors in your mouth. Cooked in white wine, it will wow your guests, and bring a warm sense of holiday cheer to your festive seasonal meals.
Sage-Rubbed Spatchcocked Smoked Turkey: A Tender and Juicy Bird
This sage-rubbed smoked turkey will be the juiciest hunk of bird that you've ever tasted. If you serve this up, you'll be the designated turkey chef every holiday. This bird uses three methods to help prevent dryness. It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Cherry Balsamic Pork Loin (Easy 10 Minute Prep)
With an easy 10-minute prep, this festive Cherry Balsamic Roasted Pork Loin serves a large crowd and is perfect for entertaining, special occasions, or the holidays! It is easy to make and a crowd-pleaser… how can you argue with that? It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Roasted Turkey (12-15 lbs)
How to prepare a juicy, flavorful turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas Day. Includes instructions for brining, trussing and roasting a turkey. Y'all. The compound butter in combination with a brine could not possibly make for a more divine, flavorful roasted turkey.
Garlic Horseradish Prime Rib Recipe
Garlic Infused Horseradish Crusted Prime Rib is guaranteed to be the star at your holiday table! Smothered with fresh herbs, this garlic studded beef rib roast is brimming with fresh flavor and sweet roasted garlic. This beef rib roast recipe is easy to make, just season, roast and serve!
Christmas Lasagna: an Italian Sausage Lasagna Recipe
This Christmas Lasagna is packed with so much flavor thanks to the Italian sausage, bell peppers, basil, and the blend of 3 kinds of cheese! It will become your family's favorite sausage lasagna this holiday season! It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
Rosemary & Garlic Oven Roasted Rack of Lamb (with Video!)
This Rosemary & Garlic Oven Roasted Rack of Lamb is a perfect centerpiece for an elegant holiday dinner without requiring any fussy or difficult skills! Juicy, tender, and perfectly cooked to a medium-rare with a crusty exterior made with garlic, herbs, and lemon zest, this is one of the best cuts of lamb and makes an easy and impressive main dish for entertaining!
Roast Prime Rib Of Beef
This Christmas dinner, serve a perfectly cooked Roast Prime Rib of Beef! It will be the star of the show. It's so full of flavour and so tender, you' won't want to have anything else for your Christmas feast! It's a perfect main dish for Christmas dinner!
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