50 Best New Year’s Eve Dinner Recipes to Celebrate 2025

This cozy Italian dish is made with beef, wine-soaked raisins, pecorino, pine nuts and parsley. It's the perfect dish to fill up on before a night of champagne toasts.

Get the Sicilian-Style Braciole recipe.

If you think the best part of any holiday dinner is the mashed potatoes, this is about to become your new favorite dish. It's made with potatoes, cream cheese, sour cream and whole milk — in other words, all the good stuff.

Get the Mashed Potato Casserole recipe.

The best part about this New Year's Eve dinner? It comes together in the slow cooker, leaving you plenty of time to hang decorations, chill the champagne and get everything else ready.

Get the Slow Cooker Chicken Pozole Verde recipe.

This bright, buttery dish is a great meal for the whole crew. It comes together quickly, leaving you more time to set up for the New Year's Eve party.

Get the Shrimp Scampi with Linguine recipe.

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These tender, saucy short ribs come together in the Instant Pot, leaving the rest of the kitchen free. Serve it over creamy, cheesy polenta for a meal everyone will rave about.

Get the Short Ribs with Creamy Polenta recipe.

This elegant dish comes together with pancetta, chicken, mushrooms and a bottle of dry rosé wine. It's the perfect dish for an elegant New Year's Eve celebration.

Get the Coq au Vin Rosé recipe.

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This traditional New Year's Day dish is said to ring in good luck. It's a Southern dish made with black-eyed peas, smoked ham hocks, jalapeño and garlic.

Get the Hoppin' John recipe.

This impressive dish is filled with flavor thanks to prosciutto, dry sherry, shallots and garlic. The design on the top of the puff pastry is done with a simple scoring technique.

Get the Beef Wellington recipe.

This hearty Hungarian dish brings together chicken, peppers and onions in a decadent sour cream sauce. Serve it with egg noodles for a filling dish the whole crew will enjoy.

Get the Chicken Paprikash recipe.

Give the classic "meat and potatoes" an upgrade for New Year's Eve with this recipe. Roasted pork chops are topped with a simple maple Aleppo butter and served along garlic-laden potatoes and Swiss chard.

Get the Aleppo Pork Chops With Potatoes and Greens recipe.

Looking for an elegant feast that takes minimal effort? This five-ingredient seafood supper fits the bill, complete with a lemony caper pan sauce.

Get the Seared Scallops with Escarole Salad and Pesto Vinaigrette recipe.

Brown butter, golden, pan-fried mushrooms and crispy sage top off pillowy homemade gnocchi.

Get the Brown Butter Gnocchi with Crispy Sage and Mushrooms recipe.

Introducing the simplest risotto ever — no standing and stirring required. Plus it's free from cheese (but still full of flavor!) making it great for any vegan guests.

Get the Vegan Pumpkin Risotto with Crispy Sage recipe.

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Sweet Italian sausage meets tender roasted grapes for the sweet-and-savory combo of our dreams.

Get the Roasted Sausage and Grapes recipe.

Don't forget to toast the black pepper before whipping up this impressive pasta — it brings out the spice’s floral, spicy notes.

Get the Cacio e Pepe recipe.

Whether you're in a warmer climate or looking for an excuse to fire up the grill, this centerpiece protein is the start to a great crowd-friendly New Year's feast.

Get the Grilled Bone-In Rib Eye recipe.

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If you're planning a New Year's Eve Buffet, prep this vegetarian dinner and allow guests to serve themselves. Just add a splash of milk as needed to keep the polenta smooth and ultra-creamy.

Get the Polenta With Mushrooms recipe.

The panko and clams roast in separate pans at the same time. After about 10 minutes, just sprinkle on the toasted crumbs and serve. Easy!

Get the Roasted Clams with Lemony Panko recipe.

Vegetarian meals have never been so satisfying. A splash of soy sauce and a spoonful of miso up the umami in this cozy dinner.

Get the Creamy Mushroom Stroganoff recipe.

Turn appetizers into dinner for the New Year – pair this rich salmon spread with toast, a few extra dips and an epic cheese board for a great grazing situation that allows guests to serve themselves.

Get the Salmon Rillettes recipe.

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