Irish Sausage and Potato Stew (Dublin Coddle) | Food Wishes

I’ve enjoyed a lot of Irish stews in my day, but this might be my all-time favorite. If you’re a fan of sausage and potatoes, you will love this slow-cooked, comfort food classic. Enjoy!

[lizhalpin]

As an Irish woman from Dublin and who makes Coddle regularly, the white coddle is the more popular one. Loads of potatoes that melt to make a tasty soup, loads of sausages, bacon, Spanish onions (white), parsley, thyme, salt, pepper, stock cube (vegetable) . Leave to simmer on the stove for a couple of hours. If you make a big pot of coddle, it even tastes better the second day and can also be frozen. Hops you don't mind me telling you about the traditional one. Coddle was know as a poor man's stew. Anyway, I love your vlogs, they are funny and very informative. XX's from 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 Ireland.

[markosheeran]

You're the Guinness bottle of your Dublin coddle, Chef John.

[RhysoTV]

Coddle normally looks horrendous (particularly if you don't brown the sausages first, which I don't do), but it's extremely delicious. There are countless variations too, so lots of people will get high and mighty about it and insist their recipe is the "real" or "authentic" one (plenty of examples under this post), but really they're all valid. This one looks great!

[timriley]

This is one of those dishes that tastes even better when you warm it up the next day. Had it for breakfast with a couple eggs and a piece of toast. Delicious!

[Alverant]

I made a version of this but turned some of the bacon fat into a rue which helped it get really thick. I also added cabbage and carrots which really helped.

[marionlesage]

I made this for a couple St. Patrick’s Day get-togethers, and people still talk about it. It really is a delicious stew.

[SassyScrapper]

This was delicious. I woke up this morning wanting to try this recipe. The hubby and I ran to the grocery store and picked up everything needed to make this. They only had Guinness Extra Stout, so that is what I had to use. And because we both love cabbage, I added a roughly chopped small head of cabbage the last hour. Everything else was as written. We are definitely looking forward to the leftovers.

[MrSullismom]

My mother, born in Ireland, called them scallions! I'm going to try this. thanks

[telemachus]

You're right about the fat. My grannie would be in a state of shock if she saw me discarding the fat of, say, a chicken. She came from a tiny village in Poland where the fat was a delicacy and to be stored well during the cold winter months.

[BillBraskyy]

I genuinely laughed out loud at
"I couldn't fit them (the sausages) in there the way I wanted... So I did what any great chef would do, and I gave up".
👌🏻😂

[Col]

Hi Chef John,
As a Dublin man I’m delighted to see you browning the bacon and sausages.
We used to hate eating coddle because of the colour.
Your version is way better. I’m going to make your recipe from now on.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Ireland.☘️

[jasonstarr]

Made MY mouth water. and the Irish half of my genetics experienced a strong whiff of homesickness and nostalgia for evenings at the pub that I've never had in this lifetime. Must be a past life memory you stirred up for me. Thanks. 😃

[Yaspis]

I hear sausage, potatoes, and stew, and I'm *there*, baybee! It's cold and miserable where I am right now, with winter see-sawing between its nastiest variables every day, so this is absolutely going on the menu next week. Looks like the perfect comfort food.

[dannylyons]

Everyone does corned beef and cabbage for Paddy's day, Irishman here, lump of back bacon, chopped green cabbage, black pepper, boil, cook potatoes, YR sauce and done. Happy St Patrick's day!

[CarlosRodriguez-ddsb]

The cayenne addition reminded me of my fave Irish food joke. 'How do you describe Irish food? It's a lot like English food, but less spicy' :)

[En_Marche]

How could this _not_ be the world’s greatest food … sausages, potatoes, bacon, onions, & garlic, served with bread!

[c.l.s.]

Made this last night and it was amazing!! Even though we love, corned beef and cabbage, my husband said he would rather have THIS for St. Patrick’s Day💚

[mprice]

Just finished eating this, no changes made to the recipe either! It was excellent! Thank you Chef John.

[KarenLynn-qfxq]

I made this per the instructions and it was a big hit. Really savory broth and the potatoes were truly something special. Thanks Chef John.

[touch_of_cobalt]

Just made this and was absolutely struck speechless by how rich and delicious it was. Incredible stew.