How to cook food items in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Recipe guide

For those wanting to know how to cook tasty meals in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, here’s our complete guide with every food item as well as all of the recipes you can cook up in TOTK.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom brought a brand-new experience for Zelda fans, with so much to explore and learn in the open world of Hyrule.

There are many new features and mechanics in Tears of the Kingdom, including Autobuild and various new abilities such as Ultrahand. That said, there’s also a lot of familiarity with the incredibly popular predecessor, Breath of the Wild, including the ability for players to cook food.

For those interested in how to cook food items in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the game’s full recipe list, here’s our guide.

• How to cook food items in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• All food recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• How to view recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

How to cook food items in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Cooking food items in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is as simple as either holding or dropping food items close to a fire. To cook more complex recipes, players will need to place food items in a cooking pot over a fire.

You can make a fire with Flint and Wood by dropping those items on the floor and striking them with a metal sword or shooting them with a Fire Fruit arrow or other fiery items. Players will find cooking pots throughout Hyrule that are already placed over a fire. Tears of the Kingdom players can also carry and place their own cooking pot with the Portable Pot Zonai Device.

To cook more complex foods, not only is the cooking pot needed, but players will also need the correct food items for certain recipes.

Here’s a full list of the game’s recipes and the food items you’ll need.

All Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom food recipes in order

Number	Recipe	Ingredients	Effects
1	Mushroom Skewer	Any Mushroom	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
2	Meat and Mushroom Skewer	Any Mushroom and any Meat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
3	Fish and Mushroom Skewer	Any Mushroom and any Fish	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
4	Meat Skewer	Any Meat	Restore Hearts
5	Fish Skewer	Any Fish	Restore Hearts
6	Seafood Skewer	Any Snail or Crab	Restore Hearts
7	Copious Meat Skewers	Any four different Meat	Restore Hearts
8	Copious Seafood Skewers	Any four different Fish	Restore Hearts
9	Steamed Fruit	Any Fruit (except Hylian Tomato) and any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
10	Steamed Tomatoes	Hylian Tomato and any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
11	Steamed Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
12	Steamed Meat	Any Meat and any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
13	Steamed Fish	Any Fish and any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
14	Sauteed Peppers	Spicy Pepper	Restore Hearts and grant Heat Resistance
15	Sauteed Nuts	Any Nut	Restore Hearts
16	Fried Wild Greens	Any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts
17	Copious Fried Wild Greens	Any four Vegetables, Flower, or Herb	Restore Hearts
18	Cooked Stambulb	Stambulb	Restore Hearts and Stamina
19	Buttered Stambulb	Stambulb and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and Stamina
20	Copious Mushroom Skewer	Any four different Mushrooms	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
21	Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Meat and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
22	Prime Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Prime Meat and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
23	Gourmet Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Gourmet Meat and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
24	Crab Stir-Fry	Any Crab and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
25	Meat and Seafood Fry	Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
26	Prime Meat and Seafood Fry	Prime Raw Meat or Raw Bird Thigh and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
27	Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry	Gourmet Raw Meat or Raw Whole Bird and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
28	Salt-Grilled Greens	Rock Salt and any Herb or Flower	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
29	Salt-Grilled Mushrooms	Rock Salt and any Mushroom	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
30	Salt-Grilled Meat	Rock Salt and Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
31	Salt-Grilled Prime Meat	Rock Salt and Prime Raw Meat or Raw Bird Thigh	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
32	Salt-Grilled Gourmet Meat	Rock Salt and Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
33	Salt-Grilled Fish	Rock Salt and any Fish	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
34	Salt-Grilled Crab	Rock Salt and any Crab	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
35	Herb Saute	Any Herb, Flower, or Vegetable and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
36	Fragrant Mushroom Saute	Any Mushroom and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
37	Pepper Steak	Spicy Pepper and any Meat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
38	Pepper Seafood	Spicy Pepper and any Fish	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
39	Fragrant Seafood Stew	Any Fish or Seafood, Stambulb, and Oil Jar	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
40	Deep-Fried Drumstick	Oil Jar and Raw Bird Drumstick	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
41	Deep-Fried Thigh	Oil Jar and Raw Bird Thigh	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
42	Deep-Fried Bird Roast	Oil Jar and Raw Whole Bird	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
43	Seafood Meuniere	Any Seafood (except Hearty Salmon and Porgy), Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
44	Porgy Meuniere	Armored Porgy or Mighty Porgy, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
45	Salmon Meuniere	Heary Salmon, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
46	Fruit and Mushroom Mix	Any Fruit and any Mushroom	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
47	Simmered Fruit	Any Fruit	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
48	Copious Simmered Fruit	Any four different Fruit	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
49	Simmered Tomato	Hylian Tomato	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
50	Fruity Tomato Stew	Hylian Tomato, Fresh Milk, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
51	Tomato Mushroom Stew	Any Mushroom and Hylian Tomato	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
52	Tomato Seafood Soup	Hylian Tomato and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
53	Cream of Vegetable Soup	Any Herb, Vegetable, or Flower, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
54	Veggie Cream Soup	Any Carrot or any Pumpkin, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
55	Cream of Mushroom Soup	Any Mushroom, any Herb, Vegetable, or Flower, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
56	Creamy of Meat Soup	Any Meat, any Herb, Vegetable, or Flower, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
57	Creamy Seafood Soup	Any Seafood, any Herb, Vegetable, or Flower, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
58	Snail Chowder	Sneaky River Snail, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and grant Stealth
59	Creamy Heart Soup	Hearty Radish, Hydromelon, Voltfruit, and Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
60	Glazed Veggies	Any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb, and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
61	Glazed Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
62	Glazed Meat	Any Meat and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
63	Glazed Seafood	Any Seafood and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
64	Curry Rice	Hylian Rice and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
65	Vegetable Curry	Any Carrot or any Pumpkin, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
66	Meat Curry	Raw Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
67	Prime Meat Curry	Raw Prime Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
68	Gourmet Meat Curry	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
69	Poultry Curry	Raw Bird Drumstick, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
70	Prime Poultry Curry	Raw Bird Thigh, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
71	Gourmet Poultry Curry	Raw Whole Bird, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
72	Seafood Curry	Any Porgy, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
73	Cheesy Curry	Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
74	Carrot Stew	Any Carrot, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
75	Pumpkin Stew	Fortified Pumpkin or Sun Pumpkin, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
76	Meat Stew	Raw Meat, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
77	Prime Meat Stew	Raw Prime Meat, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
78	Gourmet Meat Stew	Raw Gourmet Meat, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
79	Meat-Stuffed Pumpkin	Fortified Pumpkin or Sun Pumpkin and any Meat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
80	Vegetable Risotto	Any Carrot or any Pumpkin, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
81	Mushroom Risotto	Any Mushroom, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
82	Salmon Risotto	Hearty Salmon, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt	Full health recover and four yellow Hearts
83	Crab Risotto	Any Crab, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
84	Cheesy Risotto	Any Fish (except Hearty Salmon), Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
85	Poultry Pilaf	Raw Bird Drumstick, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
86	Prime Poultry Pilaf	Raw Bird Thigh, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
87	Gourmet Poultry Pilaf	Raw Whole Bird, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
88	Seafood Paella	Armored Porgy or Mighty Porgy, Razorclaw Crab or Ironshell Crab, Rock Salt, Goat Butter, and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
89	Curry Pilaf	Goron Spice, Goat Butter, and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
90	Fried Egg and Rice	Bird Egg and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
91	Crunchy Fried Rice	Any Meat, Hylian Rice, Oil Jar, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
92	Seafood Fried Rice	Any Porgy, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
93	Crab Omelet with Rice	Any Crab, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
94	Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
95	Prime Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Prime Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
96	Gourmet Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
97	Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
98	Prime Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Prime Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
99	Gourmet Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
100	Veggie Rice Balls	Any Vegetable, Herb, or Flower and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
101	Mushroom Rice Balls	Any Mushroom and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
102	Meaty Rice Balls	Any Meat and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
103	Seafood Rice Balls	Any Seafood and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
104	Veggie Porridge	Any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb, Fresh Milk, and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
105	Wheat Bread	Rock Salt and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
106	Melty Cheesy Bread	Hateno Cheese, Rock Salt, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
107	Hylian Tomato Pizza	Tabatha Wheat, Hateno Cheese, and Hylian Tomato	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
108	Meat Pie	Any Meat, Goat Butter, Rock Salt, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
109	Fish Pie	Any Seafood, Goat Butter, Rock Salt, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
110	Cheesy Tomato	Hylian Tomato and Hateno Cheese	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
111	Cheesy Baked Fish	Hateno Cheese and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
112	Omelet	Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
113	Vegetable Omelet	Any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
114	Mushroom Omelet	Any Mushroom, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
115	Cheesy Omelet	Any Mushroom or any Vegetable, Flower, or Herb, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, Goat Butter, and Hateno Cheese	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
116	Hot Buttered Apple	Apple and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
117	Honeyed Fruits	Any Fruit (except Apple) and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
118	Honeyed Apple	Apple and Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
119	Honey Candy	Courser Bee Honey	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
120	Fried Bananas	Mighty Bananas, Tabantha Wheat, and Cane Sugar	Restore Hearts and grant Attack Up effect
121	Egg Pudding	Fresh Milk, Bird Egg, and Cane Sugar	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
122	Plain Crepe	Tabantha Wheat, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
123	Wildberry Crepe	Wildberry, Tabantha Wheat, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
124	Honey Crepe	Courser Bee Honey, Tabantha Wheat, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar, and Bird Egg	Restore Hearts and Stamina
125	Nutcake	Acorn or Chickaloo Tree Nut, Goat Butter, Cane Sugar, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
126	Fruitcake	Wildberry or Apple, any other Fruit, Cane Sugar, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
127	Carrot Cake	Any Carrot, Cane Sugar, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
128	Pumpkin Pie	Fortified Pumpkin or Sun Pumpkin, Cane Sugar, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
129	Cheesecake	Hateno Cheese, Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
130	Fruit Pie	Any Fruit (except Apple or Wildberry), Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
131	Apple Pie	Apple, Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
132	Egg Tart	Bird Egg, Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
133	Milk	Fresh Milk	Restore Hearts
134	Noble Pursuit	Palm Fruit, Hydromelon, Voltfruit, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts
135	Monster Stew	Monster Extract, any Meat, and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and other effects based on ingredients
136	Monster Soup	Monster Extract, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore less than 1 Heart
137	Monster Curry	Monster Extract, Goron Spice, and Hylian Rice	Restore less than 1 Heart
138	Monster Rice Balls	Monster Extract, Rock Salt, and Hylian Rice	Restore less than 1 Heart
139	Monster Cake	Monster Extract, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore less than 1 Heart
140	Dark Stew	Dark Clump, any Meat, and any Seafood	Restore Hearts and grant Gloom protection
141	Dark Soup	Dark Clump, Tabantha Wheat, Fresh Milk, and Goat Butter	Restore Hearts and grant Gloom protection
142	Dark Curry	Dark Clump, Goron Spice, and Hylian Rice	Restore Hearts and grant Gloom protection
143	Dark Rice Ball	Dark Clump, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt	Restore Hearts and grant Gloom protection
144	Dark Cake	Dark Clump, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat	Restore Hearts and grant Gloom protection
145	Dubious Food	Any incompatible combination or Monster Parts added to food ingredients	Restore 1 Heart
146	Rock-Hard Food	Wood and Gems	Restore less than 1 Heart

How to view recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Among the many new features players can discover in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, there’s a sort of recipe book that can be a great help when cooking. Players can access the recipe of any food they previously cooked following these simple steps:

1. Press plus (+) to access your inventory.
2. Head to the Food tab.
3. Press A on any meal.
4. Press A on Check recipe.

That will not only show you the recipe you used for that specific meal, but you’ll also be able to scroll to see all the recipes you’ve unlocked.

Alternatively, you can head to the Materials tab in the inventory, press A on an ingredient, and then ‘Select for recipe’. This will show you all the recipes you cooked using that particular ingredient.

Well, there you have it, that’s how you can cook food in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, as well as all of the game’s recipes.

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