All recipes in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

How to make any food in Hyrule's cookbook.

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Guide by Jay Castello Contributor

Published on 30 May 2023

Cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom isn't only a great pastime for Link - it's a crucial way to restore health and gain useful effects. Without knowing his way around a cooking pot, Link won't be able to save Zelda and Hyrule.

Luckily, this guide will explain every recipe in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, so you can fill out the entire cookbook. There are over 200 recipes, and they can also be adapted to give different effects or more heart recovery.

We'll also explain the best recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom as well as what the different effects are that you can achieve through cooking.

On this page:

How to access the cookbook
All ingredient status effects listed
All recipes listed
Best recipes in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

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How to access the cookbook in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

The first thing you'll need to know is how to access Link's cookbook. This is surprisingly unclear, as it can't be found in any of the ordinary menu sections in the game.

Instead, you'll need to go to the Food tab of the inventory. With any food item selected, press X to 'Check Recipe.' This will open the whole list, allowing you to scroll backwards and forwards to see anything you've previously cooked.

The cookbook in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom showing a selection of different recipes. — Image credit: Nintendo

From here you can press Y to see the different ingredients you've used, if you've made the recipe more than once in different ways.

All ingredient status effects in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom listed

Recipes themselves don't have particular effects in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. They'll restore a variable amount of hearts, but in order to get bonus effects like faster movement speed or extra stamina, you'll need to use specific ingredients.

Here's all the ingredient effects you can get in Tears of the Kingdom via cooking:

Effect	Description
Biting	Raises attack power in cold weather
Chilly	Gives heat resistance
Electro	Gives electricity resistance
Enduring	Increases Stamina limit
Energizing	Instantly refills some of Link's Stamina
Fireproof	Prevents Link from taking fire-based damage
Gloom Recovery	Recovers (but doesn't fill) hearts lost to Gloom damage
Gloom Resist	Gives Gloom resistance
Glow	Makes Link glow
Hasty	Raises movement speed
Hearty	Increases maximum hearts
Mighty	Gives an attack power bonus
Rapid	Increases swim speed
Scorching	Raises attack power in hot weather
Sneaky	Increases Link's stealth
Spicy	Grants cold resistance
Sticky	Allows Link to climb wet surfaces
Stormy	Raises attack power in stormy weather
Tough	Raises Link's defense

All recipes in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom listed

Here is every recipe available in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Don't forget that using different ingredients can give these recipes specific effects. You can also often add other ingredients to make them more effective and restore more hearts. The ingredients listed here are simply the most basic recipe available for that specific entry in the cookbook.

Firstly, here are the standard recipes:

Number	Recipe	Ingredients
1	Mushroom Skewer	Any Mushroom
2	Meat and Mushroom Skewer	Any Meat and any Mushroom
3	Fish and Mushroom Skewer	Any Fish and any Mushroom
4	Meat Skewer	Any Meat
5	Fish Skewer	Any Fish
6	Seafood Skewer	Any Seafood
7	Copious Meat Skewer	4+ different Meat types
8	Copious Seafood Skewers	4+ different Fish types
9	Steamed Fruit	Any Fruit and any Plant
10	Steamed Tomatoes	Hylian Tomato and any Plant
11	Steamed Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and any Plant
12	Steamed Meat	Any Meat and any Plant
13	Steamed Fish	Any Fish and any Plant
14	Sautéed Peppers	Spicy Pepper
15	Sautéed Nuts	Any Nut
16	Fried Wild Greens	Any Plant
17	Copious Fried Wild Greens	4+ different Plant types
18	Cooked Stambulb	Stambulb
19	Buttered Stambulb	Stambulb and Goat Butter
20	Copious Mushroom Skewer	4+ different Mushrooms
21	Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Meat and Goron Spice
22	Prime Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Prime Meat and Goron Spice
23	Gourmet Spiced Meat Skewer	Raw Gourmet Meat and Goron Spice
24	Crab Stir-Fry	Any Crab and Goron Spice
25	Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood and Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
26	Prime Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood and Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
27	Gourmet Meat and Seafood Fry	Any Seafood and Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
28	Salt-Grilled Greens	Any Plant and Rock Salt
29	Salt-Grilled Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and Rock Salt
30	Salt-Grilled Meat	Rock Salt and Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick
31	Salt-Grilled Prime Meat	Rock Salt and Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh
32	Salt-Grilled Gourmet Meat	Rock Salt and Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird
33	Salt-Grilled Fish	Any Fish and Rock Salt
34	Salt-Grilled Crab	Any Crab and Rock Salt
35	Herb Sauté	Any Plant and Goron Spice
36	Fragrant Mushroom Sauté	Any Mushroom and Goron Spice
37	Pepper Steak	Any Meat and Spicy Pepper
38	Pepper Seafood	Any Fish and Spicy Pepper
39	Fragrant Seafood Stew	Any Fish, Oil Jar, and Stambulb
40	Deep-Fried Drumstick	Raw Bird Drumstick and Oil Jar
41	Deep-Fried Thigh	Raw Bird Thigh and Oil Jar
42	Deep-Fried Bird Roast	Raw Whole Bird and Oil Jar
43	Seafood Meunière	Any Seafood (other than Porgy or Salmon), Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter
44	Porgy Meunière	Any Porgy, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter
45	Salmon Meunière	Any Salmon, Tabantha Wheat, and Goat Butter
46	Fruit and Mushroom Mix	Any Fruit and any Mushroom
47	Simmered Fruit	Any Fruit
48	Copious Simmered Fruit	4+ different Fruit types
49	Simmered Tomato	Hylian Tomato
50	Fruity Tomato Stew	Hylian Tomato, Fresh Milk, Rock Salt
51	Tomato Mushroom Stew	Any Mushroom and Hylian Tomato
52	Tomato Seafood Soup	Any Seafood and Hylian Tomato
53	Cream of Vegetable Soup	Any Plant, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk
54	Veggie Cream Soup	Any Vegetable, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk
55	Cream of Mushroom Soup	Any Mushroom, any Plant, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk
56	Creamy Meat Soup	Any Meat, any Plant, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk
57	Creamy Seafood Soup	Any Seafood, any Plant, Rock Salt, and Fresh Milk
58	Snail Chowder	Any Snail, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
59	Creamy Heart Soup	Hearty Radish, Hydromelon, Voltfruit, and Fresh Milk
60	Glazed Veggies	Any Plant and Couser Bee Honey
61	Glazed Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and Courser Bee Honey
62	Glazed Meat	Any Meat and Courser Bee Honey
63	Glazed Seafood	Any Seafood and Courser Bee Honey
64	Curry Rice	Hylian Rice and Goron Spice
65	Vegetable Curry	Any Vegetable, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
66	Meat Curry	Raw Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
67	Prime Meat Curry	Raw Prime Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
68	Gourmet Meat Curry	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
69	Poultry Curry	Raw Bird Drumstick, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
70	Prime Poultry Curry	Raw Bird Thigh, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
71	Gourmet Poultry Curry	Raw Whole Bird, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
72	Seafood Curry	Any Porgy, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice. (Other Seafood will result in Seafood Rice Balls.)
73	Cheesy Curry	Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
74	Carrot Stew	Any Carrot, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, Tabantha Wheat
75	Tough Pumpkin Stew	Fortified Pumpkin, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
76	Meat Stew	Raw Meat or Raw Bird Drumstick, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
77	Prime Meat Stew	Raw Prime Meat or Raw Bird Thigh, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
78	Gourmet Meat Stew	Raw Gourmet Meat or Raw Whole Bird, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
79	Meat-Stuffed Pumpkin	Any Meat and any Pumpkin
80	Vegetable Risotto	Any Vegetable, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt
81	Mushroom Risotto	Any Mushroom, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt
82	Salmon Risotto	Hearty Salmon, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt
83	Crab Risotto	Any Crab, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt
84	Cheesy Risotto	Any Fish, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Rock Salt. (The recipe description says Mushrooms can be used, but this results in Mushroom Risotto.)
85	Poultry Pilaf	Raw Bird Drumstick, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg
86	Prime Poultry Pilaf	Raw Bird Thigh, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg
87	Gourmet Poultry Pilaf	Raw Whole Bird, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter, and Bird Egg
88	Seafood Paella	Mighty Porgy, Iron Shell Crab, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter and Rock Salt
89	Curry Pilaf	Hylian Rice, Goron Spice, and Goat Butter
90	Fried Egg and Rice	Bird Egg, Hylian Rice
91	Crunchy Fried Rice	Any Meat, Hylian Rice, Oil Jar, and Bird Egg
92	Seafood Fried Rice	Any Porgy, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt. (Other Seafood will result in Seafood Rice Balls.)
93	Crab Omelet with Rice	Any Crab, Bird Egg, Hylian Rice and Rock Salt
94	Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
95	Prime Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Prime Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
96	Gourmet Meat and Rice Bowl	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
97	Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
98	Prime Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Prime Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
99	Gourmet Cheesy Meat Bowl	Raw Gourmet Meat, Hateno Cheese, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
100	Veggie Rice Balls	Any Plant and Hylian Rice
101	Mushroom Rice Balls	Any Mushroom and Hylian Rice
102	Meaty Rice Balls	Any Meat and Hylian Rice
103	Seafood Rice Balls	Any Seafood and Hylian Rice
104	Veggie Porridge	Any Plant, Hylian Rice, and Fresh Milk
105	Wheat Bread	Tabantha Wheat and Rock Salt
106	Melty Cheesy Bread	Tabantha Wheat, Rock Salt, and Hateno Cheese
107	Hylian Tomato Pizza	Tabantha Wheat, Rock Salt, Hylian Tomato, and Hateno Cheese
108	Meat Pie	Any Meat, Goat Butter, Rock Salt, and Tabantha Wheat
109	Fish Pie	Any Seafood, Goat Butter, Rock Salt, and Tabantha Wheat
110	Cheesy Tomato	Hylian Tomato and Hateno Cheese
111	Cheesy Baked Fish	Any Seafood and Hateno Cheese
112	Omelet	Bird Egg
113	Vegetable Omelet	Any Plant, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, and Goat Butter
114	Mushroom Omelet	Any Mushroom, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, and Goat Butter
115	Cheesy Omelet	Any Mushroom or Plant, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, Hateno Cheese, and Goat Butter
116	Hot Buttered Apple	Apple, Goat Butter
117	Honeyed Fruits	Any Fruit (other than Apple), Courser Bee Honey
118	Honeyed Apple	Apple, Courser Bee Honey
119	Honey Candy	Courser Bee Honey
120	Fried Bananas	Mighty Bananas, Tabantha Wheat, and Cane Sugar
121	Egg Pudding	Bird Egg, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar
122	Plain Crepe	Tabantha Wheat, Bird Egg, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar
123	Wildberry Crepe	Tabantha Wheat, Bird Egg, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar, and Wildberry
124	Honey Crepe	Tabantha Wheat, Bird Egg, Fresh Milk, Cane Sugar, and Courser Bee Honey
125	Nut Cake	Any Nut, Goat Butter, Cane Sugar, and Tabantha Wheat
126	Fruitcake	Any Fruit, Apple or Wildberry, Cane Sugar, Tabantha Wheat
127	Carrot Cake	Any Carrot, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, Tabantha Wheat
128	Pumpkin Pie	Any Pumpkin, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
129	Cheesecake	Hateno Cheese, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
130	Fruit Pie	Any Fruit other than Apple or Banana, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
131	Apple Pie	Apple, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
132	Egg Tart	Bird Egg, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
133	Milk	Fresh Milk
134	Noble Pursuit	Palm Fruit, Hydromelon, Voltfruit, and Rock Salt
135	Monster Stew	Monster Extract, any Meat, and any Seafood
136	Monster Soup	Monster Extract, Goat Butter, Fresh Milk, and Tabantha Wheat
137	Monster Curry	Monster Extract, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
138	Monster Rice Balls	Monster Extract, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
139	Monster Cake	Monster Extract, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
140	Dark Stew	Dark Clump, any Meat, and any Seafood
141	Dark Soup	Dark Clump, Fresh Milk, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
142	Dark Curry	Dark Clump, Hylian Rice, and Goron Spice
143	Dark Rice Ball	Dark Clump, Hylian Rice, and Rock Salt
144	Dark Cake	Dark Clump, Cane Sugar, Goat Butter, and Tabantha Wheat
145	Dubious Food	Any combination that doesn't result in a successful recipe.
146	Rock-Hard Food	Include any non-edible ingredient.

Following these, there are several recipes that need to be cooked by placing an ingredient directly onto the fire, rather than in a cooking pot:

Number	Recipe	Ingredient
147	Baked Apple	Apple
148	Baked Golden Apple	Golden Apple
149	Charred Pepper	Spicy Pepper
150	Roasted Hylian Tomato	Hylian Tomato
151	Roasted Wildberry	Wildberry
152	Roasted Voltfruit	Voltfruit
153	Roasted Hydromelon	Hydromelon
154	Baked Palm Fruit	Palm Fruit
155	Roasted Mighty Bananas	Mighty Bananas
156	Roasted Lotus Seeds	Lotus Seeds
157	Roasted Mighty Thistle	Mighty Thistle
158	Roasted Armoranth	Armoranth
159	Roasted Swift Carrot	Swift Carrot
160	Roasted Endura Carrot	Endura Carrot
161	Baked Fortified Pumpkin	Fortified Pumpkin
162	Baked Sun Pumpkin	Sun Pumpkin
163	Roasted Radish	Hearty Radish
164	Roasted Big Radish	Big Hearty Radish
165	Toasty Skyshroom	Skyshroom
166	Toasty Hylian Shroom	Hylian Shroom
167	Toasty Stamella Shroom	Stamella Shroom
168	Toasty Rushroom	Rushroom
169	Toasty Sunshroom	Sunshroom
170	Toasty Chillshroom	Chillshroom
171	Toasty Zapshroom	Zapshoom
172	Toasty Razorshroom	Razorshroom
173	Toasty Ironshroom	Ironshroom
174	Toasty Silent Shroom	Silent Shroom
175	Toasty Brighttcap	Brightcap
176	Toasty Endura Shroom	Endura Shroom
177	Toasted Hearty Truffle	Hearty Truffle
178	Toasted Big Hearty Truffle	Big Hearty Truffle
179	Seared Steak	Raw Meat
180	Seared Prime Steak	Raw Prime Meat
181	Seared Gourmet Steak	Raw Gourmet Meat
182	Roasted Bird Drumstick	Raw Bird Drumstick
183	Roasted Bird Thigh	Raw Bird Thigh
184	Roasted Whole Bird	Raw Whole Bird
185	Roasted Arowana	Ancient Arowana
186	Roasted Bass	Hyrule Bass
187	Roasted Trout	Any Trout
188	Roasted Carp	Any Carp
189	Roasted Porgy	Any Porgy
190	Roasted Cave Fish	Glowing Cave Fish
191	Roasted Hearty Bass	Hearty Bass
192	Roasted Hearty Salmon	Hearty Salmon
193	Blackened Crab	Any Crab
194	Sneaky River Escargot	Sneaky River Snail
195	Roasted Tree Nut	Chickaloo Tree Nut
196	Roasted Acorn	Acorn
197	Campfire Egg	Bird Egg

Next up, we have a few recipes which are created through unusual methods. Most of these are frozen, for which you can either drop them on the ground in a very cold environment, or use a weapon or arrow with an ice effect.

Frozen food doesn't restore many hearts but it will give Link heat resistance, which is useful for exploring hot areas of the map:

Number	Recipe	Ingredient
198	Hard-Boiled Egg	Bird Egg cooked in a hot spring.
199	Icy Meat	Raw Meat frozen by leaving in a cold environment or through an ice weapon.
200	Icy Prime Meat	Raw Prime Meat
201	Icy Gourmet Meat	Raw Gourmet Meat
202	Frozen Bird Drumstick	Raw Bird Drumstick
203	Frozen Bird Thigh	Raw Bird Thigh
204	Frozen Whole Bird	Raw Whole Bird
205	Frozen Arowana	Ancient Arowana
206	Frozen Bass	Hyrule Bass
207	Frozen Trout	Any Trout
208	Frozen Carp	Any Carp
209	Frozen Porgy	Any Porgy
210	Frozen Cave Fish	Glowing Cave Fish
211	Frozen Hearty Bass	Hearty Bass
212	Frozen Hearty Salmon	Hearty Salmon
213	Frozen Crab	Any Crab
214	Frozen River Snail	Sneaky River Snail

Finally, here are the elixirs you can make in Tears of the Kingdom:

Number	Recipe	Ingredients
215	Energizing Elixir	Energetic Rhino Beetle or Restless Cricket and any Monster Part
216	Hasty Elixir	Hot-Footed Frog or Hightail Lizard and any Monster Part
217	Spicy Elixir	Warm Darner or Summerwing Butterfly and any Monster Part
218	Chilly Elixir	Cold Darner or Winterwing Butterfly and Monster Part
219	Electro Elixir	Electric Darner or Thunderwing Butterfly and any Monster Part
220	Fireproof Elixir	Fireproof Lizard or Smotherwing Butterfly and any Monster Part
221	Mighty Elixir	Bladed Rhino Beetle and any Monster Part
222	Tough Elixir	Rugged Rhino Beetle and any Monster Part
223	Sneaky Elixir	Sunset Firefly and any Monster Part
224	Sticky Elixir	Sticky Frog or Sticky Lizard and any Monster Part
225	Bright Elixir	Deep Firefly and any Monster Part
226	Enduring Elixir	Tireless Frog and any Monster Part
227	Hearty Elixir	Hearty Lizard and any Monster Part
228	Fairy Tonic	Fairy and any Monster Part

Best recipes in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

With so many recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there's no one right answer to which is the best. If you're just starting out, you may not want to waste ingredients by making meals that restore dozens of hearts, since you won't have that many to fill. Plus, almost every recipe can be adapted with effects such as Energizing or Chilly to give additional benefits. So experiment, and make sure that you have a variety of meals on you at all times to deal with different situations.

Having said that, some uses of ingredients are more efficient than others. Roasting food on the fire usually isn't as restorative as cooking it in a cooking pot. Of course, pots can only be found in certain locations or using a Zonai orb, so in a pinch a fire may be your only option, and roasting is typically more effective than eating ingredients raw.

Link using a cooking pot in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. — Image credit: Nintendo

If you're looking for max heart recovery, and you have the ingredients for a sweet treat, crepes are much more effective than cakes and pies. Don't forget to add Courser Bee Honey or a Wildberry, which massively increase the return without being much more of an investment. Both restore 10 hearts, while a plain crepe only restores five.

In fact, Courser Bee Honey is one of the best additives to any recipe, including the Glazed recipes, which can be made with otherwise simple ingredients such as mushrooms and meat. Make sure to keep an eye out for it when in forested areas.

Otherwise, your best bet for creating the best recipes in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is seeking out rare ingredients. Hearty Radishes and Big Hearty Radishes, for instance, appear to only grow on Sky Islands, but create very effective recipes that will overfill your hearts. You can also complete the side quest Teach Me A Lesson in Hateno Village to gain access to a plot of land that will grow vegetables for you, which is great for getting more of these rare ingredients.

Good luck cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom!