Tears of the Kingdom recipes are there to keep Link happy and healthy in any number of difficult situations, but figuring them out isn't always easy

Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Recipes List And Cookbook

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How to cook in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

You have two options for cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and while the Great Sky Island has two stewards who teach you the basics, it’s easy to miss them if you aren’t exploring every inch of the island.

The crudest and least effective cooking method is dropping food items in front of an open fire. That can be a campfire made using a bundle of wood or the raging inferno that used to be a field until you accidentally dropped your lit torch on the ground. After your ingredients bask in the fire’s warmth for a few seconds, they turn into a roasted variant of themselves--roasted meat, roasted apples, and so on.

Roasted items only restore a small amount of health, and you get few, if any, benefits from the ingredients’ unique properties.

You have limited opportunities when cooking over an open flame.

The better way to cook is using a cooking pot. These pots are conveniently scattered across Hyrule and the skies, though you’re guaranteed to find one at every stable as well. Using a cooking pot is the only way to combine ingredients and the only way to brew elixirs from monster parts and critters.

To use a cooking pot, open your inventory, and select the ingredients you want to use. You can add up to five, and how much you add may determine the effect you get. Cooking one Rushroom provides a low-level speed boost that lasts for a short time, for example, but if you cook three, the boost lasts for longer. Rarer ingredients tend to offer stronger effects as well. The Staminoka Bass gives you a better stamina buff than the Stamella Mushroom or the stamina onion bulb.

Any successful recipe will add itself to your recipe log, which you can check by pressing “A” to select an ingredient and choosing "Check Recipe."

All Tears of the Kingdom recipes

You can cook anything, though it won't always turn out edible.
RecipeIngredientsEffects
Roasted AppleApple (open fire)Recover 3/4s of a heart
Meat SkewerMeat, any fruitRecovers health. Add more for greater amount and different types of fruit for different effects (e.g. Mighty Banana for attack buff)
Energizing Steamed Mushroom1 Skyshroom, 1 StambulbRecovers 1 1/2 hearts and a small portion of stamina
Fish SkewerAncient ArowanaRecovers two hearts
Hasty Mushroom SkewerRushroomRecovers 1 heart and buffs speed for 1 minute. Add more Rushrooms for greater effect
Toasted Skyshroom1 Skyshroom (open fire)Recovers half a heart
Mushroom SkewerAny mushroomRecovers health. Add more for greater effect, and different types for added buffs (e.g. Ironshroom for defense buff)
Meat and Mushroom SkewerAny meat, any mushroom
Recovers health. Add more for greater effect, and different types for added buffs (e.g. Rushroom for speed buff)
Steamed MushroomMushroom, any herbBasic recipe recovers health. Can take on added effects with different types of mushroom and herb
Sauteed Peppers2 pepperRecovers health, protects against harsh cold
Fried Wild Greens2 of any herbRecovers health. Add more herbs to recover more health
Crab Stir-Fry1 Crab, 1 Goron SpiceRecovers 2 hearts and a small amount of stamina
Salt-Grilled Mushroom1 Rock Salt, at least 1 MushroomRecovers 2 hearts. Can have different effects depending on the mushrooms used (e.g. Stamella Shroom will restore hearts and stamina)
Fragrant Mushroom Saute1 Goron Spice, at least 1 MushroomRecovers health.

Can have different effects depending on the mushrooms used

Hearty Fried Wild GreensHearty Radish or any "Hearty" ingredient, any herb or flowerGives Link extra hearts beyond his maximum capacity. Add more ingredients for more bonus hearts
Omelet1 Bird EggRestores health
Mushroom OmeletGoat Butter, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, any veggie, herb, or flowerRestores health
Vegetable CurryPumpkin or carrot, Goron Spice, Hylian RiceRecovers health. Boosts defense if you use pumpkin or provides extra stamina if you use carrot
Rice BallsHylian RiceRestores health
Veggie Rice BallsHylian Rice, any herb, flower, or veggieRestores health and provides bonus effects depending on the herb or veggie used
Seafood SkewerAny crab or snailRestores health and provides buffs depending on the seafood used
Fish and Mushroom SkewerAny fish, any mushroom
Restores health and provides buffs depending on the mushroom used
Seafood Rice BallsAny fish, Hylian Rice
Restores health and provides buffs depending on the fish used

If you're still getting started in your Hylian adventure, check out our Tears of the Kingdom beginner's guide for some handy tips. Or find all of our Tears of the Kingdom guides here.

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