All Tears of the Kingdom recipes

Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is a massive breathing world. With so many elements including armors, weapons, and recipes, this guide focuses on recipes in the game.

Let’s make this real simple – if you’re not cooking food in Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you’re going to perish. A lot. Eating raw ingredients is a lousy way to heal after a tough Bokoblin beating, and it’s never going to get you the buffs you need to survive some of TotK’s tougher areas.

Heck, you can’t even get through the tutorial without learning how important cooking is.

But with 228 total recipes available, it makes sense that you might want to shortcut your way to knowing which meals are worth making.

TotK food recipes and cooking 101

Any time you cook up some food or are given a meal or elixir by an NPC, you’ll get a recipe card to remind you how to cook it again.

You can view your recipes from either the Food menu or the Materials menu.

From the Food menu, either press X, or select a meal with A, then press A again on the “Check recipe” option. Either option brings up your recipe card list, and shows you what ingredients you need to cook that meal again. It also shows the effects of eating that food, and you can scroll left and right to view all the other meals in your cookbook.

From the Materials menu, press A on any ingredient and hit “Select for recipe”. This will show you all the recipes you’ve made using that ingredient.

Neither of these methods will teach you new recipes though. The only way to do that is by being given a new meal, cooking one yourself, or studying recipe posters dotted on the walls of shops and stables.

Each recipe in your cookbook has a number in TotK, and we’ll be showing you all the recipes in the game in that order.

How to cook a meal

Find a cooking pot.
If the fire is out, light it.
Open the Materials menu.
Select your first ingredient with A, then press “Hold”.
Select the other ingredients you want to use.
Return to the game.
Press Cook.

Pro tip: find a cooking pot and make some meals during the next Blood Moon – your food will come out all the stronger for it!

Food buffs

Some recipes in Tears of the Kingdom will only heal you, while others will give you a buff that can mean the difference between life and death. To cook up some food with a status buff, you’ll need to use more than just a few apples and cuts of meat – you’ll need to add a few special ingredients to your recipes.

Here are the buffs you can cook into your food with the right ingredients…

Buff	Description
Biting	Raises attack power in cold weather
Bright	Makes Link glow
Chilly	Heat resistance
Dark	Gloom resistance
Electro	Electricity resistance
Enduring	Increases stamina wheel
Energizing	Restores stamina
Fireproof	Prevents Link from taking fire-based damage
Hasty	Increases movement speed
Hearty	Increases maximum hearts
Mighty	Increases attack
Rapid	Increases swim speed
Scorching	Increases attack power in hot weather
Sneaky	Increases stealth
Spicy	Cold resistance
Sticky	Allows Link to climb wet surfaces
Stormy	Increases attack power in stormy weather
Sunny	Heals heart containers damaged by Gloom (but doesn’t fill them)
Tough	Increases defense

If we listed all the possible ingredients to include in your recipes to bring out these buffs, we’d be here until Purah looks her actual age again.

Your best bet instead is to learn to spot the ingredients you need based on their name, as they’ll usually include a naming convention that links them to the buff they’ll bring out in your food.

Got some Mighty Bananas or a Mighty Carp – yup, that’ll boost your attack power if it’s in your next recipe!
That Fortified Pumpkin or Ironshroom? – darn straight, that’ll increase your defense.
Those Hearty Bass? – best believe that’ll increase your max hearts.

To cook like a pro in TotK, you’ll need to know when to use these ingredients with your recipes to create status-enhancing versions of your meals.

Some meals will use 5 ingredients already, meaning you can’t throw in that extra status-buffing ingredient. But where you can, it’s a great game mechanic to play around with!

The difference between food and elixirs

They may both have recipes, but meals and elixirs have a fundamental difference you should remember: you make elixirs by cooking monster parts with critters.

And when TotK says “critters”, it means any small insect or animal. Hot-Footed Frogs? Yup. Sticky Lizards? You betcha.

Pro tip: generally speaking, avoid mixing these ingredients when cooking your meals, or you’ll end up with the infamous Dubious Food. That said, there are some exceptions…

The best recipes in TotK?

The best recipes in TotK are the ones that give you exactly what you need for the challenges ahead. Sounds basic, right? Well, it is.

If you’re just getting started in this thrill ride of a Zelda game, having a bunch of meals that restore 10 hearts is pretty pointless. Having a slew of meals that give you Cold Resistance is handy in the Hebra Mountains… less so in warmer climates.

There’s no doubt about it, cooking is pure strategy in TotK. You need the right food for the quest ahead, it’s as simple as that.

The only surefire fact beyond that is that you’re always better off eating a cooked meal than eating raw ingredients.

All recipes in TotK

Cooked recipes

These recipes create everything from an average to a bang-up meal. Most will just heal hearts, but some have special effects too. And, of course, any of these recipes that don’t use a full 5 ingredients are wide open for you to add special ingredients to and give the meal a little something extra…

Card #	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 combo
5	Fish Skewer	Any Fish combo
6	Seafood Skewer	Any Fish, Snail, or Crab combo
7	Copious Meat Skewer	4+ different Meat types
8	Copious Seafood Skewers	4+ different Fish types
9	Steamed Fruit	Any Fruit and any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
10	Steamed Tomatoes	Hylian Tomato and any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
11	Steamed Mushrooms	Any Mushroom and any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
12	Steamed Meat	Any Meat and any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
13	Steamed Fish	Any Fish and any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
14	Sautéed Peppers	Spicy Pepper
15	Sautéed Nuts	Any Nut
16	Fried Wild Greens	Any Veg, Flower, or Herb combo
17	Copious Fried Wild Greens	4+ different Veg, Flowers, or Herbs
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

Roasted recipes

The food in this section isn’t exactly “recipes”, but they still count. Everything in this section is food you cook by roasting a single ingredient by an open fire. Just drop the ingredient by the fire, leave it for a few seconds until it cooks… or hit it with something fiery, that works too!

Card #	Recipe	Ingredients
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 Brightcap	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
198	Hard-Boiled Egg	Bird Egg cooked in a hot spring.

Frozen recipes

Similarly to the roasted recipes, each of these are single ingredients. This time, you’ll get the final result by dropping the ingredient on the ground in a cold environment… or using some kind of ice attack.

These “recipes” are great for giving you heat resistance (but that’s about it!).

Card #	Recipe	Ingredients
199	Icy Meat	Raw Meat
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

Elixir recipes

TotK’s elixir recipes are the perfect place for your special ingredients since they’re all about those status buffs.

Card #	Recipe	Ingredients	Effect
215	Energizing Elixir	Energetic Rhino Beetle or Restless Cricket and any Monster Part	Stamina recovery
216	Hasty Elixir	Hot-Footed Frog or Hightail Lizard and any Monster Part	Increased movement speed
217	Spicy Elixir	Warm Darner or Summerwing Butterfly and any Monster Part	Cold resistance
218	Chilly Elixir	Cold Darner or Winterwing Butterfly and Monster Part	Heat resistance
219	Electro Elixir	Electric Darner or Thunderwing Butterfly and any Monster Part	Shock resistance
220	Fireproof Elixir	Fireproof Lizard or Smotherwing Butterfly and any Monster Part	Fireproof
221	Mighty Elixir	Bladed Rhino Beetle and any Monster Part	Attack power up
222	Tough Elixir	Rugged Rhino Beetle and any Monster Part	Defense up
223	Sneaky Elixir	Sunset Firefly and any Monster Part	Stealth up
224	Sticky Elixir	Sticky Frog or Sticky Lizard and any Monster Part	Slip resistance
225	Bright Elixir	Deep Firefly and any Monster Part	Glow
226	Enduring Elixir	Tireless Frog and any Monster Part	Increased stamina
227	Hearty Elixir	Hearty Lizard and any Monster Part	Increased health
228	Fairy Tonic	Fairy and any Monster Part	Health recovery

Where can I get the best food in ToTK?

The best food in Tears of the Kingdom comes from Hearty ingredients found across Hyrule. You can find Big Hearty Radishes near wet areas, such as marshes and rivers. Hearty Truffles grow in forests and caves, usually hidden under large trees. These ingredients are important because they fully restore your health and give you extra hearts.

To make strong meals, use only Hearty ingredients when cooking. Mixing five of them in one pot gives you full recovery and a large bonus of temporary hearts. Cooking during a Blood Moon also increases your chances of getting a “critical cook,” which makes your food even more powerful.

What recipe restores the most hearts in ToTK?

The recipe that restores the most hearts uses five Big Hearty Radishes or five Hearty Truffles. When cooked together, they fully restore your health and add up to 25 bonus hearts. Cooking during a Blood Moon can make the effect stronger.

What is the best food to beat Ganon?

To prepare for the fight against Ganondorf, cook meals made with Hearty ingredients. The best option is five Big Hearty Radishes cooked together. This meal gives maximum health and a large number of bonus hearts. With this food, you can survive Ganon’s attacks longer and focus on dealing damage without worrying about losing too much health.

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