The Zelda Tears of the Kingdom recipes list is useful information when it comes to restoring Link's health and preventing any status effects from halting your exploration around Hyrule.
Simple recipes only require a single ingredient, but more complex creations require a variety of items that have the ability to provide a wealth of buffs for your attack and defence. This is bound to come in handy when attempting to defeat a tricky enemy.
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom best recipes list
| Recipe | Ingredients | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Meat Skewer | Meat, any fruit | Restores health |
| Roasted Apple | Apple | Restores 3/4 of a heart |
| Fish Skewer | Ancient Arowana | Restores 2 hearts |
| Energising Steamed Mushroom | 1 Skyshroom, 1 Stambulb | Restores 1.5 hears and small amount of stamina |
| Hasty Mushroom Skewer | Rushroom | Restores 1 heart and buffs speed for 1 minute |
| Toasted Skyshroom | 1 Skyshroom | Restores half a heart |
| Mushroom Skewer | Any mushroom | Recovers health |
| Fish and Mushroom Skewer | Any fish, any mushroom | Restores health and buffs stats |
| Seafood Rice Balls | Any fish, Hylian Rice | Restores health and buffs stats |
| Seafood Skewer | Any crab or snail | Restores health and buffs stats |
| Rice Balls | Hylian Rice | Restores health |
| Mushroom Omlette | Goat Butter, Bird Egg, Rock Salt, any vegetable, herb, or flower | Restores health |
| Vegetable Curry | Pumpkin or carrot, Goron Spice, Hylian Rice | Restores health. Buffs defence if pumpkin is used and boosts stamina if carrot is used |
| Omlette | 1 Bird Egg | Restores health |
| Hearty Fried Wild Greens | Hearty Radish or another Hearty ingredient, any herb or flower | Gives extra hearts beyond maximum capacity |
| Fragrant Mushroom Saute | 1 Goron Spice, at least 1 mushroom | Restores health |
| Salt-Grilled Mushroom | At least 1 mushroom and 1 Rock Salt | Restores two hearts. Effects depend on mushroom used |
| Crab Stir-Fry | 1 Crab, 1 Goron Spice | Restores 2 hearts and stamina |
| Fried Wild Greens | 2 herbs | Restores health. More herbs restore more health |
| Sauteed Peppers | 2 Peppers | Restores health and shields against harsh cold |
| Steamed Mushroom | Mushroom and herb | Restores health. Effects determined by mushroom and herb used |
| Meat and Mushroom Skewer | Meat and Mushroom | Restores health. Different types determine buffs applied |
As you can see from the table above, there are plenty of recipes to utilise in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. With all of them capable of restoring health and most of them able to apply a range of temporary buffs, ensuring you have an inventory full of ingredients is a surefire way of guaranteeing survival in Hyrule.
There are times when you can't always get your hands on the ingredients you want, so it's worth noting that the Mushroom Skewer and the Hearty Radish are excellent for restoring health at any given moment. Fortunately, you can find their ingredients readily across Hyrule.
How to cook in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
There are two ways you can cook in Tears of the Kingdom. The first involves utilising an open fire. If it's a campfire or a blazing inferno created by a dropped torch, any fire will do the trick.
Simply drop your ingredients near the fire and after a few seconds, the ingredients will cook into their roasted variants. Roasted food only restores a small amount of health so it's best to use the second, and more effective, cooking method.
The next method involves using a cooking pot. You can find a pot all over Hyrule and you're guaranteed to find one at any stable you visit. To use a cooking pot, open your inventory, choose your ingredients and start creating!
There you have it, that's all there is to know about the Zelda Tears of the Kingdom recipes list! For more, check out our guides revealing how to upgrade armour and how to get the Bokoblin Mask. We've also got guides revealing how to create custom fast travel points and what to do with Bubbul Gems.
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