Cooking has been a long requested feature in Animal Crossing and it's now a feature of Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch.
In this guide we'll take you through the basics of cooking and give you a full list of all cooking recipes in New Horizons. We're digging into all of the delicious recipes and ingredients added in the 2.0 update and the list below will continue to grow, so keep checking back for more as we uncover all of the new items available!
Cooking, Full List of Recipes and Ingredients in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
What's all this about cooking in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Cooking is a brand-new feature added in the 2.0 update of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It enables players to grow and collect various food-related ingredients — similar to crafting ingredients — and discover various new recipes that they can cook and bake with them.
How do you cook in Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
In order to cook, you'll need to do the following:
- Purchase the "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" app upgrade at the kiosk in Resident Services for 2,000 Nook Miles
- Get a "kitchen" furniture item (while any existing "kitchens" or "stoves" will work, a Stonework Kitchen crafting recipe is available to you after updating your app)
- Acquire a recipe and ingredients necessary to cook it
And voilà! You'll be a master chef in no time.
How to get more cooking recipes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
There are several ways other you can obtain new recipes for cooking, besides purchasing the initial "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+":
- Obtain a daily cooking recipe from the Restaurant after building it at Happy Home Paradise
- Catch and dive for various fish and sea creatures to be inspired with a new recipe
- Visit your villagers once a day to find one cooking - they will give you their recipe
- Purchase the "Basic Cooking Recipes" DIY from Nook's Cranny
- Look for bottles on the beach once per day (including mystery islands, Kapp'n tours, and Happy Home Paradise)
- Shoot down balloons for a chance to find a recipe (check out our Balloon article to discover which colors give you a higher chance of finding a recipe)
In the next section, we'll share the ways you can find each recipe for the item in the list and get cooking - you little gourmand, you!
Animal Crossing: New Horizons: Cooking Recipes and Ingredients List
Below is a working list of all recipes available for cooking in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
This list is a work-in-progress, so be sure to keep checking back for more as we uncover additional recipes.
| Recipe Name | Recipe Image | How to Acquire | Ingredients |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aji Fry |  |
Catch a Horse Mackerel | 1 Horse Mackerel, 1 Flour |
| Anchoas al Alillo |
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Catch an Anchovy | 2 Anchovies |
| Apple Jam | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Apples | |
| Apple Jelly | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Apples | |
| Apple Pie |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 2 Sugars, 2 Apples |
| Apple Smoothie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Apples | |
| Apple Tart |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Apple |
| Baked Potatoes |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Potatoes |
| Bamboo-Shoot Soup | Buy turnips from Daisy Mae and receive in mail next day | 2 Bamboo Shoots | |
| Barred-Knifejaw Carpaccio |
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Catch a Barred Knifejaw | 1 Barred Knifejaw |
| Bread | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours | |
| Bread Gratin | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flour, 2 Whole-Wheat Flour | |
| Brown Sugar |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 5 Sugarcanes |
| Brown-Sugar Cupcakes |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 1 Whole-Wheat Flour, 1 Brown Sugar |
| Brown-Sugar Pound Cake | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flour, 1 Brown Sugar | |
| Cake Sale | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flour, 1 Carrot, 1 Potato | |
| Carpaccio Di Capesante | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Scallops | |
| Carpaccio Di Marlin Blu | Catch a Blue Marlin | 1 Blue Marlin | |
| Carpaccio Di Salmone | Catch a Salmon | 1 Salmon | |
| Carrot Bagel Sandwich | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Whole-Wheat Flours, 3 Carrots | |
| Carrot Cake |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Carrot |
| Carrot Juice |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Carrots |
| Carrot Potage |  |
Starter recipe after updating app | 1 Flour, 2 Carrots |
| Carrot Scones |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Whole-Wheat Flour, 1 Sugar, 2 Carrots |
| Champinones Al Ajillo | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Round Mushroom, 1 Flat Mushroom, 1 Skinny Mushroom, 1 Rare Mushroom | |
| Cherry Jam | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Cherries | |
| Cherry Jelly | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Cherries | |
| Cherry Pie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flour, 2 Sugar, 2 Cherries | |
| Cherry Smoothie |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Cherries |
| Cherry Tart | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Cherry | |
| Clam Chowder |
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Turkey Day | 1 Flour, 3 Manila Clams |
| Coconut Pancakes | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 2 Sugars, 2 Coconuts | |
| Coconut Pudding | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Sugar, 2 Coconuts | |
| Coconut Cookies |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Coconut |
| Coconut Juice | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Coconut | |
| Coconut Milk | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Coconuts | |
| Coconut Oil | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Coconuts | |
| Cookies | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar | |
| Fish and Chips |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Potatoes, 1 Dab |
| Flour |  |
Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 5 Wheats |
| French Fries | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Potatoes | |
| Frosted Cookies | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 2 Sugars | |
| Frosted Pretzels | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 2 Sugars | |
| Fruit Basket | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Apple, 1 Pear, 1 Cherry, 1 Orange, 1 Peach | |
| Fruit Cupcakes | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Fruit Pizza | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Fruit Salad |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry |
| Fruit Scones | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Fruit-Topped Pancakes | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Gnocchi di Carote |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 3 Carrots |
| Gnocchi di Patate |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 2 Flours, 3 Potatoes |
| Gnocchi di Zucca | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 3 Orange Pumpkins | |
| Gratin |
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Turkey Day | 3 Flours, 2 Potatoes |
| Grilled Sea Bass With Herbs |  |
Catch a Sea Bass / Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 1 Sea Bass, 5 Clumps of Weeds |
| Jarred Bamboo Shoots |  |
Buy turnips from Daisy Mae and receive in mail next day | 3 Bamboo Shoots |
| Jarred Mushrooms |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Skinny Mushrooms |
| Kabu Ankake |
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Buy turnips from Daisy Mae and receive in mail next day | 10 Turnips |
| Karei no Nitsuke |  |
Catch a Dab | 1 Dab |
| Minestrone Soup |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Tomatoes, 1 Potato, 1 Carrot |
| Mixed-Fruits Bagel Sandwich | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Mixed-Fruits Crepe |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry |
| Mixed-Fruits Pie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Mixed-Fruits Sandwich |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach |
| Mixed-Fruits Tart | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Apple, 1 Orange, 1 Pear, 1 Peach, 1 Cherry | |
| Mushroom Crepe | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Round Mushroom, 1 Skinny Mushroom | |
| Mushroom Curry |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Round Mushroom, 1 Flat Mushroom, 1 Skinny Mushroom |
| Mushroom Pizza |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 2 Round Mushrooms, 2 Flat Mushrooms |
| Mushroom Potage |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Round Mushroom, 1 Flat Mushroom |
| Mushroom Salad | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Round Mushroom, 1 Flat Mushroom, 1 Skinny Mushroom | |
| Olive-Flounder Meuniere |
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Turkey Day | 1 Olive Flounder, 2 Flours |
| Orange Jelly |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Oranges |
| Orange Marmalade |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Oranges |
| Orange Pie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Orange | |
| Orange Smoothie |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Oranges |
| Orange Tart |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Orange |
| Organic Bread |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 3 Whole-Wheat Flours |
| Pancakes |  |
Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 2 Flours, 2 Sugars |
| Peach Jam |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Peaches |
| Peach Jelly | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Peaches | |
| Peach Pie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 2 Sugars, 2 Peaches | |
| Peach Smoothie |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Peaches |
| Peach Tart |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Peach |
| Pear Jam | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Pears | |
| Pear Jelly |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Pears |
| Pear Pie | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 2 Sugars, 2 Pears | |
| Pear Smoothie |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Pears |
| Pear Tart | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Pear | |
| Pesce All'acqua Pazza |  |
Catch a Red Snapper | 1 Red Snapper, 1 Tomato, 1 Manila Clam |
| Pickled Veggies | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Carrot, 1 Potato, 1 Tomato, 1 Orange Pumpkin | |
| Pizza Margherita |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 2 Tomatoes |
| Plain Cupcakes | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar | |
| Plain Scones | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Sugar | |
| Poke | Catch a Salmon | 1 Salmon, 1 Tomato | |
| Potato Curry | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 3 Potatoes | |
| Potato Galette | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 3 Potatoes | |
| Potato Potage |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 2 Potatoes |
| Pound Cake |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Sugar |
| Pretzels | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar | |
| Pull-Apart Bread |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours |
| Pumpkin Bagel Sandwich |  |
Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 2 Flours, 3 Orange Pumpkins |
| Pumpkin Curry | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 3 Orange Pumpkins | |
| Pumpkin Pie |
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Turkey Day | 3 Flours, 2 Sugars, 2 Orange Pumpkins |
| Pumpkin Pound Cake | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Sugar, 2 Orange Pumpkins | |
| Pumpkin Scones | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Whole-Wheat Flours, 1 Sugar, 2 Orange Pumpkins | |
| Pumpkin Soup |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Orange Pumpkins |
| Roost Sablé Cookie |  |
Order 6 cups of coffee from The Roost | 1 Flour, 2 Sugars |
| Salad | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Tomato, 1 Carrot, 1 Potato, 1 Orange Pumpkin | |
| Salad-Stuffed Tomato | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Tomatoes | |
| Salade De Carrotes Rapées | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Carrots | |
| Salmon Bagel Sandwich | Catch a Salmon | 2 Flours, 1 Salmon | |
| Salmon Sandwich | Catch a Salmon | 2 Whole-Wheat Flours, 1 Salmon | |
| Sardines in Oil |
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Catch an Anchovy | 1 Anchovy |
| Sautéed Olive Flounder |
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Catch an Olive Flounder | 1 Olive Flounder |
| Savory Bread |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Carrot, 1 Tomato, 1 Potato |
| Sea-Bass Pie |  |
Catch a Sea Bass | 3 Flours, 1 Sea Bass |
| Seafood Ajillo | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Tiger Prawn, 1 Squid, 1 Scallop | |
| Seafood Pizza | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Tiger Prawn, 2 Manila Clams | |
| Seafood Salad | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Squid, 1 Sweet Shrimp | |
| Seaweed Soup |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 2 Seaweeds |
| Snack Bread | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Sugar | |
| Spaghetti Marinara |  |
From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Flours, 1 Tomato Puree |
| Squid-Ink Curry |  |
Catch a Squid | 3 Flours, 1 Squid |
| Squid-Ink Spaghetti |  |
Catch a Squid | 3 Flours, 1 Squid |
| Sugar |  |
Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 5 Sugarcanes |
| Sugar Crepe | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 2 Sugars | |
| Thumbprint Jam Cookies | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar | |
| Tomatoes Al Ajillo | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 3 Tomatoes | |
| Tomato Bagel Sandwich | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 3 Tomatoes | |
| Tomato Curry |  |
Obtain from "Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+" | 3 Flours, 3 Tomatoes |
| Tomato Juice | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Tomatoes | |
| Tomato Puree |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 3 Tomatoes |
| Turnip Salad |  |
Buy turnips from Daisy Mae and receive in mail next day | 10 Turnips, 1 Tomato |
| Veggie Cookies | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Tomato, 1 Carrot, 1 Orange Pumpkin | |
| Veggie Crepe | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Tomato, 1 Orange Pumpkin | |
| Veggie Cupcakes | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Sugar, 1 Tomato, 1 Carrot, 1 Potato | |
| Veggie Quiche | From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 1 Flour, 1 Potato, 1 Orange Pumpkin | |
| Veggie Sandwich |
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From villagers / bottles / balloons / restaurant | 2 Flours, 1 Tomato, 1 Carrot |
| Whole-Wheat Flour |  |
Obtain from "Basic Cooking Recipes" | 5 Flours |
Have you started cooking yet? What is your favourite recipe? Expand the comment section with your thoughts below!
This article is part of our Animal Crossing: New Horizons walkthrough, which includes a Complete Fish List, Complete Bug List and Complete Sea Creatures List. If you're looking for specific fish or bugs, we can tell you how to catch the elusive Coelacanth, Mahi-Mahi, Giant Trevally, Stringfish, Golden Trout and all the Sharks and Beetles, along with a full list of critters leaving at the end of the month (unless you visit Kapp'n's Boat Tour islands, of course!).
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So far, i only found Tomato starts and Wheat starts from Leif shop. (November 2021)
Maybe i have to Time Travel to different months to get Carrot, Sugarcane and Potato starts.
Can you "eat" the food or are they items essentially?
@Ryu_Niiyama you can eat the food.
so this "have peaches as your town fruit" how is that going to work? will this recipe just be something i have to deal with? Or can i go to a friend's town and make smoothes?
@raygboyd333 i have cherry smoothies, so seems like the smoothie is only whatever your town fruit is
@Frurry dang, which means i gotta go get cherry smoothies from you and you can have my pear smoothies... well, it gives more reason to go to other's islands
What if Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+ doesn't appear?
@Alexuxlo Same! Did you’d figure it out?
I came here hoping someone had figured that out. My second character (created for storage and also for a haunted house) doesn't have it, and in fact if he walks into a recipe-crafting home they won't even give him the recipe! I'm guessing there's some sort of minimum something that needs to be done for it to appear, but what that is I have no idea.
@Mary1234 I don't know, cuz yesterdar the update appeared me without doing anything, well... it can be cuz you need T.K already played a song in your island
I call "red herring" on the sandwich recipe. I think that was just a meme.
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