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Hope Bellingham

All the Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes and how to cook

Animal Crossing New Horizons (Location) Nintendo

Animal Crossing: New Horizon update 2.0 features.

It's time to get cooking in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but where do you find all the recipes, and how do you go about cooking them? Well, you're in the right place for your answer. For anyone looking to fill their bellies with more than just fruit, there's fortunately lots to learn and plenty to collect – and it's not too tricky.

Everything you find can be made, eaten, gifted, or simply just presented in your home, which is super adorable. Plus, a lot of the existing in-game meal items can also be consumed. So, if you're eager to get your chef's hat on and cook up a storm, here's how to cook and collect all the Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes.

How to cook

How to cook in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

1. Unlock DIY Recipes+

The first thing you'll need to do is head to the Nook Stop terminal in Residents Services and go to the 'Redeem Nook Miles' section. Here you'll find the 'Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+' upgrade, which will add the ability to cook and give you a selection of recipes to get started with.

2. Grab some ingredients

Next up, you'll need to collect the ingredients you need to make each of the dishes you want to create. A lot of them will need you to invest time doing some Animal Crossing: New Horizons farming, by collecting seeds and growing crops such as tomatoes, wheat, and more. Others will need fish or other ingredients such as mushrooms.

3. Head to a cooker

Once you've got the ingredients, simply head over to any oven, cooker, or stove that you have in your home. If you don't have one, you'll need to buy and place one in your home if you want to do some cooking. Cooking works in a very similar way to crafting at a workbench, so just interact with your oven, pick the 'Let's cook!' option, and then select the craftable recipe you want to make. Then it's just a case of waiting to see your dish get prepped! You can then decide to display, eat, or gift your dish later on.

Finding recipes

How to get Animal Crossing: New Horizons recipes

There are a variety of ways to collect and obtain Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes. Here's what we've found so far:

Nook Miles - Buy the 'Be a Chef! DIY Recipes+' upgrade to unlock the ability to cook, but also a load of recipes to get you started
The cupboard at Nook's Cranny - Buy the Basic Cooking Recipes pack for a selection of starter menus
Villager gifts - Rumor has it that you can be gifted cooking recipes as they would normal recipes. We've not yet been able to verify this ourselves
Messages in a bottle - Check your bottle on the beach each day, as these can now contain cooking recipes too
Kapp'n Islands - You can find both crops and cooking recipes on random Kapp'n islands
Fishing - You can find fish-related recipes simply by fishing up different species

Cooking recipes

Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes

We're building a growing list of all the Animal Crossing: New Horizons cooking recipes we've found so far, and will be updating this as we find more:

Name	Ingredients
Flour	Wheat (5)
Whole-wheat flour	Wheat (5)
Sugar	Sugarcane (5)
Brown sugar	Sugarcane (5)
Carrot potage	Flour (1), Carrot (2)
Potato potage	Flour (1), Potato (2)
Minestrone soup	Tomato (2), Potato (1), Carrot (1)
Bamboo-shoot soup	Bamboo shoot (2)
Mushroom potage	Flour (1), Round Mushroom (1), Flat Mushroom (1)
Seaweed Soup	Seaweed (2)
Salad	Tomato (1), Carrot (1), Potato (1), Orange pumpkin (1)
Salade de carottes Râpées	Carrot (3)
Mushroom salad	Round mushroom (1), Flat Mushroom (1), Skinny Mushroom (1)
Turnip salad	Turnips (10), Tomato (1)
Fruit salad	Apple (1), Ornage (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Poke	Salmon (1), Tomato (1)
Seafood salad	Squid (1), Sweet Shrimp (1)
French fries	Potato (3)
Fish-and-chips	Potato (2), Dab (1)
Baked potatoes	Potato (2), Dab (1)
Potato galette	Flour (2), Potato (3)
Veggie quiche	Flour (1), Potato (1), Orange pumpkin (1)
Veggie sandwich	Flour (2), Tomato (1), Carrot (1)
Mixed fruits sandwich	Flour (2), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1)
Salmon sandwich	Whole-wheat flour (1), Salmon (1)
Tomato bagel sandwich	Flour (2), Tomato (3)
Carrot bagel sandwich	Whole-wheat flour (2), Carrot (3)
Pumpkin bagel sandwich	Flour (2), Orange pumpkin (3)
Mixed fruits bagel sandwich	Flour (1), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Orange (1)
Salmon bagel sandwich	Flour (2), Salmon (1)
Mushroom crepe	Flour (2), Round Mushroom (1), Skinny Mushroom (1)
Veggie crepe	Flour (1), Tomato (1), Orange pumpkin (3)
Bread gratin	Flour (2), Whole-wheat flour (1)
Salad-stuffed tomato	Tomato (3)
Pumpkin soup	Orange pumpkin (3)
Kabu ankake	Turnips (10)
Tomates al ajillo	Tomato (3)
Champinones al ajilla	Round mushroom (1), Flat Mushroom (1), Skinny Mushroom (1), Rare Mushroom (1)
Anchoas al ajillo	Anchovy (2)
Seafood ajillo	Tiger prawn (1), Squid (1), Scallop (1)
Pull-apart bread	Flour (2)
Bread	Flour (3)
Organic bread	Whole-wheat flour (3)
Snack bread	Flour (3), Sugar (1)
Savory bread	Flour (3), Carrot (1), Tomato (1), Potato (1)
Gnocchi di carote	Flour (2), Carrot (3)
Gnocchi di patate	Flour (2), Potato (3)
Gnocchi di zucca	Flour (2), Orange pumpkin (3)
Spaghetti marinara	Flour (3), Tomato puree (1)
Spaghetti napolitan	Flour (3), Tomato puree (1)
Squid-ink spaghetti	Flour (3), Squid (1)
Tomato curry	Flour (3), Tomato (3)
Carrot-tops curry	Flour (3), Carrot (3)
Potato curry	Flour (3), Potato (3)
Pumpkin curry	Flour (3), Orange pumpkin (3)
Mushroom curry	Flour (3), Round Mushroom (1), Flat Mushroom (1), Skinny Mushroom (1)
Squid-ink curry	Flour (3), Squid (1)
Pizza margherita	Flour (3), Tomato (2)
Mushroom pizza	Flour (3), Round Mushroom (2), Flat Mushroom (2)
Fruit pizza	Flour (3), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Seafood pizza	Flour (3), Tiger prawn (1), Manila clam (2)
Carpaccio di capesante	Scallop (2)
Carpaccio di salmone	Salmon (1)
Barred-knifejaw carpaccio	Barred knifejaw (1)
Carpaccio di marlin blu	Blue marlin (1)
Sea-bass pie	Flour (3), Sea Bass (1)
Grilled sea bass with herbs	Sea bass (1), Clump of weeds (5)
Aji Fry	Horse Mackerel (1), Flour (1)
Karei no nitsuke	Dab (1)
Sauteed olive flounder	Olive flounder (1), Skinny mushroom (1)
Pesce all'acqua pazza	Red snapper (1), Tomato (1), Manila clam (1)
Tomato puree	Tomato (3)
Pickled veggies	Carrot (1), Potato (1), Tomato (1), Orange pumpkin (1)
Jarred bamboo shoots	Bamboo shoot (3)
Jarred mushrooms	Skinny mushroom (2)
Orange marmalade	Orange (3)
Cherry jam	Cherry (3)
Peach jam	Peach (3)
Pear jam	Pear (3)
Apple jam	Apple (3)
Coconut oil	Coconut (3)
Sardines in oil	Anchovy (1)
Clam chowder	Flour (1), Manila clam (3)
Pumpkin pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Orange pumpkin (2)
Gratin	Flour (3), Potato (2)
Olive-flounder meuniere	Olive flounder (1), Flour (2)
Cookies	Flour (1), Sugar (1)
Frosted cookies	Flour (1), Sugar (2)
Thumbprint jam cookies	Flour (1), Sugar (1)
Coconut cookies	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Coconut (1)
Veggie cookies	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Tomato (1), Carrot (1), Orange pumpkin (1)
Roost sable cookie	Flour (1), Sugar (2)
Pretzels	Flour (1), Sugar (1)
Frosted pretzels	Flour (1), Sugar (2)
Plain cupcakes	Flour (1), Sugar (1)
Brown-sugar cupcakes	Whole-wheat flour (1), Brown sugar (1)
Fruit cupcakes	Flour (1), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Pumpkin cupcakes	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Orange pumpkin (2)
Veggie cupcakes	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Tomato (1), Carrot (1), Potato (1)
Orange jelly	Orange (2)
Cherry jelly	Cherry (2)
Peach jelly	Peach (2)
Pear jelly	Pear (2)
Apple jelly	Apple (2)
Coconut pudding	Sugar (1), Coconut (1)
Plain scones	Flour (2), Sugar (1)
Fruit scones	Flour (2), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Carrot scones	Whole-wheat flour (2), Sugar (1), Carrot (2)
Pumpkin scones	Whole-wheat flour (2), Sugar (1), Orange pumpkin (2)
Orange tart	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Orange (1)
Cherry tart	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Cherry (1)
Peach tart	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Peach (1)
Pear tart	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Pear (1)
Apple tart	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Apple (1)
Mixed-fruits tart	Flour (1), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Carrot cake	Flour (1), Sugar (1), Carrot (1)
Sugar crepe	Flour (2), Sugar (2)
Mixed-fruits crepe	Flour (2), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Pound cake	Flour (2), Sugar (1)
Orange pound cake	Flour (2), Sugar (1), Orange (2)
Pumpkin pound cake	Flour (2), Sugar (1), Orange pumpkin (2)
Brown sugar pound cake	Flour (2), Brown sugar (1)
Cake sale	Flour (2), Carrot (1), Potato (1)
Pancakes	Flour (2), Sugar (2)
Coconut pancakes	Flour (2), Sugar (2), Coconut (2)
Fruit-topped pancakes	Flour (2), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Orange pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Orange (2)
Cherry pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Cherry (2)
Peach pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Peach (2)
Pear pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Pear (2)
Apple pie	Flour (3), Sugar (2), Apple (2)
Mixed-fruits pie	Flour (3), Apple (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Peach (1), Cherry (1)
Orange smoothie	Orange (2)
Cherry smoothie	Cherry (2)
Peach smoothie	Peach (2)
Pear smoothie	Pear (2)
Apple smoothie	Apple (2)
Coconut milk	Coconut (2)
Tomato juice	Tomato (2)
Carrot juice	Carrot (2)
Spooky cupcakes	Flour (1), Orange pumpkin (1), Yellow pumpkin (1), Green pumpkin (1), White pumpkin (1)