One major aspect of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the ability to cook meals and mix elixirs using the different resources you collect. You can use only edible things to create meals or resources mixed with Monster parts to create elixirs.
With so many recipes, it can be overwhelming to understand what you should make. After all, you can mix together any of your resources to try and create new recipes. Anyway, here are the top ten recipes from the game.
Updated by Erin Rice on August 13, 2023: The more time spent in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the more recipes that players are able to find. This update features 5 new entries that were found after the original writing of this article.
30 Prime Spiced Meat Skewer
Required: x1 Prime Meat and x1 Goron Spice
This meal is an amazing meal for anyone wanting to restore a lot of Hearts fast. The only ingredients are Prime Meat and Goron Spices. Considering you can go out and shoot some wildlife and then head to Goron City, you can easily obtain the ingredients needed at an early stage in the game. Depending on which meats you use, you can even increase the number of Hearts restored by quite a lot. This makes a great early-game recipe.
29 Prime Meat And Seafood Fry
Required: x2 Any Meats and x2 Any Fish
This is another meal that is extremely easy to make and is great for anyone first starting out (or even those finished with the game). All you need to do is collect two meats and two fish. From there, you can just cook them together and make this amazing meal. If you want to restore even more Hearts, you can add more meat. Additionally, if you wanted to restore Stamina or get Fire Resistance, you can change the fish you use.
28 Tomato Mushroom Stew
Required: x1 Hylian Tomato and x1 Any Mushroom
Again, if you need a quick meal to restore your Hearts, this meal is the perfect option. Hylian Tomatoes are found all over Hyrule and are easy to find. In addition, Mushrooms are plentiful as well. All you need to do is add whatever Mushroom you want. You can add certain ones (such as Chill Shrooms) to gain special bonuses to ensure you can survive in the different climates that are within the game.
27 Copious Seafood Skewers
Required: x4 Any Different Types of Fish
This meal is an amazing meal for anyone wanting to restore a lot of Hearts fast. The only ingredients are four different types of Fish. Considering you can go out and fish in any body of water, you can easily obtain the ingredients needed at an early stage in the game. Depending on which Fish you use, you can even increase the number of Hearts restored by quite a lot. This makes a great early-game recipe.
26 Copious Meat Skewers
Required: x4 Any Different Types of Meat
This meal is an amazing meal for anyone wanting to restore a lot of Hearts fast. The only ingredients are four different types of meats. Considering you can go out and shoot some wildlife, you can easily obtain the ingredients needed at an early stage in the game. Depending on which meats you use, you can even increase the number of Hearts restored by quite a lot. This makes a great early-game recipe.
25 Electro Elixir
Required: 1x Thunderwing Butterfly or 1x Electric Darner, 1x Monster Part
The Electro Elixir is made by combining different shock-resistant creatures with Monster Parts. The elixir allows Link to have a higher resistance to shock. This means that in stormy areas, you'll have a lower chance of being shocked. It does not make Link shock-resistant. This is perfect for anyone wanting to take on Thunderhead Isles or is about to enter the Lightning Temple for the first time.
24 Fairy Tonic
Required: Fairies
Fairy Tonic is made by cooking Fairies. Depending on the number of Fairies you add to the Cooking Pot while cooking, the number of Hearts restored will increase. This is an amazing Elixir for those who need Hearts in a pinch. It can also restore amazing amounts of Hearts at a time. A single Fairy can restore 7 Hearts. The only downside to this is that if Fairies are in your inventory, they will revive you when you die.
23 Energizing Elixir
Required: 1x Restless Cricket or 1x Energetic Rhino Beetle, 1x Monster Part
The Energizing Elixir is an extremely important elixir for Link. Stamina is just as vital as Health is in the Zelda games. This means that you will always want to ensure you have a good supply of it. This elixir will restore your Stamina, and the more creatures you add to the mix, the more Stamina it will restore. The best part is that you can drink this while you're in the middle of running or climbing a hill. This makes this elixir amazing.
22 Enduring Elixir
Required: 1x Monster Part, 1x Tireless Frog
The Enduring Elixir is even better than the Energizing Elixir. This elixir is able to give you a temporary boost to your Stamina. This means that you'll be able to go beyond what you originally could. Not only does it increase your Stamina, but it also gives you Hearts, and the more Tireless Frogs you add, the better this effect is. This is an amazing elixir to keep on hand at all times. You never know when you could use a boost of Stamina and Hearts.
21 Hearty Elixir
Required: 1x Hearty Lizard, 1x Monster Part
The Hearty Elixir is one of the best, if not the best, elixirs in the game. This elixir will grant Link the ability to fully restore his Hearts. Not only will all your Hearts be restored, but you will also obtain additional temporary Hearts to make things easier. The more Hearty Lizards you add to this recipe, the more additional Hearts it will grant Link. This is by far the best elixir to use when you're fighting a difficult boss.
20 Fireproof Elixir
Required: Fireproof Lizard and Monster Parts
This elixir is made by adding Fireproof Lizards and Monster Parts to your cooking pot. The elixir allows Link to survive in areas you would otherwise need Flamebreaker Armor or other means of flame protection. Depending on the amount of Fireproof Lizards you add, you can make this elixir last up to 12 minutes. This can be crucial when exploring the Death Mountain region of Hyrule. You can find Fireproof Lizards in caves around these areas as well as being sold by Beedle. The Monster Parts are found from killing monsters.
19 Electro Shimmer Fruit
Required: Voltfruit
This meal will not only heal Hearts, but it will also increase your shock resistance. What makes this so important is that it means you're less likely to be shocked when you are out exploring. This can be essential during times when it is storming. Since the weather system can cause storms to occur anywhere, you always have a chance to experience lightning. It doesn't matter where you are, this can be beneficial. This will make it a lower chance of that lightning actually hitting you. Voltfruit can be found in the Gerudo Desert on what appears to be cacti.
18 Spicy Sauteed Pepper
Required: Spicy Peppers
This meal will give you a boost to your cold resistance. While you can find armor to help with this (such as the armor the Rito sell), this can be how you traverse the cold without that armor. You’ll need to make this in the introductory zone of the Great Sky Island. You will also need this to find the Rito village. These Spicy Peppers can be found all over the place in cold areas. They are found on small plants.
17 Chilly Shimmered Fruit
Required: Hydromelons
Much like the Spicy Sauteed Peppers, this meal will add resistance. For this, it is resistant to the heat. While you can purchase armor near hot areas that will allow you to traverse the land, you need to get there first. This meal will allow Link to reach these areas with no problem. The more Hydromelons you add, the longer this meal’s effect lasts. Hydromelons can be found in areas that require Heat-Resistance. They are all over the Gerudo Desert.
16 Hasty Elixir
Required: Hot-Footed Frog or Hightail Lizard and Monster Parts
This elixir is made when combining the Hot-Footed or Hightail Lizard with Monster Parts. It will give you a boost to your speed for a certain amount of time. The more of the frogs or lizards you put in, the longer the effect will last. This can help you when you are fighting difficult enemies. You'll be able to move out of the way much faster than usual. You can find the frogs and lizards in different caves around Hyrule. Beedle will also sell them. The Monster Parts come from killing monsters.
15 Fried Wild Greens
Required: Any mixture of flowers and herbs
This meal is an amazing meal to make early on in the game. Flowers and herbs are some of the easiest items to find around the world. This means it’s an extremely easy way to heal hearts. While any will work, using the maximum amount of Hyrule Herbs, some of the most common herbs, will heal 10 hearts. If you use flowers and herbs that all have the same effect, you can make a dish that heals you and gives you extra bonuses. Flows and herbs can be found growing around Hyrule in the many different fields.
14 Mighty Simmered Fruit
Required: Mighty Bananas
Once you use this meal, you will see a great increase in your attack power for a certain amount of time.
Depending on how many Mighty Bananas you add, you can increase the buff and make it last much longer. This can be essential when you are trying to take on an especially difficult boss. Mighty Bananas can be found growing on Banana Trees in the southern region of Hyrule. You can also find them around the different Yiga Clan hideouts.
13 Tough Mushroom Skewer
Required: Ironshrooms
Cooking this will not only restore a pretty good deal of health, but it also adds great defense for a certain amount of time. Depending on the amount of Ironshrooms you add, the better the buff to your defense will be. This can mean life or death whenever you’re trying to take on a large number of monsters at once or if you’re taking on a boss. Ironshrooms can be found throughout Hyrule. They can be found more prevalently in forested areas in the southeast region of Hyrule though.
12 Energizing Meat and Mushroom Skewer
Required: Stamella Shrooms and Any Meat
This meal not only replenishes a lot of stamina but will also give Link an amazing amount of health restoration. Depending on how many Stamella Shrooms you can add will determine how much stamina this restores. This can be lifesaving if you are trying to glide a long distance or climb something high. Stamella Shrooms are found throughout Hyrule, usually in forested areas. Meat can be obtained by killing the many different wildlife that roams Hyrule.
11 Enduring Fried Wild Greens
Required: Endura Carrots and Hyrule Herb
This meal will add a large amount of additional stamina. This can be so helpful if you need to glide to a far away place, or if you need to climb a tall mountain. The Endura Carrots will increase the amount of stamina that is given while the Hyrule Herbs will increase the amount of Hearts that are replenished with this meal. You can find the Hyrule Herbs anywhere in Hyrule. The Endura Carrots are commonly seen around Cherry Blossoms.