Red Dead Redemption 2 Cooking Recipes Guide

Cooking plays a very important role in Red Dead Redemption 2. Food allows you to recover your health and restore stamina cores. Since it is crucial to your survival, our Red Dead Redemption 2 Cooking Recipes Guide will help you learn all about crafting these delicious recipes.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Cooking Recipes

You can restore your health by cooking different types of food items including various meat options like fish or other animals.

Several food item recipes can be discovered by Arthur. and unlocking them will allow you to cook them. Consume food to replenish your Stamina and fill your HP. You can also restore Dead Eye Cores by eating food, just before settling in camp.

The maximization of your health depends upon the quality of food you’re taking. Consuming higher-quality food items will result in a greater restoration of health. An even higher HP gain can be achieved by adding Herbs to your food items.

Your meals can be boosted with the addition of spices and herbs; however, this will require the use of a grill, something that Arthur does not possess at the moment.

Unlock the grill

After accompanying Hosea Matthews in his hunt during the “Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego” mission in the second chapter, you return to notice a new grill installed by the campfire. The grill is only available for use when you are camping by traveling on a horse on your primary saddle.

However, once you go hunting with Hosea Matthews during the Chapter 2 Mission – Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego, you’ll find that your campfire now has a grill attached for additional bonus effects – but only when camping via a horse with your main saddle

Arthur will learn new recipes from characters and can also purchase them from certain locations. To cook recipes, you’ll have to set a camp.

After setting up a camp, you can select the “Cook Food” option from the list of available food items. You can eat it when the food is ready or save it for later when you’ll need it.

There are a lot of different recipes and this RDR2 Cooking Guide will guide you about the effective ones. Check out the table below to know about the cooking recipe, ingredients required, and their main effects on your health and cores.

Recipes

For the recipes listed below, you can use the acquired meat along with Oregano and Thyme to cook your food. With mint, you can increase your stamina, and with thyme and oregano you can increase your health

Required Ingredients	How to Get	Base Recipe	With Thyme	With Oregano	With Mint
Stringy	Armadillo, Badger, Bat, Beaver, Chipmunk, Coyote, Fox, Muskrat, Opossum, Raccoon, Rat, Skunk, Snake, Squirrel	Plain Stringy Meat	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable
Gritty Fish	Blue Gill, Bullhead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar	Gritty Fish	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable
Herptile Fish	Frog, Gila Monster, Iguana, Toad, Turtle	Plain Herptile	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable
Gamey Bird	Waxwing, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Condor, Cormorant, Crow, Eagle, Egret, Hawk, Heron, Loon, Oriole, Owl, Pigeon, Quail, Raven, Booby, Robin, Spoonbill, Gull, Songbird, Sparrow, Vulture, Crane, Woodpecker	Plain Game Bird	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable	Non-Seasonable
Game	Duck, Pheasant, Rabbit	Plain Game	Thyme Game	Oregano Game	Minty Game
Gristly Mutton	Goat, Ram, Sheep	Plain Mutton	Thyme Mutton	Oregano Mutton	Minty Mutton
Plump Bird	Chicken, Goose, Turkey, Rooster	Plain Plump Bird	Thyme Plump Bird	Oregano Plump Bird	Minty Plump Bird
Crustacean	Crab	Plain Crustacean	Thyme Crustacean	Oregano Crustacean	Minty Crustacean
Prime Beef Joint	Bison, Bull, Cow, Ox	Plain Prime Beef	Thyme Prime Beef	Oregano Prime Beef	Minty Prime Beef
Mature Venison	Buck Deer, Elk, Moose, Pronghorn	Plain Venison	Thyme Venison	Oregano Venison	Minty Venison
Tender Pork Loin	Boar, Peccary, Pig	Plain Pork	Thyme Pork	Oregano Pork	Minty Pork
Flaky Fish	Redfin Pickerel, Perch, Chain Pickerel, Rock Bass, Muskie, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass	Plain Flaky Fish	Thyme Flaky Fish	Oregano Flaky Fish	Minty Flaky Fish
Succulent Fish	Sockeye Salmon, Steelhead Trout	Plain Succulent Fish	Thyme Succulent Fish	Oregano Succulent Fish	Minty Succulent Fish
Exotic Bird	Parakeet, Parrot, Pelican	Plain Exotic Bird	Thyme Exotic Bird	Oregano Exotic Bird	Minty Exotic Bird
Big Game	Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Panther, Wolf	Plain Big Game	Thyme Big Game	Oregano Big Game	Minty Big Game

This is pretty much all we have in our Red Dead Redemption 2 Cooking and Food Guide.