We made two recipes from Tears of the Kingdom and they were utterly delicious

The world of Hyrule offers countless hours of adventuring for Link, and like any adventurer, he needs food to keep him going. Recovering hearts, keeping warm in the cold, increasing his speed… Being a Michelin starred chef with the Tears of the Kingdom recipes are an essential part of Link’s repertoire.

But how tasty is the food of Hyrule? While we can’t taste Link’s actual cooking, we can replicate his recipes in real life and see what he’s noshing on mid-boss fight in order to heal. Link can only use a maximum of five ingredients per recipe, which means there are limitations on how creative he can get, but how do these recipes translate to a real life kitchen? We made two meals from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to find out.

Prime Poultry Pilaf

The first recipe comes from the Gerudo region: Prime Poultry Pilaf. Made from Raw Bird Thigh, Hylian Rice, Goat Butter and a Bird Egg. From the ingredients alone it sounds like a bland dish but with a maximum of five ingredients per dish there isn’t much room for spices and flavour, so we made sure this would have more of an oomph with a few minor alterations.

Ingredients

• Hylian Rice (jasmine or basmati)
• Raw Bird Thigh (chicken thighs)
• Goat Butter (any butter)
• Raw Bird Egg (any egg)
• Onion
• Three garlic cloves
• One litre of chicken stock
• Paprika
• Garlic powder
• Salt
• Pepper

Method

Since this is a recipe from Gerudo, we seasoned the meat with spices that feel Gerudo in nature: Paprika, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. Season to your taste.

Set your oven to pre-heat at 180c, prepare an oven-friendly cooking pot, and get ready to mentally hear the cooking theme. Heat a frying pan to a medium heat and cook the Raw Bird Thighs on each side until cooked through – when the spices start to brown, you’re there. Check for any pink-ness in the middle to ensure.

Once cooked, remove from the pan and pop them on a plate till later. Now that you have a pan full of flavour, add a small knob of Goat Butter, a chopped onion, and three cloves of diced garlic. Just because Link only uses four ingredients doesn’t mean we have to, as the more flavourful, the better. Besides, we’re sure Link is seasoning his food when we’re not looking, right?

Allow a few minutes for the onions and garlic to soften and caramelise – you will be able to smell when it’s ready. At this point you can add two cups of Hylian Rice to the pot.

Wait two minutes or so till the rice starts to become slightly translucent, when it does, bit by bit add a litre of chicken stock to the pot on a simmering heat. Once the rice starts to soak up the stock add more until all the stock has been added.

Allow the mixture to bubble for a couple minutes, stirring occasionally to ensure the rice doesn’t stick to the bottom of the pan. Feel free to add any more of the Gerudo spices to the liquid.

Once the stock is simmering, place the cooked Bird Thighs on top of the rice. Cover the pan with a lid then transfer the pot to the oven and bake for thirty minutes.

While the rice and chicken are baking, grab a small frying pan and add it to the heat. Take a small knob of Goat Butter and crack a Raw Bird Egg into the pan. Once the heat has risen, scramble the egg until fluffy and cooked through.

After the thirty minutes are complete, take the pot out of the oven, remove the now cooked bird thigh, then add the scrambled egg into the fluffy rice and mix. You now have your Prime Poultry Pilaf, serve the rice and chicken thigh and enjoy!

Verdict

This is a simple recipe in-game so we were sceptical about how well it would translate to real life, but it’s super easy to cook and tastes delicious. The rice is full of flavour and the chicken is juicy, with the added spices carrying the flavour. If you fancy having a Tears of the Kingdom-themed day, this recipe is a brilliant one to have for dinner while you put the joy-cons down for a bit.

Wildberry Crepes

When it comes to two course meals, we always favour dessert, so the Wildberry Crepes beckoned us as opposed to a starter. The recipe picture in-game looks super sweet so it’s safe to say our hopes were high.

Making full use of the five ingredients slot with Wildberry, Tabantha Wheat, Cane Sugar, Fresh Milk and Bird Egg, this recipe is almost identical to the real life recipe and so didn’t need much adjustment. Since we unfortunately don’t live in Hyrule, we couldn’t use Wildberries, so we replaced them with strawberries instead as they look almost identical.

Ingredients

• Wildberry (strawberries, use as many as you want)
• 140g Tabantha Wheat (plain flour)
• Cane Sugar (granulated sugar)
• 200ml Fresh Milk
• Two Bird Eggs

Method

Before you start making the crepe mix, you need to prep the Wildberries. Make sure you wash the berries to ensure there is no dirt and dry them with kitchen paper. Cut the Wildberries in half, removing their green top and put them onto a plate. Once you have cut the amount of Wildberries you would like, sprinkle Cane Sugar on top of them to lightly cover the Wildberries. Put the plate into the fridge for thirty minutes to macerate.

Now onto the crepes. Get yourself a mixing bowl and a whisk. Sift the Tabantha Wheat into the mixing bowl, making sure there are no lumps. This helps to keep the batter smooth. Once sifted, make a well in the middle of the bowl. Crack two Bird Eggs into the well and mix into the Tabantha Wheat, then as it comes together slowly, add into the milk. Whisk until the batter is smooth and all the ingredients are incorporated. Leave the batter to settle for thirty minutes.

When thirty minutes have passed, stick a pan over a medium heat. Add a small piece of Goat Butter to lightly grease the pan. Take half a ladle of the batter and pour into the now hot pan. Swirl the batter around the pan to cover the surface, and allow to cook for roughly a minute before flipping it to cook for another minute. You’ll know when it’s cooked as it solidifies and starts to brown. Remove the crepe from the pan and place onto a plate. Repeat until the batter has run out. Add your now macerated Wildberries to the crepes. Serve and enjoy!

Verdict

Wildberry Crepes are a perfect sweet treat when you’re done gallivanting around Hyrule. They are super quick to make, and if you want more, just increase the amount of batter mixture you make. It also helps with the authenticity that you can recreate the in-game recipe exactly. Well, except for Wildberries not existing in real life.

All in all, recreating these recipes from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was easy, quick, and most importantly, delicious. Perfect for how Zelda-filled all of our lives are right now, as we progress through the behemoth of a game that is TOTK.

If you want to try to recreate these recipes we’d wholeheartedly recommend it. While the cooking experience will be different from Links cooking because after all, there’s no cooking jingle that plays automatically, nor will the meal automatically come together in a single pot in three second flat, you will not regret it when you taste how good these recipes taste. Just make sure you know how to cook first, yeah?