ACNH Version 2.0 Cooking Recipe Locations (Ongoing)

Last updated: 1/4/22

The Animal Crossing New Horizons version 2.0 update is live and cooking is finally released. To start cooking, you need to purchase the cooking permit: “Be a Chef! DIY Recipes +” at the Nook Stop Terminal in the town hall with 2,000 Nook Miles. It will give you the ability to cook and 9 starting recipes (although one is a DIY for a stove and not a dish, so 8). The recipes are:

Stonework Kitchen
Flour
Sugar
Carrot Potage
Pumpkin Bagel Sandwich
Tomato Curry
Grilled Sea Bass with Herbs
Pancakes
Orange Smoothie

Once you have those, you can then buy an additional recipe set: “Basic Cooking Recipes” from the cabinet in the Nookling’s Shop for 4,980 bells (it will have a picture of a whisk on it ). It will give you 8 starting more recipes:

Whole Wheat Flour
Brown Sugar
Seaweed Soup
Organic Bread
Gnocchi di Patate
Tomato Puree
Brown Sugar Cupcakes
Carrot Cake

There are also hidden recipes you get for completing unspecified objectives. Some are taught to you by villagers, others are found in bottles on the beach, and many are acquired by catching specific fish. A word of warning though, some of the recipes come from rare and difficult to catch fish, so it will be an accomplishment to claim them all.

Below is a list of the cooking recipes I’ve found so far and their triggers/locations (I will update over time as I find more):

Catching Fish:

Catch a barred-knifejaw in the ocean to learn “Barred-knifejawcarpaccio” (Costs 1 barred-knifejaw to make)

Catch a squid in the ocean to learn “Squid-ink Spaghetti” and “ “Squid-ink Curry”. You only need to catch 1 squid to get both recipes. “Squid-ink Spaghetti” (Costs 1 squid and 3 flour to make). “Squid-ink Curry” (Costs 1 squid and 3 flour to make)

Catch a Red Snapper in the ocean to learn “Pesce all’acqua pazza” (costs 1 red snapper, 1 tomato, and 1 manila clam to make)

Catch and olive flounder in the ocean to learn “Sauteed Olive Flounder” (costs 1 olive flounder and 1 skinny mushroom to make)

Catch a Dab in the ocean to learn “karei no nitsuke” (It cost 1 dab to make)

Catch a sea bass in the ocean to learn “sea bass pie” (It costs 1 sea bass and 3 flour to make)

Catch a horse mackerel in the ocean to learn “Aji Fry” (It costs 1 horse mackerel and 1 flour to make)

Catch a blue marlin at the ocean pier to learn “Carpaccio di marlin blu” (it costs 1 blue marlin to make)

Catching an anchovy in the ocean to learn “anchoas al ajillo” and “sardines in oil”. You only need to catch one anchovy to get both recipes. “Anchoas al ajillo” (costs 2 anchovies to make) / “Sardines in oil” (costs 1 anchovy to make).

Finding bottles on the beach and villagers cooking in their homes:

Villagers cooking in their homes can earn you DIYs

Some cooking recipes DIYs are found in bottles on the beach. If you look close, you can see a little whisk on the card in the bottle. This one in particular was found on a Kapp’n Island.

Orange Tart can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle (costs 1 flour, 1 sugar, and one orange to make).

Snack Bread can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle (costs 3 flour and 1 sugar to make)

Seafood Ajillo can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle, but I found this in a beach bottle (costs 1 tiger prawn, 1 squid, and 1 scallop to make)

Potato galette can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle (costs 2 flour and 3 potatoes to make)

Bread can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle (costs 3 flour to make)

Coconut Pancakes can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. I found this particular DIY on a Kapp’n island beach bottle (costs 3 flour to make)

Veggie Cupcakes can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 flour, 1 sugar, 1 tomato, 1 carrot, 1 potato)

Apple pie can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 3 flour, 2 sugar, and 2 apples to make)

Apple smoothie can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. I found this by talking to a villager in a friends town who had apples as their starting fruit. (Costs 2 apples to make)

Peach tart can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 flour, 1 sugar, 1 peach to make)

Thumbprint jam cookies can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 flour and 1 sugar to make)

Minestrone soup can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 tomatos, 1 potato, and 1 carrot to make)

Mushroom salad can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 round mushroom, 1 flat mushroom, and 1 skinny mushroom to make)

Plain scones can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 flour and 1 sugar to make)

Seafood salad can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 squid and 1 sweet shrimp to make)

Veggie sandwich can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 flour, 1 tomato, and 1 carrot to make)

Fruit scones can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. So far, fruit scones has the most ingredients required of any recipe I’ve seen. (Costs 2 flour, 1 apple, 1 orange, 1 pear, 1 peach, 1 cherry to make)

Seafood pizza can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 3 flour, 1 tiger prawn, and 2 manilla clams)

Carrot juice can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 carrots to make)

Spaghetti napolitan can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. This is one of the dishes that needs another dish as an ingredient. (Costs 3 flour and 1 tomato puree to make)

Coconut oil can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. I found this one in a beach bottle. (Costs 3 coconuts to make)

Mushroom curry can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 3 flour, 1 flat mushroom, 1 skinny mushroom, and 1 round mushroom to make)

Salad can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 tomato, 1 potato, 1 carrot, and 1 orange pumpkin to make)

Apple Jelly can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 apples to make)

Apple tart can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 flour, 1 sugar, 1 apple in order to make)

Mushroom potage can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 1 flour, 1 round mushroom, 1 flat mushroom in order to make)

Orange marmalade can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 3 oranges to make)

Veggie crepe can be found via a villager cooking in their home or beach bottle. (Costs 2 flour, 1 tomato, and 1 orange pumpkin in order to make)

Other Hidden recipe locations:

The roost sable cookie DIY is obtained after unlocking coffee shop in the museum, then buying 1 cup of coffee (not to go coffee) for 6 days. Do not let the coffee cool or else it could delay Brewster giving you the DIY. After you purchase the 6th non-cooled cup, Brewster will give you the DIY as you leave. (Costs 1 flour and 2 sugar in order to make)

Turkey Day 2021 and on has 4 new recipes that were not available before. You get them by completing the basic dishes in the Turkey Day event, or by buying them at the Nookling’s shop after the Turkey Day event is over (I’m not sure if you can buy them if you completely skip the event):