This guide covers all the items players may cook in Red Dead Redemption 2. All cooking recipes require a campfire, but all are also available from the beginning and have no unlock requirements. Nearly all require meat as an ingredient.
Most meat dishes can be seasoned with a single herb, the choice of which determines what core attribute will be affected:
Recipes
Image | Base | Source | Dish | Seasonable | Sell price |
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![]() | Stringy Meat | Armadillo, Badger, Bat, Beaver, Chipmunk, Coyote, Fox, Muskrat, Opossum, Raccoon, Rat, Skunk, Snake, Squirrel | Plain Stringy Meat | No | $0.25 |
![]() | Gritty Fish | Bluegill, Bullhead Catfish, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar | Gritty Fish | No | $0.25 |
![]() | Herptile Meat | Bullfrog, Gila Monster, Iguana, Toad, Turtle | Plain Herptile | No | $0.25 |
![]() | 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 | No | $0.25 |
![]() | Game | Duck, Pheasant, Rabbit | Plain Game | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Gristly Mutton | Goat, Ram, Sheep | Plain Mutton | Yes | $0.40 |
![]() | Plump Bird | Chicken, Goose, Turkey, Rooster | Plain Plump Bird | Yes | $0.40 |
![]() | Crustacean | Crab | Plain Crustacean | Yes | $0.40 |
![]() | Prime Beef Joint | Bison, Bull, Cow, Oxen | Plain Prime Beef | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Mature Venison | Buck, Deer, Elk, Moose, Pronghorn | Plain Venison | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Tender Pork Loin | Boar, Peccary, Pig | Plain Pork | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Flaky Fish | Redfin Pickerel, Perch, Chain Pickerel, Rock Bass, Muskie, Lake Sturgeon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass | Plain Flaky Fish | Yes | $0.40 |
![]() | Succulent Fish | Sockeye Salmon, Steelhead Trout | Plain Succulent Fish | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Exotic Bird | Parakeet, Parrot, Pelican | Plain Exotic Bird | Yes | $0.60 |
![]() | Big Game | Alligator, Bear, Cougar, Panther, Wolf | Plain Big Game | Yes | $0.75 |
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