How to make Cooked Fish in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft cooked fish with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, cooked fish is one of the many food items that you can make. However, it is not made with a crafting table but rather with a furnace. When you eat cooked fish, it will replenish your food meter.

TIP: Starting in the Aquatic Update, cooked fish is replaced by cooked cod in the game.

cooked_fish

Let's explore how to add cooked fish to your inventory.

Supported Platforms

Cooked fish is available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes, but removed in (1.13)
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes, but removed in (1.4.0)
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes, but removed in (TU69)
Xbox One Xbox OneYes, but removed in (1.4.0)
PS3 PS3Yes, but removed in (1.76)
PS4 PS4Yes, but removed in (1.76)
Wii U Wii UYes, but removed in (Patch 38)
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes, but removed in (1.5.0)
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes, but removed in (1.4.0)
Education Edition Education EditionYes, but removed in (1.4.0)

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Where to find Cooked Fish in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Cooked Fish

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft cooked fish:

How to craft Cooked Fish in Survival Mode

1. Open the Furnace Menu

First, open your furnace so that you have the Furnace menu that looks like this:

furnace menu

2. Add Fuel to the Furnace

Next, you need to add fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace.

furnace menu with fuel

In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.

TIP: Read our tutorial called How to Add Fuel to a Furnace if you aren't sure what items can be used as fuel, the length of time each fuel will burn, or how many items each fuel can smelt/cook.

3. Add Items to make Cooked Fish

Next, place the raw fish in the top box of the furnace. You should see the flames cooking the raw fish.

Crafting recipe for cooked fish

Once the raw fish is cooked in the furnace, the cooked fish will appear in the box to the right.

cooked fish

4. Move the Cooked Fish to Inventory

Now that you have made cooked fish in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Completed cooked fish

Congratulations, you have made cooked fish in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Give Command for Cooked Fish

Things to Do with Cooked Fish

Here are some activities that you can do with cooked fish in Minecraft: