Cooked chicken is a food item that can be eaten by the player.
Obtaining[]
Mob loot[]
When a chicken dies while on fire, it drops one cooked chicken. The maximum is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 1–4 cooked chicken with Looting III.
Cooking[]
Raw chicken can be cooked in a furnace, smoker, or campfire. Each piece of cooked chicken removed from a furnace output slot gives 0.35 experience (22.4 experience per stack).
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Raw Chicken + Any fuel |
Trading[]
In Java Edition, apprentice-level butcher villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to sell 8 cooked chicken for an emerald.
Butcher villagers may give cooked chicken to players with the Hero of the Village effect.[Java Edition only]
In Bedrock Edition, apprentice-level butcher villagers have a 25% chance to sell 8 cooked chicken for an emerald as part of their trades.
Usage[]
Food[]
To eat cooked chicken, press and hold use while it is selected in the hotbar. Eating one restores 6 (
) hunger and 7.2 hunger saturation.
Wolves[]
Cooked chicken can be used to breed and heal tamed wolves, lead them around, and make baby tamed wolves grow up faster by 10% of the remaining time.
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eating | Players | While a player is eating something | entity | subtitles | varies [sound 1] | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Eating | Friendly Creatures | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 1.0 | 0.6-1.4 | 16 | |
| Burp | Players | When a player finishes eating something | entity | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 | 16 |
- ↑ Can be 0.5, 1.0, or 1.5
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | While a player is eating something | random | 0.5-1.1 | 0.8-1.2 | |
| Players | When a player finishes eating something | random | 0.5 | 0.9-1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked Chicken | cooked_chicken | Item | item.minecraft.cooked_chicken |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked Chicken | cooked_chicken | 276 | Item | item.cooked_chicken.name |
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Husbandry | The world is full of friends and food | — | Consume anything that can be consumed. | husbandry/root
|
 | A Balanced Diet | Eat everything that is edible, even if it's not good for you | A Seedy Place | Eat each of these 40 foods:
| husbandry/balanced_diet
|
Video[]
History[]
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19, 2011 |  A teaser image for cooked chicken is revealed by Jeb. | ||||
| July 19, 2011 |  Jens changes the texture based on feedback, saying "the chicken may be too smooth compared to other MC items."[1] | ||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release |  Added cooked chicken. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w03a | Cooked chicken can now be used to breed wolves. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Farmer villagers now sell 7–8 cooked chicken for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w37a |  The texture of cooked chicken has been changed so that it no longer has a dark outline. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Butcher villagers now sell 6–8 cooked chicken for 1 emerald. Farmer villagers no longer sell cooked chicken. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Chickens can now drop several cooked chickens if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 366. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of cooked chicken has been changed. | |||
| 19w13a | Butcher villagers now give cooked chicken to players under the Hero of the Village effect. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Added cooked chicken. | ||||
| v0.5.0 | Cooked chicken now restores 6 instead of 3 . | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | The texture of cooked chicken has been changed so that it no longer has a dark outline. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Cooked chicken now restores hunger instead of health. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Butcher villagers now sell 6–8 cooked chicken for 1 emerald. | |||
| ? | Chickens can now drop several cooked chickens if killed with a Looting-enchanted weapon. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of cooked chicken has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has been changed, butcher villagers now have a 25% chance to sell 4 cooked chicken as part of their second-tier trade. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Trading has been changed, apprentice butcher villagers now have a 25% chance to sell 8 cooked chicken instead of 4. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU5 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added cooked chicken. | |
| TU12 | The texture of cooked chicken has been changed so that it no longer has a dark outline. | ||||
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | The texture of cooked chicken has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added cooked chicken. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Cooked Chicken" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
First image of cooked chicken.
Second image of cooked chicken.
