Overview
Rabbit Stew restores 10 hunger points — the most of any food in the game — from a bowl, a cooked rabbit, a baked potato, a carrot and a mushroom. Ten points is the entire hunger bar from half empty, which makes it the most efficient single item to eat when you have been running or fighting hard. Its saturation of 12 is very good too, behind only the golden carrot and the meats. The catch is the ingredient list: five separate items, four of which need farming, and it does not stack, so a chest of stew is a chest of single slots. That combination keeps it a special-occasion food rather than a staple, which is a shame, because a farm producing all five ingredients is not difficult once carrots and potatoes are established. Rabbits are the awkward part — they are uncommon, skittish, and drop meat inconsistently — so most stew is made from a deliberate rabbit farm rather than opportunistically. The bowl is returned when you eat, which softens the cost slightly. Make a few before a boss fight and keep steak for everything else.
Refilling the hunger bar in a single item — 10 points, more than any other food — which is why it is the standard meal before a boss fight or a long mining shift.
Rabbit Stew is a food item that restores hunger when eaten. One serving is worth 10 hunger and 12 saturation. Every copy occupies a full inventory slot.
It is crafted from Baked Potato, Cooked Rabbit, Bowl, Carrot and 1 more. Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
How to get it
Craft 1 from 1 Bowl, 1 Cooked Rabbit, 1 Baked Potato, 1 Carrot and 1 mushroom of either colour. Rabbits drop 0 to 1 raw rabbit each, up to 4 with Looting III.
Tips
- The bowl comes back when you eat, so keep the bowls rather than crafting new ones every time.
- Rabbit stew does not stack; carry two or three at most and rely on steak for bulk food.
- Breed rabbits with carrots or dandelions — they breed fast, and a small pen solves the ingredient bottleneck.
- Grow mushrooms on podzol or in a dark room; both mushroom colours work in the recipe interchangeably.
Properties
Eating it restores 10 hunger and 12 saturation — a ratio of 1.2, which is what decides how long you stay full rather than how fast the bar refills. Rabbit Stew does not stack — each one occupies an inventory slot of its own.
- Stack size
- 1
- Hunger restored
- 10
- Saturation
- 12
- Saturation ratio
- 1.2
- Category
- Food
Crafting recipe
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Rabbit Stew
Crafting Table
Shapeless recipe
Rabbit Stew
How it compares to other foods
Sorted by saturation ratio, Rabbit Stew is 9 of 41 foods in the game. Ratio is saturation divided by hunger restored: it is what decides how long the hunger bar stays still, not how fast it refills.
Golden Carrot leads the list at a ratio of 2.4, and anything at or above 1.6 is worth carrying on a long trip.
| Item | Hunger restored | Saturation | Saturation ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooked Mutton | 6 | 9.6 | 1.6 |
| Spider Eye | 2 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| Rabbit Stew ← | 10 | 12 | 1.2 |
| Mushroom Stew | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Cooked Chicken | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
| Beetroot Soup | 6 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
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Frequently asked questions
How do you make Rabbit Stew in Minecraft?
Rabbit Stew is crafted from Baked Potato, Cooked Rabbit, Bowl, Carrot and 1 more.
What is the stack size of Rabbit Stew?
Rabbit Stew does not stack at all. Every one you carry takes an inventory slot of its own, which is the practical limit on how many you take on a trip.
Is Rabbit Stew worth eating?
It restores 10 hunger and 12 saturation, a ratio of 1.2. Anything above a ratio of 1.6 keeps you full longer per slot, so treat this as a stopgap rather than a staple.
