10 crucial recipes for surviving in 'The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'

The new Nintendo Switch game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," is incredible. It's also ridiculously tough.

When the monsters aren't trying - and succeeding, often! - to kill you, the elements remain persistent. "Breath of the Wild" is the kind of game where you could die from exposure. Thankfully, there's a simple way to aid in your continued survival: cooking!

More than just having your wits about you and taking a careful approach, you need to be a killer chef. And to be a killer chef, you need to know the best, most powerful recipes, and how to use the ingredients the game provides.

Just like the game's massive open world, there are near endless options for cooking in "Breath of the Wild." Some meals imbue Link with bonuses he'll need to survive. Trying to reach that shrine, but the region is too cold for Link to handle? Cook up spicy peppers to grant Link with "low-level cold resistance."

But that's just scratching the surface. There are countless dangers in Hyrule to overcome. So we're channeling our inner Julia Child: We've put together the 10 most important recipes for survival, whether you're trying to beat a tough boss or survive in a lightning storm.

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