How to Import a Recipe from TikTok
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TikTok is full of recipes worth cooking, but the format works against you in the kitchen. The ingredients are rattled off in a caption or spoken over fast cuts, the steps scroll past in seconds, and the next time you open the app the video has vanished into your For You feed. Cooking Together fixes that by turning a TikTok recipe into a clean, structured recipe with a proper ingredient list and numbered steps that you can scale, cook hands-free, and keep forever.
This guide walks through the two ways to import a TikTok recipe, what to do when the extraction is only partial, and how to clean up the result so it is exactly how you cook it.
Option 1: Share the video straight to Cooking Together
The fastest path is to share the video from inside TikTok. When you find a recipe you want to keep, tap the Share button (the arrow), then look for Cooking Together in the share sheet. The app opens, reads the video, its caption, and any on-screen text, and builds a structured recipe from what it finds.
On a fresh install you may need to scroll the share sheet to the end and tap More to enable Cooking Together as a share target the first time. After that it stays in your list.
Option 2: Paste the link into the import screen
If you already copied the link, open Cooking Together, go to add a recipe, and choose the import option. Paste the TikTok URL and let it process. This is handy when someone sends you a recipe over a message and you want to save it without bouncing between apps.
Both methods produce the same result: a draft recipe with a title, ingredients, steps, a photo pulled from the video, and a link back to the original creator so credit stays attached.
When the import is only partial
TikTok recipes are not always complete. Sometimes the creator lists ingredients but narrates the method out loud, or shows steps on screen without amounts. When that happens, Cooking Together fills in what it can and flags the recipe as needing a quick review rather than inventing details and presenting them as fact.
Open the draft, skim the ingredients and steps against the video, and add anything that is missing. Because the import already did the tedious transcription, this usually takes under a minute — you are editing, not typing from scratch.
Clean it up and make it yours
Once imported, the recipe behaves like any other in your library. Adjust the serving size and the amounts scale automatically. Reorder or rewrite steps to match how you actually cook. Add tags so it surfaces later when you search by ingredient or browse a collection.
- Set the servings so future scaling is accurate.
- Add a tag or two (for example, "weeknight" or "dessert") to make it findable.
- Save it to a collection like "Try someday" so it does not get lost.
- When you cook it, add a cooking story with a photo and a note on what you changed.
Frequently asked questions
Does the original TikTok creator still get credit?
Yes. Every imported recipe keeps a link back to the source video and the creator, so attribution stays attached to the recipe.
What about photo-slideshow TikToks instead of videos?
Photo-style TikTok posts are handled too. If a particular post cannot be read automatically, you can still paste the recipe text manually and the app will structure it for you.
Is importing free?
Recipe import is available to everyone with a generous monthly allowance on the free plan, and a higher allowance on premium.
Get the app
Cooking Together is free on iPhone, iPad, and Android. Import your first recipe in under a minute.