How to save a recipe from a YouTube video

Copy a YouTube or Shorts link, extract the recipe, and save its ingredients and directions.

Francisco MacedoUpdated September 24, 2026

Current Clip Recipe landing page with the recipe link form

You can turn a public YouTube video or Short into a written recipe by pasting its link into Clip Recipe. On desktop Chrome, you can also use the Chrome extension directly beside the video.

Copy, paste and extract

In YouTube, choose Share → Copy link, or copy the address from your browser.
Open Clip Recipe, paste the link and choose Extract recipe. Sign in and choose a plan or eligible trial if prompted.
Wait for the extraction to finish, then open the recipe.
Check the ingredients and steps against the source. Edit missing or incorrect details before cooking.

A saved recipe showing ingredients, directions and serving controls in the current Clip Recipe interface — A saved recipe has its own ingredients and directions.

Which videos work?

Public YouTube videos and Shorts are supported, up to one hour long. Private or login-only videos are not supported. Longer videos need useful captions, descriptions or comments; a video with no accessible recipe details may not produce a complete result.

If a video teaches several dishes, Clip Recipe saves them separately. Use the arrows inside the recipe deck to browse them. One video counts as one extraction.

Use the saved recipe

Find it in My recipes. Adjust servings, add tags, edit instructions or export a copy. Quantities and cooking times depend on what the source provides; extraction does not guarantee every detail is present.

Extraction requires a plan. See current pricing and trial terms, or paste a YouTube link to begin.

You can turn a public YouTube video or Short into a written recipe by pasting its link into Clip Recipe. On desktop Chrome, you can also use the Chrome extension directly beside the video.

Copy, paste and extract

In YouTube, choose Share → Copy link, or copy the address from your browser.
Open Clip Recipe, paste the link and choose Extract recipe. Sign in and choose a plan or eligible trial if prompted.
Wait for the extraction to finish, then open the recipe.
Check the ingredients and steps against the source. Edit missing or incorrect details before cooking.

Which videos work?

If a video teaches several dishes, Clip Recipe saves them separately. Use the arrows inside the recipe deck to browse them. One video counts as one extraction.

Use the saved recipe

Extraction requires a plan. See current pricing and trial terms, or paste a YouTube link to begin.