How to add new Kitchen Recipe

This guide explains how to add new cooking recipes to RTX Housing System.

Kitchen recipes are stored in:

configs/kitchen.lua

You will edit:

Config.KitchenRecipes

1

Recipe fields explained

Each recipe is a table with these fields:

• id Unique recipe identifier (used internally) ✅ In RTX Housing this is also the item name the player receives after cooking.

• title Name shown in the UI.

• description Short text shown in the UI.

• time Cooking time in seconds.

• energycost How much electricity the recipe consumes.

• ingredients A list of required items:

  • item → item name (must exist in your inventory)

  • label → display label in UI

  • amount → required quantity

✅ Important

• id must be unique (no duplicates)

• id should match a valid item in your inventory system, because the player receives this item after cooking

2

Add the recipe to Config.KitchenRecipes

Open:

configs/kitchen.lua

Find:

Config.KitchenRecipes = {

Add your new recipe anywhere inside the list (recommended: near similar recipes).

Example: New recipe (click to expand)

{
    id          = "spaghetti",
    title       = "Spaghetti",
    description = "Classic pasta with tomato sauce.",
    time        = 12,
    energycost  = 0.25,
    ingredients = {
        { item = "pasta",  label = "Pasta",  amount = 1 },
        { item = "tomato", label = "Tomato", amount = 1 },
        { item = "salt",   label = "Salt",   amount = 1 },
    }
},

3

Add the output item to your inventory

Because the player receives the item named in id, you must have that item available in your inventory system.

Example:

• recipe id = "spaghetti"

• player receives item: spaghetti

So you must add spaghetti into:

• ESX items (SQL / items table), or

• QBCore items, or

• ox_inventory item definitions

4

Balancing tips

• time: use 4–8 seconds for simple snacks, 10–20 seconds for meals

• energycost: keep consistent with your utility/bills balance

5

Restart & test

Steps to verify your new recipe:

• Restart the housing resource:

restart rtx_housing

• Enter a property with a kitchen interaction

• Open the kitchen menu and cook your new recipe

• Confirm:

  • ingredients are removed

  • cooking time is correct

  • the output item (recipe id) is given to the player

Common mistakes (click to expand)

• ❌ Duplicate id (recipe won’t work correctly)

• ❌ Ingredients use item names that don’t exist in inventory

• ❌ Output item (id) not added to inventory items

• ❌ Missing comma between recipes in the config

Need help?

If you want, we can add custom recipes for you (including inventory item setup). Contact us on Discord: https://discord.gg/rtxdev