Spicy Boiled Beef

Overview

Spicy Boiled Beef is a Rarity III dish in Starsand Island described as: "Beneath the numbing spice and red oil lie large slices of tender beef." It is one of the highest-value meals players can cook, restoring 171 stamina and selling for 600 gold per serving. The recipe requires four ingredients and is cooked using a Saucepan on either a Campfire or Gas Stove. With a cooking time of 2 minutes and 27 seconds (147 seconds), Spicy Boiled Beef offers excellent stamina-to-cost efficiency for mid-to-late game players who have a reliable supply of Beef.

The recipe is unlocked through the Islandpedia Stamp Collection system as the reward for the 1st Cuisine Stamp. This makes it one of the earliest stamp-exclusive recipes available, and a strong incentive to start cataloging cooked dishes as early as possible.

Recipe Details

Ingredients

Beef is typically the hardest ingredient to stockpile because it requires raising and butchering cows at your ranch. Players who invest in ranching early will have a much easier time mass-producing this dish. Leek and Pepper are both straightforward crops, and Fine Salt is cheap to buy or can be produced with a Separator.

Where to Get the Recipe

Spicy Boiled Beef is unlocked by earning the 1st Cuisine Stamp in the Islandpedia Stamp Collection. The Cuisine section of the Islandpedia tracks how many unique dishes you have cooked. Once you reach the first milestone, the Spicy Boiled Beef recipe is awarded automatically.

To earn Cuisine stamps, simply cook a variety of different dishes. Even basic recipes like Fried Egg, Smashed Cucumber, and Mushroom Soup count toward the total. The first stamp threshold is low, so players who experiment with cooking early in the game will unlock this recipe fairly quickly.

This is one of five exclusive Cuisine Stamp recipes in the Islandpedia. The others are Sauteed Grouper Fillet with Shrimp Roe (2nd stamp), Strawberry Mousse (3rd stamp), Mango Sago (4th stamp), and Pumpkin and Corn Soup (5th stamp).

Gifting

Like most cooked dishes, Spicy Boiled Beef can be given as a gift to villagers. Gift preferences vary by character:

Since Regis loves Spicy Boiled Beef, this dish doubles as an efficient friendship-building gift for him. Keep a few servings on hand when visiting Regis to boost your relationship quickly.

Profitability

Spicy Boiled Beef is one of the most profitable dishes in the game. At a base sell price of 600 gold per serving, it significantly outperforms selling the raw ingredients separately. Selling to the Merchant Ship on Monday at the 200% price bonus pushes the return to 1,200 gold per plate, making it one of the best single-item sales in the game.

Compared to other high-value recipes, Spicy Boiled Beef sits near the top. Spicy Chicken sells for 581 gold but requires 5 Fowl, 3 Leek, 2 Pepper, and 1 Fine Salt. Braised Pork Belly sells for 514 gold. For players with a steady Beef supply, Spicy Boiled Beef offers the best return per cook among common meat-based recipes.

Related Recipes

Several other Campfire and Gas Stove recipes share ingredients with Spicy Boiled Beef or serve a similar role as high-stamina, high-value dishes:

Among beef-based dishes, Spicy Boiled Beef provides the highest stamina restoration and the highest sell price. Golden Beef Noodles is a more accessible alternative that requires only 2 Beef, but its stamina and sell value are notably lower. Tomato Beef Stew falls between the two in terms of both cost and output.

Tips

• Prioritize unlocking your 1st Cuisine Stamp early by cooking a variety of cheap recipes. The Spicy Boiled Beef recipe is worth the effort.

• Stockpile Beef by raising multiple cows on your ranch. Beef is the bottleneck ingredient for this recipe.

• Plant Leek and Pepper in adjacent seasons so you always have both on hand. Leek grows in Spring and Autumn; Pepper grows in Summer and Autumn.

• Save your Spicy Boiled Beef for Merchant Ship sales on Monday to get 1,200 gold per plate at the 200% markup.

• Give Spicy Boiled Beef to Regis as a loved gift to build friendship efficiently.

• Each cook grants 30 Cooking EXP, so mass-cooking Spicy Boiled Beef is also a solid way to level up your cooking profession.