Turn a Facebook video into a recipe

Paste a public Facebook video or reel link into the free Facebook tool and RecipeClip watches it, then writes out the ingredients with amounts and the steps in order. It takes about 8 to 25 seconds and needs no account.

Get the recipe#

1. 1

   Copy the video's link in Facebook

   On a phoneOn a computer

   In the Facebook app, tap Share under the video or reel, then tap Copy link.

   The wording changes between Facebook versions. A whole shared message works too, as long as the link is somewhere in it.

   You'll see: The link is on your clipboard.

2. 2

   Paste it into the box on the tool page

   Open the tool, click the box and paste. When your browser allows it, a Paste button appears in the empty box and fills it from your clipboard in one tap. Facebook adds tracking bits to share links, and the tool removes them for you.

   

   You'll see: The link sits in the box and Get the recipe is ready.

3. 3

   Press Get the recipe

   Most videos take 8 to 25 seconds, and an 89-second reel took 8 in our test. Keep the page open until the card appears. The button reads Working… and takes no second request meanwhile.

   

   You'll see: A card counts the seconds and moves from Opening the video… to Watching it… to Writing out the recipe….

4. 4

   Read the credit lines first

   Under the title, the first line credits the creator. The second says what the tool used: the video itself, the text of the post, or both. Open the original takes you back to the video on Facebook, so you can check anything that looks off.

   

   You'll see: The card names the creator and says what was read, such as We watched the 89-second video and read the post.

5. 5

   Cook from the card

   Tap an ingredient to tick it off while you shop or measure. The steps sit beside the ingredients on a computer and below them on a phone, where Jump to steps takes you straight there. A tip from the video, if it had one, appears under the steps.

   

   You'll see: Each ingredient you tick turns grey with a line through it.

6. 6

   Press Save to your recipes — free, Copy or Print

   Copy puts the recipe on your clipboard as plain text, ready for Notes or a message. Print prints only the recipe card, without the rest of the page. Saving is covered in Save it to your library.

   

   You'll see: Copy changes to Copied for two seconds.

Which links work#

The tool takes any link to one public Facebook video:

• facebook.com/reel/… reel links
• facebook.com/watch/?v=… watch links
• Page and profile video links, such as facebook.com/PageName/videos/…
• Share links made by the Facebook app, and fb.watch short links
• The m., web. and mbasic. versions of facebook.com

A link to a whole page, profile or group is not one video, and the tool says so before it starts. YouTube, TikTok and Instagram links go to their own free tools, which the error message links to.

Limits#

• A link rejected before it starts, such as a YouTube link or a profile page, does not use a try.
• Your tries are counted against a scrambled form of your network address, not an account. They come back after about a day.
• All visitors also share one daily pool for the tool, so it can run out for everyone before your three are used. Both cases show a message and a free-account button.
• Nothing is added to an account unless you press Save to your recipes — free. The card lives in your browser tab: reload and it is gone, so copy or save what you want to keep.

Over 3 minutes? The tool cannot watch the video, and then:

• If the post holds the recipe, or links the creator’s written one, it reads that and the card says the video was not watched.
• If neither has a recipe, you see This video is longer than 3 minutes.
• A free account watches videos up to 20 minutes from Add recipe.

Estimated amounts#

Many cooking videos never say how much goes in. The tool looks for an amount in four places:

• Text shown on screen.
• What is said.
• The text of the post.
• The creator’s written recipe, when the post links one or the tool finds it on the creator’s own site. The card then says Amounts the video doesn’t show come from the creator’s written recipe at and names the site.

• If none gives an amount, it writes a typical amount for the dish and tags the line estimated. A note under the ingredients explains the tag.
• An ingredient with no amount at all, such as a few curry leaves, stays that way. The tool does not invent a number.
• When the video only says something like “a little oil”, the line reads oil (amount not shown).
• When the video gives no oven temperature or time, the step takes them from the creator’s written recipe if the tool found it, or says the video doesn’t give them.
• Pasting the same link again within a day shows the same recipe, and it doesn’t use one of your tries.

Save it to your library#

A free RecipeClip account keeps the recipe, with no card needed. The button sits at the top of the card, beside Copy and Print (above them on a phone). The example card has no Save button.

• Press Save to your recipes — free and create the account. When you finish, a banner at the top of your library reads Saved from the free tools: followed by the recipe’s title.
• Already have an account? Press Already have an account? Log in to save at the foot of the card, or switch to logging in on the sign-up page.
• Already signed in? The button reads Save to your recipes and saves straight away, with the message Saved to your recipes: Title.
• The recipe waits in this browser for 24 hours. Finish signing up in the tab where you pressed Save, and Google sign-in comes back to that tab: it saves by itself. If you sign in from another tab of the same browser, a prompt asks Save “Title” from the free tools to this account? Press Save to keep it, or Not mine — discard to drop it. Another browser or another device does not get it. Press Back from sign-up and the card is drawn again with its button.
• A saved recipe counts toward your recipe limit (50 on a Free account), not your 20 AI imports a month. Fix an amount later with Edit a recipe.

If something goes wrong#

This tool is for Facebook videos and reels#

You pasted a link from another site. The page checks this itself, so it appears at once and no try is used. Use the YouTube, TikTok or Instagram tool it links to.

That looks like a Facebook page or profile#

Open the video or reel itself, then copy its link from there. No try is used.

Facebook only shows this video to logged-in viewers#

The video is private, in a private group or limited to friends. Open the link in a private browser window while logged out. If it does not play there, the tool cannot see it either. If it is your own video, set it to Public first.

Facebook didn’t show us this video#

The video may be deleted, or Facebook may be refusing the tool for a moment. Check that the link opens when you are logged out, then press Try again.

We watched this video and couldn’t find a recipe in it#

No ingredients were shown, said or written. If the creator put the recipe in a blog post or a comment, paste that page’s link into the recipe link tool.

This post is photos or a slideshow#

There is no video to watch and the text has no recipe. If a photo shows the recipe, try the photo to recipe tool.

This video is longer than 3 minutes#

Create a free account and import the link from Add recipe, which watches videos up to 20 minutes.

The service is busy right now#

Wait a minute and press Try again. A busy message does not mean your link is wrong.

You’ve used today’s free tries on this tool#

All three tries are used. They come back after about a day. A free account can import right away from Add recipe.

Common questions#

Can I see how it looks without spending a try?#

Yes. Press Try an example under the box. It shows a saved answer from a public reel, labelled as saved, and nothing is run.

Does it work on private videos or groups?#

No. It sees only what Facebook shows to someone who is logged out. It does not ask for your Facebook login and never will.

What if the video is not in English?#

The recipe is written in the language of the text on the screen and in the post, or the spoken language when there is no text, and the card keeps that language, so a Spanish reel gives a Spanish recipe.

How accurate is it?#

It reads the screen, the speech and the post, and tags every amount nobody gave. It can still miss a quick pinch. Use Open the original to check the part you are unsure of.

Related#

• Save a recipe from a link or video: the signed-in version, with video links up to 20 minutes.
• Convert and scale a recipe: change servings and units on any recipe link.
• When an import is slow or fails: what the messages mean and what to try.