# Food Network API: Search recipes > Finds Food Network recipes for a dish or ingredient, optionally filtered by chef, in site search order. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Food Network. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/foodnetwork.com/search-recipes - Method: `foodnetwork.com/search_recipes`, version 1 - Website: foodnetwork.com - Returns: title, chef or show, star rating, review count, total time, photo link, recipe link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `chef` | string | no | | Filter by chef name, for example Ina Garten. Leave blank for any chef. Default "". | | `query` | string | yes | `"meatloaf"` | Dish or ingredient to search for, for example meatloaf. | | `max_results` | integer | no | | Maximum recipes to return, for example 20. At most 50. Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "query": "meatloaf" } ``` Its output: ```json { "recipes": [ { "title": "Meat Loaf", "photo_link": "https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2023/9/12/MEATLOAF_H.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.476.357.suffix/1694547303177.jpeg", "total_time": "1 hour 25 minutes", "recipe_link": "https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/meat-loaf-recipe-1921718", "star_rating": 4.5, "chef_or_show": "Ina Garten", "review_count": 1392, "total_time_minutes": 85 }, { "title": "Thursday Turkey Meat Loaf", "photo_link": "https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2015/11/15/1/VB0213H_Thursday-Turkey-Meatloaf_s4x3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.476.357.suffix/1454433653170.jpeg", "total_time": "1 hour 40 minutes", "recipe_link": "https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/valerie-bertinelli/thursday-turkey-meat-loaf-3234629", "star_rating": 4.7, "chef_or_show": "Valerie Bertinelli", "review_count": 48, "total_time_minutes": 100 }, { "title": "Meatloaf", "photo_link": "https://food.fnr.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/food/fullset/2012/4/27/1/WU0213H_meatloaf_s4x3.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.476.357.suffix/1387299381980.jpeg", "total_time": "1 hour 35 minutes", "recipe_link": "https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/meatloaf-recipe-2042541", "star_rating": 4.4, "chef_or_show": "Ree Drummond", "review_count": 683, "total_time_minutes": 95 } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"foodnetwork.com/search_recipes","input":{"query":"meatloaf"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Find me 15 recipes for chicken piccata from Food Network, sorted by site search order, with ratings and total cook time. - Search for Ina Garten's roast chicken recipes and show me the top 10 with star ratings and review counts. - I need up to 25 Food Network recipes that use zucchini, including the chef or show and total time for each. - Look up banana bread recipes on foodnetwork.com filtered to Sandra Lee, max 8 results. - Show me the first 20 recipes for beef stroganoff, with titles, photo links, and recipe links. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "chef": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Filter by chef name, for example Ina Garten. Leave blank for any chef." }, "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Dish or ingredient to search for, for example meatloaf." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 50, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum recipes to return, for example 20. At most 50." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "recipes" ], "properties": { "recipes": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "title", "recipe_link" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string" }, "photo_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "total_time": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "recipe_link": { "type": "string" }, "star_rating": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "chef_or_show": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "review_count": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "total_time_minutes": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } } } } } } ``` ## See more - [Food Network API: Get recipe](https://fous.com/methods/foodnetwork.com/get-recipe.md): Gets a Food Network recipe by dish name or recipe page link. It returns ingredients, directions, ratings and cooking times; page details that are missing come back as null. - [BBC Good Food API: Search recipes](https://fous.com/methods/bbcgoodfood.com/search-recipes.md): Finds BBC Good Food recipes for a dish or ingredients in search order, with ratings, time, difficulty, photos and links. Excludes app-only recipes. - [Allrecipes API: Search recipes](https://fous.com/methods/allrecipes.com/search-recipes.md): Finds Allrecipes recipes for a dish or ingredients, in search order, with ratings, photos and total times; optionally only recipes ready within a time limit. - [Serious Eats API: Search recipes](https://fous.com/methods/seriouseats.com/search-recipes.md): Finds Serious Eats recipes and cooking guides for a dish or technique, in site search order. Results can also include related articles; times appear only when the site shows them. - [BBC Good Food API: Get recipe](https://fous.com/methods/bbcgoodfood.com/get-recipe.md): Gets a full BBC Good Food recipe by dish name or recipe link, including ingredients, method and nutrition per serving. A name uses the closest matching recipe in site search; details absent from the page are null. - [Allrecipes API: Get recipe](https://fous.com/methods/allrecipes.com/get-recipe.md): Gets a full Allrecipes recipe by its name or page link, including ingredients, directions, times, ratings and nutrition. Names select the most-rated close match. - [Serious Eats API: Get recipe](https://fous.com/methods/seriouseats.com/get-recipe.md): Gets a complete Serious Eats recipe by name or page link, with ingredients, directions, timing, nutrition and ratings when the page shows them. - [USDA API: Search foods](https://fous.com/methods/fdc.nal.usda.gov/search-foods.md): Searches USDA FoodData Central foods and branded products by food or brand name, ranked by relevance. Calories and serving sizes are null when not supplied. - [All Food Network methods](https://fous.com/methods/foodnetwork.com.md)