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Recipe schema: complete guide

When to use: Recipe pages with full ingredients and instructions visible to users.

Required properties

• name — Recipe name
• image — Finished dish image
• recipeIngredient — Ingredient strings as shown
• recipeInstructions — Steps as ItemList or HowToStep

Optional properties

• prepTime — ISO-8601 duration
• cookTime — ISO-8601 duration
• nutrition — NutritionInformation
• recipeYield — Servings or yield string

Example JSON-LD

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Recipe",
  "name": "Quick Oatmeal",
  "image": "https://www.example.com/oatmeal.jpg",
  "recipeIngredient": [
    "1 cup rolled oats",
    "2 cups water",
    "Pinch of salt"
  ],
  "recipeInstructions": {
    "@type": "ItemList",
    "itemListElement": [
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "position": 1,
        "text": "Boil water with salt."
      },
      {
        "@type": "ListItem",
        "position": 2,
        "text": "Stir in oats and simmer 5 minutes."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Validation tips

• Ingredients must match visible recipe card
• Use high-quality square-ish images
• VideoObject can complement but not replace written steps

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