How to Get Cooked Chicken in Minecraft

Guide Java Bedrock

Quick answer: Kill a chicken to get 1-1 raw chicken (up to 1-4 with Looting III), then cook it in a furnace, smoker or campfire. If the chicken dies on fire, or from a Fire Aspect weapon, it drops cooked chicken already cooked. Cooked chicken restores 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation. Raw chicken has a 30% chance of food poisoning, so cook it.

What you need

Furnace, smoker or campfire
Fuel
Looting weapon (optional)

Step by step

Find a chicken.
Kill it. It always drops 1-1 raw chicken, with a higher maximum with each Looting level (up to 1-4 at Looting III).
Cook the raw chicken in a furnace, smoker or campfire. Each piece taken from a furnace output gives 0.35 experience.
Or kill the chicken while it is on fire or with a Fire Aspect weapon: it drops cooked chicken directly.
Eat the cooked chicken for 6 hunger and 7.2 saturation.

Java vs Bedrock

Each piece taken from a furnace output slot gives 0.35 experience.

Versions: Each Looting level raises the maximum drop by 1.

Frequently asked questions

How much hunger does cooked chicken restore?

6 hunger and 7.2 saturation.

How do I get cooked chicken without cooking?

Kill a chicken on fire or with a Fire Aspect weapon.

How many raw chicken does a chicken drop?

1-1, up to 1-4 with Looting III.