Minecraft How To

How To Make A Bowl In Minecraft (Plus, Soups & Stews)

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to make a bowl in Minecraft! A Minecraft bowl is simply a container that can hold certain food items like soups and stews.

Plus, watch our video below to learn how to make the four different types of stews and soups, including Mushroom stew, Rabbit stew, Suspicious stew and Beetroot soup.

How To Make A Bowl & Stew Video Tutorial

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Available Platforms

Edition Platform Available
Java Edition Windows, Mac & Linux PC's Yes
Bedrock Edition Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, Windows 10 PC's Yes
Education Edition Mac, iOs 12, Windows 10 PC's Yes
PlayStation Edition PS4 Yes

Required To Make A Bowl

  • 3 Planks (any type)

Steps To Make A Bowl

1. Open Your Crafting Menu

To craft a bowl, you first need to open your crafting table in Minecraft. You should see the same grid as in the image below.

Open Your Crafting Menu

2. Add The Bowl Items To The Menu

In the crafting table, add the 3 planks to the grid. You can use any type of plank including oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, crimson, or warped planks. We will be using oak wood planks in this tutorial.

You must add the items to the grid exactly as shown in the image below. In the 2nd row place down 1 wood plank in the 1st box and 1 wood plank in the 3rd box. In the 3rd row place down 1 wood plank in the middle box. This is the Minecraft bowl recipe.

Add The Bowl Items To The Menu

After you've added the items to the crafting grid as described above, you'll notice four bowls in the box on the right.

3. Move The Bowls To Your Inventory

Lastly, drag the bowls down to your inventory so you can use them.

Move The Bowls To Your Inventory

That's it! A Minecraft bowl is simply a container that can hold certain food items like soups and stews.

How to make a bowl in Minecraft

Minecraft Bowl Command

You can also use a Give Command to make bowls in Minecraft. The command is available in the following editions:

  • Java Edition
  • Pocket Edition
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Windows 10 Edition
  • Education Edition

To run the bowl command in Minecraft, open your chat window and enter the command below depending on the version you have.

Java Edition 1.13 and higher bowl command

/give @p bowl 1

PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition

/give @p bowl 1 0

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