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# Create a recipe from pasted text or write one manually in Souschef

> Paste recipe text into Souschef and let AI extract the ingredients and steps, or write a recipe from scratch. Edit everything before saving.

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Importing from plain text is included in the free version of Souschef.

Not every recipe comes with a nice URL. Family recipes handed down in a text message, notes from a cooking class, a copy-paste from an email newsletter — Souschef can turn all of these into structured recipes too. You can either paste the text and let Souschef's AI do the extraction, or create a recipe entirely by hand.

## Paste recipe text

<Steps>
  <Step title="Copy the recipe text">
    Copy the recipe from wherever you found it — a Notes app, a text message, a webpage, an email, anywhere.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open Souschef and tap '+'">
    Tap the **+** button on your library screen to start a new import.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose 'Text'">
    Select **Text** from the import options and paste your copied recipe into the text field.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nekonote-llc/8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM/images/screenshots/plain-text/text-option.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM&q=85&s=1eda3ebd8fdf07f3d9b732225298d7d8" alt="Import Recipe screen with the Text option highlighted" className="help-screenshot" width="375" height="524" data-path="images/screenshots/plain-text/text-option.webp" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let AI extract the recipe">
    Souschef's AI reads the text and pulls out the title, ingredients, quantities, and step-by-step instructions — even if the original text was a messy paragraph.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit and save">
    Review the extracted recipe. Tap any field to fix a typo, adjust a quantity, or add a missing step. Tap **Save** when you're happy.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Paste as much or as little as you like. Even a single paragraph works —
  Souschef will do its best to structure it into ingredients and steps.
</Tip>

## Create a recipe manually

Prefer to type it out yourself? You can build a recipe from scratch, no source required.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Tap '+' and choose 'Create'">
    From the import menu, choose **Create** to start with a blank recipe.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nekonote-llc/8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM/images/screenshots/plain-text/create-option.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM&q=85&s=971fc60065447f3b1b7a8bc92c5a6443" alt="Import Recipe screen with the Create option highlighted" className="help-screenshot" width="375" height="524" data-path="images/screenshots/plain-text/create-option.webp" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in the details">
    Add a title, servings, prep and cook times, ingredients, and step-by-step
    instructions. Add a photo if you have one.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/nekonote-llc/8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM/images/screenshots/plain-text/blank-recipe-editor.webp?fit=max&auto=format&n=8Bn_kolWAIZ4W9OM&q=85&s=f2de0bea43f69b060089be3170cda27d" alt="Blank recipe editor with fields for title, time, servings, ingredients, and instructions" className="help-screenshot" width="375" height="648" data-path="images/screenshots/plain-text/blank-recipe-editor.webp" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save it to your library">
    Tap **Save**. Your recipe is now in your collection, ready to cook, scale,
    add to your shopping list, and share — just like any imported recipe.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  Recipes you create manually work with every Souschef feature: [Cooking
  Mode](/using/cooking-mode), [smart timers](/using/timers), [serving
  adjustment](/using/adjust-servings), [shopping lists](/using/shopping-list),
  [nutrition](/using/nutrition), [AI tagging](/using/ai-tagging), and more.
</Note>

## Editing before saving

Whether you pasted text or wrote a recipe yourself, everything is editable before you hit **Save** — and just as editable after. Tap any ingredient, step, quantity, or title to change it. There's no wrong version to start from.

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## Still need help?

Our team is always happy to assist — [contact support](/troubleshooting/contact-support).

## Related articles

* [Supported import sources](/importing/supported-sources)
* [Import from a website](/importing/import-from-website)
* [Import from photos](/importing/import-from-photos)
* [Why a recipe import might fail](/importing/why-import-fails)