Tag: Delicious in Dungeon

Changeling Dumplings

Posted August 21, 2025 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

Today’s final DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON recipe is a 3-in-1: three flavors of dumpling in one recipe, inspired by the array of dumplings the characters eat after being transformed by a changeling mushroom ring. This is my favorite episode in the whole season because my favorite character, Senshi the dwarf, gets temporarily turned into an elf. Wherever he walks, the air around him blooms with flowers and glitters with sparkles. 😆

Senshi makes fried dumplings, and in a moment of inspiration, he passes the dumplings through the mouth of a changeling statue, transforming the food into a variety of tasty dumplings.

Only a few are described, so I used those as the inspiration for my three flavors. Izutsumi says one of the dumplings is filled with Barometz meat, a dungeon monster that looks like a lamb, so I filled one dumpling with ground lamb seasoned with garlic and onion. Marcille bites into a dumpling filled with stretchy yellow cheese, so I made one stuffed with Velveeta. Laos says one of the dumplings is sweet, which leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I LOVE Nutella-stuffed fried wontons, so I filled my final dumpling with a mix of Nutella and cream cheese.

These all turned out amazing, but I think my favorite was the Velveeta. How is no one already doing this? It was like eating deep-fried grilled cheese! Plus, it was easy to assemble since the cheese is solid but soft at room temp. My kids, on the other hand, loved the lamb dumplings. They’re already asking me to make them again!

I’m sad that this is the end of my DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON menu—I had SO much fun coming up with monster-inspired recipes—but I’m glad I got the opportunity to try some things that were a little more “out there.” I’m also excited for my next menu. I can’t reveal it yet (you’ll have to wait a couple weeks), but I’ve been looking forward to doing it for two whole years. I can’t wait to share it with you!

NOTE: This recipe needs to chill for 2 hours before frying.

Senshi’s Quick Risotto with Mushrooms and Cheese from the Orcs

Posted August 7, 2025 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

Welcome to my latest DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON recipe! Today’s recipe is shortcut mushroom risotto with cheese, which Senshi makes for Izutsumi, a new party member who joins them partway through the dungeon. I chose this recipe because quick mushroom and cheese risotto has long been one of my go-to meatless recipes at home, and I reeeeally wanted to make a DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON recipe that features mushrooms, since the walking mushroom monsters feature so heavily in the show.

I used Senshi’s recipe instructions in the show as my inspiration, with the details filled in by my go-to risotto recipe. Senshi’s instructions call for adding the water all at once instead of adding it a bit at a time and letting it absorb before adding more (which can take a while). This is what makes it a “quick” risotto, rather than a true risotto. Usually, shredded Parmesan is added, but in the show it looks like Senshi uses Swiss, so I did that instead.

For the titular mushrooms, I used royal trumpet mushrooms I found at the farmers’ market, but you can use regular baby bellas if you want. I just think the look of the trumpet mushrooms is more similar to the walking mushroom monsters. One of the ones I bought was even split at the bottom in a way that looked like legs (here’s a photo!).

I love how this turned out, which was no surprise since I’ve been making something similar for years. It was so rich and creamy, and the mushrooms offered a delightful earthiness. The perfect dish to welcome Izutsumi to the party!

Onion Pizza Bread Topped with Seared Dragon Steak

Posted July 24, 2025 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

The most important moment in Season 1 of DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON is the party’s battle against the Red Dragon, so I knew I needed to make it the entrée of my menu! Senshi makes several dragon dishes, including dragon roast and several hams, but I decided to make the onion and cheese pizza bread, which another character tops with some strips of dragon steak.

Using premade pizza dough from the grocery store, I topped my pizza with shredded Gouda and red onion, along with some barbecue sauce (no sauce is mentioned in the show, but it felt like the perfect companion to these flavors). To finish, I seared an eye round steak (the smallest cut I could find at Aldi, since I didn’t need a lot) and laid slices of it on top the finished pizza.

It was sooo good, like something out of a restaurant. The steak and cheese bring a rich, fatty saltiness, which is balanced by the sweetness and tang from the bbq sauce. Add in the bite of fresh onion on top to brighten it all up, and you’ve got the perfect reward for fighting the evil Red Dragon!

Mandrake and Basilisk Bacon Omelet

Posted July 10, 2025 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 0 Comments

Welcome to my latest menu! I’m so excited for this one. When DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON first premiered on Netflix, I knew I had to watch it. It’s a fun, quirky, manga-inspired anime about a party of adventurers who travel ever deeper into a dungeon, hoping to rescue a friend they lost there. The dungeon is riddled with monsters like walking mushrooms and basilisks, and the party leader, Laios, is fascinated with how they might taste. He recruits a dwarf named Senshi, who passionately loves food and cooking, and together the party makes delicious monster-based recipes as they fight their way through the dungeon.

One of the first recipes they make is a mandrake and basilisk bacon omelet. It seemed pretty easy as far as monster recipes go, so I decided to make it the first installment in my DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON menu. The basilisk (half chicken, half snake) provides both the eggs and the bacon.* Snake products aren’t exactly easy to source, so I went with standard eggs and bacon. The mandrake is a root vegetable shaped a bit like a human, and it utters a high-pitched scream when removed from soil. It reminded me of parsnips, so I sautéed some in the leftover bacon fat before mixing it with the chopped bacon. Then I enrobed it all in a golden yellow omelet.

Of course, this was amazing. You can’t go wrong with bacon and eggs! Parsnip has a mellow starchiness similar to a potato with a touch of sweetness reminiscent of carrot, so it complemented the other flavors well. My husband and I demolished it quickly. I can’t wait to make my next monster-inspired recipe!

*In the show, it looks like the bacon might actually be provided by a Big Bat one of the party members caught, but according to the Delicious in Dungeon wiki page (which covers both the show and the manga), the bacon comes from the basilisk.