CheffEye is an AI halal recipe generator that respects the rules without making the cooking feel limited. Set your diet to halal once and the AI rewrites every recipe accordingly: no pork, no alcohol-based marinades, no mirin or cooking wine, no pork-derived gelatin. Snap a photo, list your pantry, or share a TikTok or Instagram link, and you get a full halal recipe in seconds, with nutrition and a hands-free Cooking Mode.
What makes a great halal recipe with AI
Halal cooking is not a single ingredient swap. It is a set of rules about which animal proteins are allowed, how they are sourced, and which auxiliary ingredients (alcohol, certain emulsifiers, some gelatins) are off the table. Most online recipes ignore those rules entirely. A "quick pan sauce" calls for white wine. A "weeknight dinner" features bacon. A "Japanese marinade" leans on mirin. A "weekend dessert" relies on gelatin sourced from pork.
AI fixes this by treating halal as a constraint that runs through the whole recipe, not just the headline protein. CheffEye's recipe model excludes pork and pork-derived ingredients automatically. It rewrites wine-based sauces into stock-and-vinegar reductions, replaces mirin with alcohol-free mirin or a sugar-soy blend, and substitutes vanilla extract with vanilla powder or alcohol-free vanilla for desserts where it matters. Meat ingredients are written assuming you will buy a halal-certified version, which is the part you control at the store.
Because the AI also has your pantry context, the substitutes are realistic. It does not ask you to find specialty alcohol-free mirin if your pantry has rice vinegar and a touch of sugar; it uses what you have. The result is a halal recipe that feels native, not patched.
Sample halal recipes
Three examples of what CheffEye's AI returns for halal profiles. These are teasers, not full recipes. Generate the recipe in the app for the full ingredient list, steps and nutrition.
Chicken shish kebab with garlic yoghurt and bulgur pilaf
Halal chicken thighs marinated in yoghurt, garlic, paprika and lemon, threaded on skewers and grilled until charred at the edges. Served with a garlicky yoghurt sauce and a buttery bulgur pilaf with toasted vermicelli. The AI keeps the marinade alcohol-free and reaches for olive oil instead of any wine-based component.
Ingredients
500 g halal boneless chicken thighs, cut into 3 cm cubes
150 g full-fat yoghurt for marinade
3 garlic cloves, grated
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp sweet paprika
0.5 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup coarse bulgur
0.25 cup vermicelli noodles
2 tbsp butter
2 cups halal chicken stock
150 g full-fat yoghurt for sauce, mixed with 1 grated garlic clove and a pinch of salt
Steps
Mix the chicken with yoghurt, grated garlic, olive oil, paprika, cumin, lemon juice and salt. Cover and rest on the counter for 30 minutes (or refrigerate up to 8 hours).
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add vermicelli and toast for 2 minutes until golden brown. Stir in bulgur to coat in butter.
Pour in the stock with 0.5 tsp salt, bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low for 12 minutes. Rest off heat, covered, for 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork.
Thread the chicken on skewers. Grill over high heat or a hot griddle pan for 4 minutes per side, turning twice, until charred on the edges and cooked through (internal temperature 75 C).
Plate the pilaf, lay the skewers on top and serve with a generous spoonful of garlic yoghurt sauce and lemon wedges.
Nutrition (per serving): 740 kcal, 56 g protein, 62 g carbs, 28 g fat.
Beef and red lentil shorba
Halal | Middle Eastern | 45 min | 2 servings
A warming Middle Eastern soup with halal minced beef, red lentils, tomato, cumin and a hit of mint. Finished with lemon juice and fresh parsley. A one-pot weeknight meal that scales for guests and freezes well.
Ingredients
250 g halal minced beef
1 medium onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp olive oil
1.5 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
0.5 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp tomato paste
0.75 cup red lentils, rinsed
1 L halal beef or vegetable stock
1 tbsp dried mint
1 tbsp lemon juice
Handful of fresh parsley, chopped
Steps
Heat olive oil in a heavy pot over medium-high heat. Brown the minced beef for 5 minutes, breaking it up, until deeply colored.
Add onion and a pinch of salt. Cook for 5 minutes until softened, then stir in garlic, cumin, coriander and cinnamon. Cook 1 minute until very fragrant.
Stir in tomato paste and cook for 2 minutes to caramelize. Add lentils, dried mint and stock. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer, partially covered, for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the lentils have broken down into a velvety soup.
Stir in lemon juice and check seasoning. Ladle into bowls and finish with fresh parsley and a drizzle of olive oil.
Nutrition (per serving): 560 kcal, 38 g protein, 48 g carbs, 22 g fat.
Honey-soy glazed salmon with jasmine rice
Halal | East Asian | 30 min | 2 servings
Pan-seared salmon brushed with a honey, soy and ginger glaze, served over jasmine rice with steamed greens. The AI swaps standard mirin for an alcohol-free version and uses halal-friendly soy, so the dish has the classic East Asian profile without any restricted ingredients.
Cook jasmine rice in 1.5 cups salted water for 12 minutes, then rest off heat for 5 minutes.
Whisk honey, soy, alcohol-free mirin, ginger, garlic and sesame oil in a small bowl.
Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Place the salmon skin-side down and cook for 4 minutes until the skin releases easily.
Flip the salmon, pour the glaze around the fillets and cook for 3 to 4 more minutes, spooning the bubbling glaze over the top, until the glaze is sticky and the fish is just cooked through.
While the salmon cooks, steam the broccoli for 3 to 4 minutes until bright green and just tender.
Spoon rice into bowls, top with salmon and greens, and drizzle with the pan glaze. Scatter with sesame seeds and spring onion.
Nutrition (per serving): 660 kcal, 42 g protein, 68 g carbs, 22 g fat.
Want the full ingredient lists, step-by-step instructions and nutrition? Generate the recipe in CheffEye, or browse the broader recipe hub.
How CheffEye generates halal recipes
CheffEye uses a multimodal AI pipeline. When you photograph a dish, a vision model identifies the dish, the cuisine and the visible ingredients. That description is sent to the recipe model along with your stored profile: halal diet, allergens, skill level and cuisine preferences. The recipe model writes the recipe from scratch, substituting non-halal ingredients automatically and adapting the technique where needed.
Pantry mode starts from your ingredient list (typed or photographed) and returns three halal recipes you can cook right now. Social import works on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube links: the AI extracts the original recipe and rewrites it for your halal profile, swapping bacon for beef bacon or smoked turkey, white wine for stock-and-vinegar, mirin for an alcohol-free version. The AI chef chat lets you adjust further with prompts like "swap to lamb" or "make it spicier".
Nutrition (calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre) is calculated for every generated recipe. The numbers are estimates from the ingredient list and serving size, useful for daily tracking. Cooking Mode reads steps aloud and runs timers, so the cooking experience is hands-free once you start.
FAQ
How does CheffEye keep recipes halal?
When the halal diet is set in your CheffEye profile, the AI excludes pork and pork-derived ingredients (bacon, ham, lard, gelatin from pork), alcohol and alcohol-based extracts, and rewrites cooking wines, mirins and vanilla extract with halal-friendly substitutes (apple juice, alcohol-free mirin, vanilla powder). It treats meat ingredients as a placeholder for the halal-certified version you will buy.
Can CheffEye convert pork or wine recipes to halal?
Yes. Photograph any dish or share a TikTok or Instagram link, and the AI rewrites it for a halal profile: bacon becomes beef bacon or smoked turkey, pork becomes lamb or chicken, white wine becomes a stock-and-vinegar reduction, mirin becomes an alcohol-free version. The technique is adjusted so the dish still works.
Does CheffEye verify that my meat is halal-certified?
CheffEye writes the recipe assuming the meat you buy is halal-certified. Verifying certification is your job at the point of purchase. The AI focuses on excluding non-halal ingredients (pork, alcohol, derived emulsifiers) from the recipe itself, which is the part it can control.
Does pantry mode respect halal rules?
Yes. List or photograph your pantry, and the AI returns three halal-compatible recipes you can cook now, ignoring anything in the pantry that conflicts with halal rules and respecting any allergens you have set.
Set your diet to halal once and stop scrolling past recipes that use wine, bacon or mirin. CheffEye writes the recipe, swaps the restricted ingredients, and respects the rules end to end.
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