Save an Instagram recipe
from the paper plane.
Instagram’s bookmark only files the Reel. It does not give you ingredients, and you cannot search “chicken” in Saved on Tuesday. These are the Instagram taps. The system for what you keep — one collection, four to six dinners this week, retire the rest — is the full save-from-social guide.
Reels and posts use the same sheet
Tap the paper plane
On the Reel or the post, tap the paper-plane icon, then Share to…. The first time, tap More in that sheet and turn on RecipeScan. It stays there.
Send the post, or the bio link
Tap RecipeScan, or Copy Link and paste it into Add Recipe. That works when the caption actually contains the recipe. Instagram sometimes hides captions behind its login screen; if the import comes back thin, copy the caption and paste it into Add Recipe as text. “Recipe in bio” does not: open the bio link, copy that page’s URL, and paste that instead. The Reel’s own URL is still just the video.
Leave the bookmark behind
The Saved folder can stay for browsing. The written recipe is the one you can scale and shop from. If the caption is only “full recipe in comments,” screenshot the card and photo-scan it — do not scroll 400 replies with the pan on.
TikTok’s control is a share arrow on the video. YouTube’s is Share under the player, including Shorts. Pinterest’s is the pin, which usually points at a blog. Those taps are separate. Everything after the import is the guide to saving recipes from TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.