diff --git a/Spigot-API-Patches/0173-Add-ItemStack-Recipe-API-helper-methods.patch b/Spigot-API-Patches/0173-Add-ItemStack-Recipe-API-helper-methods.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e51bba0925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Spigot-API-Patches/0173-Add-ItemStack-Recipe-API-helper-methods.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+From d04f42f8268047da4b892c77ddb9f534a302bb44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aikar <aikar@aikar.co>
+Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:13:57 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Add ItemStack Recipe API helper methods
+
+Allows using ExactChoice Recipes with easier methodss
+
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapedRecipe.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapedRecipe.java
+index 80af6cf5..3eae5a55 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapedRecipe.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapedRecipe.java
+@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ public class ShapedRecipe implements Recipe, Keyed {
+         return this;
+     }
+ 
++    // Paper start
++    public ShapedRecipe setIngredient(char key, ItemStack item) {
++        return setIngredient(key, new RecipeChoice.ExactChoice(item));
++    }
++    // Paper end
++
+     /**
+      * Get a copy of the ingredients map.
+      *
+diff --git a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java
+index 7347e746..4de38b33 100644
+--- a/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java
++++ b/src/main/java/org/bukkit/inventory/ShapelessRecipe.java
+@@ -128,6 +128,33 @@ public class ShapelessRecipe implements Recipe, Keyed {
+         return this;
+     }
+ 
++    // Paper start
++    public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(ItemStack item) {
++        return addIngredient(1, item);
++    }
++    public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(int count, ItemStack item) {
++        Validate.isTrue(ingredients.size() + count <= 9, "Shapeless recipes cannot have more than 9 ingredients");
++        while (count-- > 0) {
++            ingredients.add(new RecipeChoice.ExactChoice(item));
++        }
++        return this;
++    }
++    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(ItemStack item) {
++        return removeIngredient(1, item);
++    }
++    public ShapelessRecipe removeIngredient(int count, ItemStack item) {
++        Iterator<RecipeChoice> iterator = ingredients.iterator();
++        while (count > 0 && iterator.hasNext()) {
++            ItemStack stack = iterator.next().getItemStack();
++            if (stack.equals(item)) {
++                iterator.remove();
++                count--;
++            }
++        }
++        return this;
++    }
++    // Paper end
++
+     public ShapelessRecipe addIngredient(RecipeChoice ingredient) {
+         Validate.isTrue(ingredients.size() + 1 <= 9, "Shapeless recipes cannot have more than 9 ingredients");
+ 
+-- 
+2.20.1
+