diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
index faa189c212..9dd1df4ea4 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApi.java
@@ -923,4 +923,19 @@ public interface ChefApi extends Closeable {
    @Path("/environments/{environmentname}/cookbooks/{cookbookname}?num_versions={numversions}")
    CookbookDefinition getEnvironmentCookbook(@PathParam("environmentname") String environmentname,
          @PathParam("cookbookname") String cookbookname, @PathParam("numversions") String numversions);
+  
+   /**
+    * @return List of environment recipes.
+    * @throws AuthorizationException
+    *            <p/>
+    *            "401 Unauthorized" if you are not a recognized user.
+    *            <p/>
+    *            "403 Forbidden" if you do not have rights to list environment recipes.
+    */
+   @SinceApiVersion("0.10.0")
+   @Named("environment:recipelist")
+   @GET
+   @Path("/environments/{environmentname}/recipes")
+   @Fallback(EmptySetOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   Set<String> listEnvironmentRecipes(@PathParam("environmentname") String environmentname);
 }
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefApi.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefApi.java
index 908ae2fcd5..90919b713d 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefApi.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/test/TransientChefApi.java
@@ -372,6 +372,11 @@ public class TransientChefApi implements ChefApi {
       throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
 
+   @Override
+   public Set<String> listEnvironmentRecipes(String environmentname) {
+      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+   }
+
    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException {
       closer.close();
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiExpectTest.java b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiExpectTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd34e2cdea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiExpectTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.jclouds.chef;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.jclouds.chef.BaseChefApiExpectTest;
+import org.jclouds.chef.ChefApi;
+import org.jclouds.date.TimeStamp;
+import org.jclouds.chef.config.ChefHttpApiModule;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.inject.Module;
+
+/**
+ * Expect tests for the {@link ChefApi} class.
+ * 
+ * @author Noorul Islam K M
+ */
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "ChefApiExpectTest")
+public class ChefApiExpectTest extends BaseChefApiExpectTest<ChefApi> {
+   public ChefApiExpectTest() {
+     provider = "chef";
+   }
+
+   public void testListEnvironmentRecipesReturns2xx() {
+      ChefApi api = requestSendsResponse(
+            signed(HttpRequest.builder() //
+                  .method("GET") //
+                  .endpoint("http://localhost:4000/environments/dev/recipes") //
+                  .addHeader("X-Chef-Version", ChefApi.VERSION) //
+                  .addHeader("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build()), //
+            HttpResponse.builder().statusCode(200)
+                  .payload(payloadFromResourceWithContentType("/environment_recipes.json", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)) //
+                  .build());
+      Set<String> recipes = api.listEnvironmentRecipes("dev");
+      assertEquals(recipes.size(), 3);
+      assertTrue(recipes.contains("apache2"));
+   }
+
+   public void testListEnvironmentRecipesReturns404() {
+      ChefApi api = requestSendsResponse(
+            signed(HttpRequest.builder() //
+                  .method("GET") //
+                  .endpoint("http://localhost:4000/environments/dev/recipes") //
+                  .addHeader("X-Chef-Version", ChefApi.VERSION) //
+                  .addHeader("Accept", MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).build()), //
+            HttpResponse.builder().statusCode(404)
+                  .build());
+
+      assertTrue(api.listEnvironmentRecipes("dev").isEmpty());
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected Module createModule() {
+      return new TestChefRestClientModule();
+   }
+
+   @ConfiguresRestClient
+   static class TestChefRestClientModule extends ChefHttpApiModule {
+      @Override
+      protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
+         return "timestamp";
+      }
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected ChefApiMetadata createApiMetadata() {
+      return new ChefApiMetadata();
+   }
+   
+}
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/internal/BaseChefApiLiveTest.java b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/internal/BaseChefApiLiveTest.java
index 529df6843b..72563231db 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/internal/BaseChefApiLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/internal/BaseChefApiLiveTest.java
@@ -464,6 +464,12 @@ public abstract class BaseChefApiLiveTest<A extends ChefApi> extends BaseChefLiv
       assertTrue(waitForIndex.apply(options));
    }
 
+   @Test(dependsOnMethods = "testCreateEnvironment")
+   public void testListEnvironmentRecipes() {
+      Set<String> recipeList = api.listEnvironmentRecipes(PREFIX);
+      assertTrue(!recipeList.isEmpty());
+   }
+
    @AfterClass(groups = { "live", "integration" })
    @Override
    public void tearDown() {
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/resources/environment_recipes.json b/apis/chef/src/test/resources/environment_recipes.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca3a117b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/resources/environment_recipes.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[
+  "ant",
+  "apache2",
+  "apache2::mod_auth_openid"
+]
+