Snakehead fish is a type of food that is rich in nutrients and good for health. You may be wondering how to cook snakehead fish for your kids. Today, TasteVN will show you 2 ways to cook rice porridge with snakehead fish and carrots that are delicious and appealing for kids. Let’s get cooking!
1. Snakehead Fish Porridge with Carrots
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Snakehead Fish Porridge with Carrots Serves 2
Rice 1 cup (rice bowl type) Snakehead fish 30 gr Carrots 1/2 piece Ginger 3 slices Cooking oil 1 teaspoon Salt a little
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How to Cook Snakehead Fish Porridge with Carrots
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying the snakehead fish, rub salt onto the fish and rinse it with water to remove the fishy smell.
Peel the carrot, then use a grater to finely grate the carrot. Peel the ginger, then slice it.
Wash the rice with water about 2 – 3 times and then let it drain.
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Boil and mash the fish meat
Put 1 pot of water on the stove, add the snakehead fish and sliced ginger, and boil for about 10 minutes until the fish is cooked.
After the fish is cooked, remove it and let it cool a bit, then proceed to cleanly separate the fish bones.
Then use a spoon to mash the fish meat thoroughly.
Note: Depending on your child’s taste, you can season the fish with a little fish sauce and a bit of seasoning powder to make the fish meat tastier.
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Cooking porridge
Put rice into pot along with about 100ml of filtered water, then cook over medium heat until it turns into porridge.
After that, add grated carrot and cook until the carrot is soft, then add snakehead fish, mix well and cook for about 2 minutes before turning off the heat.
Finally, to enhance the nutrition of the porridge, add 1 teaspoon of cooking oil for babies.
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Final product
The snakehead fish porridge after completion will have a beautiful orange color. The porridge is soft, fragrant, and just right to eat, while the snakehead fish meat is sweet and nutritious. This will definitely be a weaning food that babies will love.
2. Snakehead fish carrot amaranth porridge
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Snakehead Fish Porridge with Carrot and Amaranth For 2 people
Rice 1 cup (type of rice bowl) Snakehead fish fillet 30 gr Carrot 1/2 piece Amaranth 100 gr (about 1 handful) Cooking oil 1 teaspoon Salt/seasoning a little
How to choose fresh and delicious amaranth
- Choose amaranth with bright green color and intact leaves.
- Do not choose wilted or bruised plants.
- Choose stems that are still firm and leaves that are not detached from the stem.
Required tools:
Pot, blender, knife, cutting board, spoon,…
How to prepare Snakehead Fish Porridge with Carrot and Amaranth
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Prepare the ingredients
Rinse the snakehead fish fillet with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water and let it drain.
Peel the carrot, wash it, and cut it into small pieces.
Pick the amaranth leaves, then wash them with clean water.
Rinse the rice with water about 2 – 3 times and let it drain.
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Boil and mash fish meat
Put a pot of water on the stove, add the snakehead fish fillet and carrot, then boil for about 10 minutes until the fish and carrot are cooked.
Then take the fish out to cool and use a spoon to mash the fish meat.
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Blend the vegetable mixture
Prepare a blender, then add the chopped amaranth and boiled carrot to blend until smooth.
You should add a little filtered water to the blender to make it easier to blend.
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Cooking porridge
Add rice to the pot along with 100ml of water and cook over medium heat until it turns into porridge.
Next, add a little salt, a little seasoning, and stir well.
Then, add the snakehead fish and the blended mixture of amaranth and carrots, stir well, and cook for about 3 minutes before turning off the heat.
Finally, scoop the porridge into a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of cooking oil for your baby.
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Final product
With just these simple cooking steps, you can complete a delicious and nutritious porridge for your baby. The porridge has an eye-catching green color from the amaranth, and the fresh, soft, and sweet fish makes it very appealing.
How to choose fresh and delicious snakehead fish
- You should buy fillets of snakehead fish to avoid dealing with bones. You can also buy the whole fish to fillet it yourself or ask the seller to fillet it for you.
- To buy fresh and delicious snakehead fish, you should choose reputable and quality places.
- Delicious snakehead fish typically have a moderate size. The fish body is elongated, feels firm to the touch, and is not mushy.
- For snakehead fish fillets, choose pieces that are firm, have a light pink color, do not feel soft when pressed, and have no strange odor.
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Choose carrots that are dark orange in color, of moderate size, with smooth skin, not bruised, feel firm in hand and slightly hard.
- Do not choose those that are too large because they are often old, very hard to eat, and lack sweetness and characteristic aroma.
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How to Remove the Fishy Smell from Snakehead Fish
- You can soak the fish in diluted salt water or rice washing water, then rinse it with clean water.
- Additionally, you can also rub salt onto the fish for about 2 – 3 minutes and then rinse it with clean water.
- Remove the fishy smell with vinegar or lemon in warm water: Soak the cleaned fish in a mixture of warm water with lemon or vinegar for 3 – 5 minutes. Then rinse it with clean water.
- White wine: Marinate the cleaned fish with white wine for 2 – 5 minutes. Then rinse it with clean water.
Now you know 2 more ways to cook snakehead fish porridge with carrots that are super delicious and simple. Hope the recipe from TasteVN will help you succeed. Let’s get into the kitchen quickly!
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