Sweet potato and chicken liver porridge and sweet potato and beef porridge are 2 porridge dishes that are easy to cook, attractive, and highly nutritious, making them very suitable for children who are starting to eat solid food. Let’s join TasteVN cook these 2 sweet potato porridge dishes right away!
1. Sweet Potato and Chicken Liver Porridge
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
40 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Sweet Potato and Chicken Liver Porridge For 1 – 2 people
White rice 50 gr Chicken liver 30 gr Sweet potato 20 gr Cooking oil 2 teaspoons Unsweetened fresh milk 60 ml
Tools: Stove, pot, bowl, spoon,…
Tips for choosing good chicken liver:
- Fresh liver has a pink-red color.
- When touched, it feels soft and smooth. Press your finger into the surface of the liver, it should dent and hold the dent when you pull your finger away.
Note: Livers from sick chickens often have a pale pink, yellow, or whitish color; livers from chickens with infectious diseases are often mushy like mud.
How to Prepare Chicken Liver Sweet Potato Porridge
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Preparing Chicken Liver
To clean the chicken liver and remove the fishy smell, you should wash the liver with clean water. If you want to be more thorough, you can add a bit of alcohol or salt to the water and wash it together to reduce the odor.
Place the cleaned chicken liver in a bowl, then add 60ml of unsweetened fresh milk, and soak for 10 minutes.
After soaking, use a knife to chop the chicken liver finely.
Note: You can also put the chicken liver in a blender to puree it!
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Preparing Sweet Potatoes
Put a pot of water on the stove (about 150 – 180 ml of water) and add the sweet potatoes to boil for 20 minutes until they are soft, then remove them.
After removing the sweet potatoes, mash them finely.
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Cooking porridge
Before cooking the porridge, you should soak the rice for 30 – 45 minutes or lightly roast it until it turns slightly golden to help the porridge cook faster and taste delicious.
Put another pot of water on the stove (about 180 – 200 ml of water), then add the white rice and cook for 40 minutes.
After cooking the rice, gradually add chicken liver and sweet potato, stir well, and finally season to taste.
Note: While cooking, regularly stir the porridge to prevent it from burning.
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Final product
Sweet potato chicken porridge is highly nutritious and very suitable for babies from 9 – 12 months old. With a simple preparation method, you have a fragrant pot of sweet potato chicken porridge that is full of nutrition for your little one!
2. Beef sweet potato porridge
Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
40 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Beef sweet potato porridge For 1 – 2 people
White rice 50 gr Beef 100 gr Purple sweet potato 100 gr Seasoning 1/3 teaspoon
Tools: Stove, pot, bowl, spoon,…
Tips for choosing good beef:
- Fresh and good beef usually has a bright red color, fat that is bright yellow, tendons that are white, and feels firm when pressed.
- You should choose pieces of meat that are tender, small, and not too smooth. Press your hand into the meat; if it has good elasticity, does not stick to your hand, and has no bad smell, then it is fresh meat.
- Female beef is usually tastier than male beef; if you can find veal, that’s even better!
How to make Beef Sweet Potato Porridge
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Prepare the beef
After purchasing the beef, wash it thoroughly with diluted saltwater. Then slice the meat thinly and chop it finely (you can put it in a blender to chop it finely).
Put the chopped beef into a small bowl, then season with seasoning, stir well, and marinate for 20 minutes.
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Prepare the sweet potatoes
Wash and peel the sweet potatoes, then wash them again.
Next, cut them into small pieces and put them in a blender to grind finely (if you don’t have a blender, you can boil the sweet potatoes in about 150 – 180 ml of water for 20 minutes, then take them out and mash them).
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Cooking porridge
To cook porridge quickly and deliciously, you should soak the rice for 30 – 45 minutes or lightly roast it until golden before cooking.
Place another pot of water on the stove (about 180 – 200 ml of water), then add the rice and add water in a ratio of rice : water is 1 : 10.
Cook until the porridge is nearly soft, then add the beef and sweet potato to cook together.
Cook until the beef and sweet potato are cooked through, then season to taste.
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Final Product
Beef sweet potato porridge is a very nutritious dish for babies in the early stages of weaning; the ingredients and preparation are quite simple. Hurry and make it for your baby!
Note: The cooking methods for the 2 sweet potato porridge dishes below are intended for babies who are weaning. If you are cooking for adults, the ingredients do not need to be pureed; just slice the chicken liver and beef, and cut the sweet potato into small pieces or dice it.
How to choose delicious, sticky sweet potatoes:
You should choose sweet potatoes that are reddish-purple in color, have a mottled skin on the outside, and are round or elongated in shape without any waist or indentations. When pressed lightly, they should not feel too hard. When you cut a thin slice at the end of the sweet potato, you will see a light yellow color and it will ooze sap.
Tip to peel sweet potatoes without turning black:
To ensure the aesthetics and quality of the dish, to prevent sweet potatoes from turning black when peeled, you should soak the peeled sweet potatoes in a bowl of salted water mixed with lemon or vinegar. This way, the sweet potato will no longer turn black!
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You have just seen 2 ways to make nutritious and delicious sweet potato porridge with chicken and beef for your baby to eat at home. Hurry into the kitchen to prepare this nutritious dish for your beloved little one! Wish you success!
*Refer to images and recipes from cooky.vn, jamja.vn and the YouTube channel Mabu Dinh dưỡng.
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