Shrimp is a food that provides a large amount of vitamins, especially vitamin A and vitamin D, which are very good for children’s bone development. Let’s refer to the way to cook 2 shrimp porridge with sweet potatoes and yam, delicious and nutritious for kids through the recipe from the specialized page In the Kitchen!
1. Shrimp porridge with sweet potatoes and carrots
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Shrimp porridge with sweet potatoes and carrots For 1 bowl
Fresh shrimp 2 pieces (about 150 – 200 gr) Sweet potato 1/2 tuber Carrot 1/2 tuber Rice 2 tablespoons Fish oil A little (for babies)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose sweet and delicious sweet potatoes
- Good sweet potatoes have a round or elongated shape, with no waist or dents.
- Choose tubers that have a layer of powder or dirt sticking to the outer skin, and when squeezed lightly, they should not be too hard.
- When pinching a small part at the end of the good tuber, you will see a light orange color and sap will flow out.
- Do not choose tubers with holes, scratches, chips, or those that feel too hard and dry when squeezed.
See details: How to choose sweet and delicious sweet potatoes
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Fresh and delicious carrots have a moderate size, straight and elongated shape towards the tail, smooth skin, feel firm in hand, and slightly hard.
- Choose carrots that have a deep orange color, bright, with fresh green leaves firmly attached to the root.
- Avoid carrots with wilted, bruised tops, damaged bodies, slimy texture, or dark spots, and if pressed, feel soft.
- Do not select overly large carrots with thick roots and shoulders, as these are older carrots, which will have more fibers and fewer nutrients.
See details: How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
Tools needed
How to make Sweet Potato Shrimp Porridge with Carrots
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Prepare and sauté the shrimp
Wash the shrimp thoroughly, remove the head and legs, and peel the shell. Place the shrimp on a cutting board, use a knife to smash and then chop finely.
Heat a pan over medium heat, once the pan is hot, add the finely chopped shrimp and quickly sauté.
After 3 – 5 minutes, when the shrimp meat has firmed up and turned orange, turn off the heat and transfer the shrimp to a strainer. Use the back of the spoon to mash the shrimp through the strainer, leaving the shrimp shells behind.
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Prepare other ingredients
Peel the sweet potato and carrot you bought, wash them clean, then cut them into small pieces, and put them in a pot to boil until soft.
After boiling, use the end of a chopstick to pierce through the piece of sweet potato and carrot; if they are cooked and soft, turn off the heat, take the sweet potato out to a strainer, and continue to use the back of a spoon to mash the sweet potato through the strainer into a large bowl.
Similarly, you should also strain the carrot and mash it finely.
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Cooking porridge
You wash 2 tablespoons (about a handful of rice) clean and put it in a pot with 1 bowl of filtered water.
Turn on high heat and boil for 5 – 10 minutes, skimming off any foam that floats up (if any), then turn off the heat and cover the pot so the rice can swell and soften.
Tip: To cook a soft, delicious, and smooth porridge for your baby, you should start cooking the porridge early, about 3 – 4 hours before mealtime. This way, after the porridge is covered and kept warm in the pot, it will be very soft and sticky.
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Completion
When serving your baby, you take a bowl and add the appropriate amount of porridge for their appetite, then add the mashed sweet potato, shrimp, and carrot, mixing well so that the ingredients blend together.
Next, you transfer the mixture to a hot pan over medium heat, continuously stirring until the mixture boils, then turn off the heat and serve the porridge in a bowl for your baby to enjoy right away.
When feeding your baby, don’t forget to add a little fish oil mixed into the porridge to provide essential nutrients for your baby!
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Final Product
So with just a few simple ingredients and easy-to-follow steps, you can prepare a nutritious meal for your baby right at home.
The porridge is cooked thick and smooth, served with nutrient-rich shrimp, and the naturally sweet flavor of sweet potatoes and carrots will surely delight your baby!
2. Shrimp Sweet Potato Porridge
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Shrimp Sweet Potato Porridge For 2 people
Fresh shrimp 5 pieces Sweet potato 1/2 tuber White porridge 1 bowl (cooked thick) Olive oil 1/2 teaspoon (for babies) Seasoning powder 1/3 teaspoon (for babies) Salt a little
How to choose sweet and delicious purple yam
- You should choose yams with dark skin; the darker, the better, as these are older, firmer, and have a dense, sticky flesh, not spongy.
- Good purple yam has an elongated shape and symmetrical size. You can press on the body of the yam; if it feels firm, it is sticky and delicious.
- Avoid buying yams that are soft and mushy, too large, misshapen, or showing signs of bruising, not intact, with any strange odor or leaking fluid.
See details: How to choose sweet and delicious purple yam
How to cook Shrimp and Purple Yam Porridge
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Prepare and boil the ingredients
Peel the purple yam, cut it into small pieces, and wash it along with the fresh shrimp.
Place a pot of water on medium heat, add the purple yam and boil until the water is rapidly boiling, then add the shrimp and blanch for about 2 minutes.
When the shrimp turns orange and firms up, remove the shrimp, peel it, and discard the head.
Continue boiling the purple yam for another 5 minutes, use the end of a chopstick to pierce a piece of yam; if it is soft, turn off the heat and transfer the yam to a bowl.
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Chop shrimp and mash taro
After blanching and peeling the shrimp, place them on a cutting board and chop them finely.
After boiling the taro until soft, place it in a large bowl and use a spoon to mash it until smooth.
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Cook the porridge
Put the pre-cooked sticky white porridge into a pot with a ratio of porridge to water of 1:1. Stir well to dilute the porridge and turn on the heat high, adding a little salt and 1/3 teaspoon of seasoning for babies, stirring well to dissolve the spices into the porridge.
When the porridge gently boils, add the finely chopped shrimp and continue cooking until the porridge boils again, then add the mashed taro, mixing it evenly into the porridge.
Boil the mixture until it comes to a strong boil again, turn off the heat and scoop out the porridge, it’s ready to serve to the baby immediately.
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Final Product
When you feed your baby, add a little olive oil for children to fully supplement the nutrition for the baby.
The shrimp sweet potato porridge is thick and delicious. The sticky texture of the sweet potato makes the porridge thick, aromatic, with the natural sweetness from the shrimp meat. This is a simple porridge dish that is easy to make and extremely nutritious, which you can prepare right at home for a delicious and enticing meal for your baby.
How to choose fresh and delicious shrimp
- Fresh shrimp have a transparent outer shell, smell salty like seawater, and their tails are together.
- You should not buy shrimp that feel slimy when touched, and their bodies are bent instead of straight.
- Lightly press your finger and move it on the shrimp shell; if you feel bumps like sand in the shell, you should not buy it.
- Absolutely do not buy shrimp with tails spread out, as this indicates that the shrimp has been injected with chemicals or water to make it plump.
See details: How to choose fresh and delicious shrimp, quality
How to clean shrimp quickly and neatly:
- Method 1: You can use a toothpick to poke horizontally through the shrimp body at the location of the second segment from the tail, then pull the shrimp thread out.
- Method 2: A simpler way is to use a knife or scissors to cut along the shrimp body and then take the thread out, but this way the shrimp will not remain whole.
See more
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The above is an article guiding how to make 2 shrimp porridge with sweet potato and yam for baby weaning that is nutritious, delicious, extremely simple, and easy to make at home. Wishing you success with these 2 recipes!
*Images and recipes referenced from the YouTube channel Grandma’s Kitchen and Kimi Food TV.
