Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Delicious beef pumpkin porridge, full of nutrients for babies to enjoy their meals. Let TasteVN share with you a super quick, simple, and convenient recipe for this beef porridge. What are you waiting for? Let’s get cooking now!
Ingredients for Beef Pumpkin Porridge For 2 people
Beef 100 gr Pumpkin 1/5 fruit (about 150gr) Cooking oil for babies 1 teaspoon Rice 2 tablespoons
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh beef
- Fresh beef usually has a bright red color and the fat is light yellow; when pressed, you can still feel the meat’s elasticity.
- Choose pieces of beef with fine fibers; when touched, it should not feel wet or slimy because that is good meat.
- Avoid choosing beef with small white nodules that can easily detach, as these may indicate parasites. Limit buying small pre-cut pieces, minced beef, as they often contain parasites.
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How to choose fresh and delicious pumpkin
- Choose pumpkins with a yellow-orange skin, firm texture, and a heavy feel when picked up; the fruit should not be too large.
- Observe the stem of the pumpkin; if it is freshly cut, the stem is usually fresh and has some sap.
- Do not buy pumpkins with green skin as they may be immature or have dark spots and softness, indicating they have been stored for too long and are spoiled.
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How to make Beef Pumpkin Porridge
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Prepare the beef and boil it
After buying, wash the beef clean and let it drain.
Then boil the beef over high heat for about 5 minutes until cooked, then remove it and let it cool. Slice the beef thinly and then chop it finely.
How to clean beef properly and without odor:
- Since beef does not have a strong smell, you can rinse it with clean water about 1-2 times until the blood is washed away.
- Roast a piece of ginger until cooked, scrape off the burnt outer skin, then pound the ginger and rub it on the beef, leaving it for about 3 minutes before rinsing with water.
- Avoid washing too thoroughly or using lemon or vinegar, as they will strip the nutrients from the meat, making it less tasty.
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Prepare the side ingredients
Peel the pumpkin, remove the seeds, wash it clean, and then cut it into small pieces. After that, boil the pumpkin until soft (use the broth from boiling the beef to boil the pumpkin) and mash it well.
Do not discard the boiling water; instead, filter it to get clear water for cooking the porridge.
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Cooking porridge with beef and pumpkin
After the porridge has expanded, add the broth from boiling the meat and pumpkin, and simmer over medium heat until the porridge is soft (about 5 – 7 minutes), then add the beef and stir well.
When the porridge returns to a boil for about 2 minutes, add the pumpkin, stir to combine the pumpkin and porridge together, cook for another 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.
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Completion
Serve the cooked porridge into a bowl, add about 1 teaspoon of cooking oil for the baby, stir well, and wait for the porridge to cool down a bit before giving it to the baby.
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Final Product
The beef and pumpkin porridge is both delicious and nutritious, with fluffy, soft grains that are easy to eat. Combined with the sweet, fragrant beef and the creamy pumpkin, your baby will surely love this complementary food.
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Above is a detailed guide on how to cook pumpkin beef porridge that is delicious and nutritious, making your baby’s weaning meals more appetizing. Let’s get cooking right away!
