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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you have a baby at home and need a suggestion for weaning, then lotus root porridge is a must-try dish, with an extremely simple preparation method and ingredients. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to check out the recipe for this porridge!
Ingredients for Lotus Root Porridge For 1 person
Lean pork 100 gr Lotus root 50 gr Shiitake mushrooms 10 gr Chicken egg 1 piece Fresh ginger 1 slice Green onion 1 stalk
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork
- You should choose pieces of fresh pork that have a bright color; good meat will be light pink or light red, and the fat will be translucent white with a slightly yellowish tint.
- Fresh meat will have a characteristic smell of meat when sniffed, and this smell is not unpleasant, with no fishy or pungent odor.
- Pressing the meat with your hand should show good elasticity; after removing your hand, the meat returns to its original shape, with no indentations on the surface indicating that it is fresh.
How to choose delicious lotus roots
- It is advisable to choose lotus roots that are both thick and short as they will cook faster and taste better. The outer skin of the lotus root should be plump, with no unusual bumps or dents.
- Additionally, you should also observe the skin of the lotus root. Choose lotus roots with yellow skin, avoiding those with white skin as they may have been chemically treated, and also refrain from selecting lotus roots that have a strange smell.
How to prepare Lotus Root Porridge
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the lean pork with water and cut it into small pieces. Peel the lotus root and slice it thinly. Remove the roots from the shiitake mushrooms, wash them clean, and then cut them into small pieces.
Separate the chicken eggs into two parts: egg whites and egg yolks. Wash the green onions and chop them finely.
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Blend the mixture of ingredients
Add the lean pork, lotus root, shiitake mushrooms, and egg whites into a meat grinder one by one. Then, blend them until smooth for about 3 minutes.
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Steaming the porridge
You pour the blended mixture of ingredients into a bowl (rice bowl), then use a spoon to flatten the surface and create a dent in the middle. Next, add the egg yolk into the dent, then pour about 50 ml of water and add a slice of fresh ginger into the bowl.
After that, you put it into a pot and steam it in a water bath for about 20 minutes. Once steamed, you can add a little chopped green onion to finish it off.
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Final product
So, just with a few simple steps, you already have a delicious and nutritious lotus root porridge for your baby. The porridge contains all the nutrients from pork, mushrooms, and lotus root, making it an extremely quality supplement for your baby!
So, the delicious lotus root porridge for babies is ready, let’s get into the kitchen and make this dish right away. Wishing you all success!
