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Kuaishou complementary food: four classic iron-supplementing meals to keep babies away from the trouble of "anemia"
Due to the rapid growth and development of babies, the demand for iron is quite huge. If the supplementary food cannot keep up, iron deficiency anemia will easily occur, which will not only affect immunity, but also may hinder intellectual development. As a food blogger, today I am going to share four simple, quick, nutritious and delicious baby iron supplementary foods. The ingredients of these supplementary foods are common, and the steps are clear. Even a novice in the kitchen can easily make them!
1. The King of Iron Supplements: Chicken Liver and Sesame Porridge
Ingredients and dosage:
Rice: 30 grams
Chicken liver: 15 grams (about ¼ piece)
Cooked white sesame seeds: a little
Water: appropriate amount
Ginger slices: 1-2 slices (for removing fishy smell)
Cooking steps:
Wash the rice to make it clean, and soak it in water for 30 minutes in advance to make it easier to cook. Remove the fascia from the chicken liver, and then cut it into slices. Then put it together with the ginger slices and soak it in water for 20 minutes to remove the fishy smell. During this period, you can change the water once or twice.
Second, to cook the porridge base, first drain the water from the soaked rice, then put it into a small milk pot, and then add enough water. The ratio of rice to water here is about 1:8. Then boil it over high heat. After boiling, turn the heat to low heat and simmer slowly for about 30 minutes until the rice grains bloom and the porridge becomes thick.
When processing chicken liver, first put the soaked chicken liver into cold water and cook it until it changes color completely until it is cooked, then remove it, put it into a grinding bowl, and finally grind it into a fine liver paste.
4. Mix and season: Place the ground chicken liver puree into the cooked porridge, stir to make it uniform, and cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes to allow the flavors to fully blend.
5. The key step: Place the cooked white sesame seeds into the grinder, grind them into sesame powder with a rich aroma, and then sprinkle it on top of the chicken liver porridge.
Nutrition and Tips:
Chicken liver, which is rich in vitamin A, is known as the "King of Iron Supplements". It contains heme iron with an absorption rate as high as 10% – 20%, which is beneficial to the baby's vision development.
The iron content of sesame paste is amazing, but you need to pay attention to choose pure sesame paste with no other ingredients added; and carefully check whether there are any allergies when adding it for the first time.
The liver is an organ that detoxifies, so it must be cooked thoroughly. However, it is not suitable to eat it every day. It is enough to eat it once or twice a week.
2. Classic pairing: tomato and pork liver puree
Ingredients and dosage:
Fresh pork liver: 20 grams
Tomatoes: half
Ginger slices: 2 slices
Lemon juice: few drops (optional)
Cooking steps:
Wash the pork liver, cut it into slices, and soak it in ginger slices and water for 20 minutes to remove the fishy smell. Wash the tomatoes, make a cross cut on the top, blanch them in boiling water so that the skin and seeds can be easily removed, and finally cut them into small cubes.
First place the soaked pork liver slices in a steaming bowl, add a few drops of lemon juice, then put it on the pot to steam for 10 to 15 minutes, until it is cooked.
3. Stir-fry tomatoes: In a non-stick pan, add a few drops of baby cooking oil, such as avocado oil, add diced tomatoes and stir-fry over low heat until the juice comes out and becomes soft and mashy.
4. Mix and puree: Add the steamed pork liver, then put the fried tomato puree into a food supplement machine or a grinding bowl, and stir to make a fine and smooth liver puree . If it is too dry, you can add a small amount of warm water or rice water to adjust it.
Nutrition and Tips:
This is a combination that can be called a "golden partner"! Tomatoes are rich in a substance called vitamin C. It is a powerful substance called a reducing agent . This substance can convert the non-heme iron contained in pig liver into a ferrous iron form that is easier to be absorbed and utilized by the body, thus greatly improving the efficiency of iron supplementation.
Pork liver has a coarse texture and must be ground finely enough to facilitate baby swallowing and digestion.
3. Kuaishou delicious food: three-color minced liver
Ingredients and dosage:
Pork liver/chicken liver: 15 grams
Carrot: a small piece
Spinach: 2-3 heads
Tomatoes: ¼
Onion: a little
Cooking steps:
When preparing vegetables, wash the liver to remove the fishy smell, then blanch it in a pot of boiling water until it is cooked, then take it out and chop it into pieces. The carrots need to be peeled off, the onions also need to be peeled off and then chopped. Spinach should be selected and cleaned, blanch it in boiling water to remove oxalic acid, squeeze it out, squeeze it dry, and then chop it into small pieces. For tomatoes, remove the skin and seeds, and then chop them finely.
2. Fry out the aroma: Add a small amount of baby oil to the pot, first add the chopped onion, then add the chopped carrot, stir-fry over low heat until it becomes soft and the aroma is released.
3. Boil together: Then add the chopped tomatoes, stir-fry until evenly mixed, add a small amount of water, and cook for three to five minutes until the ingredients become soft.
**Finishing**: Finally, put the minced liver and chopped spinach in, stir them until uniform, then cook for another 1 minute, then turn off the heat and remove from the pot.
Nutrition and Tips:
The combination of vegetables of various colors is not only comprehensive in nutrition, but also stimulates the baby's vision and appetite.
Blanching spinach is a critical step as it can effectively remove oxalic acid that hinders iron absorption.
All ingredients are processed into minced shapes suitable for the baby's age to train the baby's chewing ability.
4. Popular choice: steamed tofu with egg yolk and minced meat
Ingredients and dosage:
Silky tofu: 50g
Pork tenderloin: 20 grams
Egg yolk: 1
Chopped green onion: a little (optional)
Cooking steps:
Start preparing the minced meat, wash the pork tenderloin, and then chop it into extremely fine minced meat. You can add a little water and a little starch to mix well, so that the minced meat will be more tender and smooth.
2. Process the tofu: Put the soft tofu into a bowl and crush it into a puree with the back of a spoon.
3. Mix and steam: Mix the minced meat and mashed tofu thoroughly and evenly, dig a small hole in the middle, and then pour in the raw egg yolk.
4. Steaming: Place the bowl in the steamer. When the water is boiling, use high heat to steam for 10 to 12 minutes until the egg yolk becomes solidified and the minced meat is cooked.
After taking it out of the pot, leave it for a while to cool down slightly, add a drop or two of walnut oil, or sprinkle a little chopped green onion to enhance the aroma. Do not add salt for babies under one year old, and finally complete the garnishing step.
Nutrition and Tips:
The combination of egg yolks, lean meat, and tofu provides high-quality protein, easily absorbed heme iron, and easily absorbed non-heme iron.
It contains lean meat that has high iron utilization properties and tofu that is rich in calcium. This dish can be said to be a dish with optimal properties that "supplies calcium and iron at the same time."
Make the minced meat mince fine enough, and choose tender lactone tofu or southern tofu to make it easier for the baby to swallow.
