How to cook shrimp suitable for babies

There are many kinds of shrimps that are suitable for babies to eat, but they must be eaten by babies over one year old. Because shrimps are cold foods and the baby's stomach and intestines are relatively weak, it is easy for babies to develop diarrhea symptoms if they eat them. Therefore, mothers are advised to avoid feeding shrimps to babies. After the baby is one year old, he can eat shrimp porridge or shrimp paste, but not too much. To make shrimp porridge, you can follow the steps in the article.

How to make shrimp for babies: shrimp, tofu and pea paste porridge

Recommended population: Babies over 9 months old

Main ingredients: shrimp, fresh peas, tender tofu, and rice.

practice:

1. Soak the rice in clean water for 1 hour in advance, put an appropriate amount of water in the pot and boil it, then wash the rice and put it in the pot;

2. Cook the peas in another pot, peel them, and mash them into pea puree for later use;

3. Blanch the shrimps in boiling water and chop them into small pieces to make it easier for your baby to eat and swallow;

4. Wash and chop the soft tofu and set aside;

5. When the rice porridge is half cooked, pour the shrimp and tofu into the porridge, bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 20 minutes;

6. Add the pea puree, stir well and cook for another 10 minutes.

Tip: Suitable for babies who are not allergic to the ingredients in the article. It is best to choose fresh shrimps. If you can’t buy fresh shrimps, you can also buy quick-frozen packaged shrimps.

Efficacy: Shrimp is a food with high protein content. It also contains calcium and phosphorus, which are helpful for the baby's growth and development; tofu contains eight kinds of amino acids needed by the human body and is easily absorbed by the body; the various vitamins and fats contained in peas can balance the nutrition of the baby's shrimp porridge, enrich the taste, and also have the effect of matching and adjusting the color.

How to make shrimp for babies: shrimp paste and mushroom porridge

Recommended population: Babies over 10 months old

Main ingredients: 2 shrimps, 2 mushrooms, and 1 bowl of white rice porridge.

practice:

1. Remove the shrimp shells, shrimp heads and shrimp intestines.

2. After washing, chop into shrimp paste.

3. Soak the mushrooms in clean water until soft.

4. Cut off the stems of the softened mushrooms and chop the mushrooms into small pieces.

5. Take a small pot, pour in the white rice porridge and boil it slightly, then pour in the chopped mushrooms and shrimp.

6. Cook the ingredients over low heat until they are soft.

7. Finally, serve the shrimp and mushroom porridge into a bowl.

Efficacy: Vitamin D is essential for the baby's growth, and shiitake mushrooms are one of the foods rich in vitamin D. Secondly, dried shiitake mushrooms contain high levels of minerals such as calcium, iron, and zinc, which are important nutrients for baby growth.

How to make shrimp for babies: Shrimp mashed potato balls

Recommended population: Babies over 3 years old

Main ingredients: appropriate amount of prawns, 1 potato, appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour, a little salt, a little chicken powder, and a little pepper.

practice:

1. Peel the potatoes, cut them into four pieces, cook them, put them into a plastic bag and mash them for later use.

2. Peel the prawns, remove the shrimp threads and wash them. Use a knife to break them up. Use the back of a knife to chop the prawns into a paste and set aside.

3. Mash the potatoes. Mix shrimp paste, mashed potatoes, salt, chicken powder, a small amount of pepper, and two porcelain spoons of glutinous rice flour.

4. Use your hands to roll the mixed ingredients into potato balls, steam them in a steamer for 5 minutes, and garnish with green onions.

Note: Just add a little pepper, too much will cover the taste of the shrimp. You don’t have to put it if you don’t like it. The shrimp paste does not need to be chopped very loosely. Adding a little glutinous rice flour can prevent the potato balls from falling apart. You can also try putting an egg in it. Don’t steam the potato balls for too long, 5 minutes will be enough.

How to eat shrimp for babies: Fried shrimp in the typhoon shelter

Recommended population: Babies over 3 years old

Main ingredients: 200 grams of shrimp, 50 grams of breadcrumbs, 3 grams of salt, 5 grams of green onion, 3 grams of ginger, appropriate amount of garlic, 6 grams of starch, and 5 grams of pepper.

practice:

1. Wash the prawns, cut off the shrimp whiskers and pick out the shrimp thread. Add salt, pepper, ginger and onion and marinate for about 15 minutes.

2. Put a little bit of oil in the pot, sprinkle some starch on it, put the fish in and fry until it changes color, then take it out.

3. Heat the oil again until it is 80% to 90% hot, return the shrimp to the pan and fry them again, then remove from the oil and set aside.

4. Leave a little oil in the pan, add the minced garlic and stir-fry until yellow and fragrant, then pour in the breadcrumbs and stir-fry until golden.

5. Pour in the fried shrimp, add sugar and salt to season and remove from the heat.

How to make shrimp for babies: shrimp rice balls

Recommended population: Babies over 3 years old

Main ingredients: rice, corn residue, live shrimp, sushi vinegar, and seaweed in appropriate amounts.

practice:

1. Wash the rice and corn residue, pour them into the rice cooker and add appropriate amount of water. Cook into rice and set aside.

2. Keep the live shrimps aside. Open the shrimp head from one side and remove the shrimp thread and shrimp intestine. Leave the last section of the shrimp tail and shrimp shell unpeeled, add cooking wine and pepper to marinate, then blanch in the pot.

3. Let the cooked multi-grain rice cool to about 40 degrees, add sushi vinegar and stir well.

4. Put the cooked shrimps in a bowl.

5. Take an appropriate amount of rice and spread it on the plastic wrap.

6. Place a shrimp in the middle. Roll the plastic wrap into a round shape, leaving the shrimp tail outside, and pinch it tightly. Carefully remove the plastic wrap and a shrimp rice ball is ready.

Note: Do not use leftover rice from overnight; it is best to use freshly steamed rice. Don't steam the rice too hard, it's best to keep it a little soft.