As the best nutritional supplement in winter, mutton is tender and delicious. Most importantly, it is also extremely rich in nutrients. So it is good for most people to eat mutton, but what about babies? The baby is still young and does not have the ability to chew meat. So, how to cook mutton for babies?
How to cook mutton for babies
There are many ways to cook mutton. How to make it delicious depends on your personal taste. Stewing, boiling, popping and roasting are the best. Mutton is a common method of cooking, and each method has its own flavor. In addition, pay attention to cooking methods. But for babies who don’t have enough chewing ability, easy chewing is generally the priority.
1. Mutton porridge
Ingredients: 50 grams of refined mutton, 50 grams of japonica rice.
Method: Cut the mutton into minced pieces and cook it with japonica rice to make porridge until the meat is cooked until it becomes mashed.
Efficacy: Replenishing qi and replenishing deficiency, warming the middle and lower parts of the body. The child is thin, weak and sick, with weak waist and knees, lukewarm limbs and enuresis.
Tips: Children suffering from external illnesses or internal heat should not eat this food.
2. Mutton and radish soup
Ingredients: a large piece of mutton leg, green onion, ginger, white radish, salt, white pepper
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(1) Wash a large piece of mutton leg, then put water in the pot, green onion and ginger slices, 1 star anise, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours.
(2) Take out the leg meat and put it in the refrigerator. Slice it when eating. Divide the mutton soup into several portions. Take one portion at a time and cook it. Add the white radish cubes and cook until soft. Add the sliced ??lamb leg. Bring the meat to a boil and add some salt and white pepper to taste.
Efficacy: Mutton and white radish are a perfect match. The radish can remove the mutton smell, and with a proper combination of meat and vegetables, the radish can also absorb part of the fat of the mutton. Radish also has the effect of detoxifying and removing internal heat. This soup has the effect of appetizing and strengthening the spleen.
Tip: Mutton soup is too greasy for babies who have just started to eat complementary foods. It is recommended not to give it to babies.