Beef is a good thing, especially for children. It is not only nutritious, but also helpful for children's growth. I have a deep understanding of this. My daughter likes to eat beef, and now she is nearly 1.7 meters tall, far exceeding my short stature of less than 1.6 meters. I believe that as a parent, you should have a clear understanding of the specific nutrition of beef, so I won't go into details here. But the age range of the baby mentioned here is not specified, so we temporarily divide the baby into three stages, the first stage is 7 months to nearly one year old, the second stage is 1~3 years old, and the third stage is 4~6 years old. Different ages are suitable for different beef cooking methods.

The first stage: 7~ 1 1 month.

Why should 7~ 1 1 month be divided into one stage? Because the baby should add some complementary food to supplement nutrition after half a year old, that is to say, from this stage on, you can eat a small amount of food except liquid, but when to start adding it depends on the digestion and absorption function of the child. At this stage, the baby's cooking method with beef is porridge.

-Pumpkin beef porridge-

Ingredients: 30g beef, 50g pumpkin, 30g cabbage leaves and 50g rice.

manufacturing method

1. Wash beef, remove fascia, cut into pieces, soak in clear water for 40 minutes, drain water and chop into minced meat;

2. Wash and peel the pumpkin, cut it finely, and wash and chop the cabbage leaves;

3. Wash the rice and add appropriate amount of water, then add minced beef and pumpkin, put it in an electric pressure cooker, cover the lid and press the porridge button;

4. Put the cabbage leaves into a small milk pot and cook them with a little water;

5. Take out the cooked porridge, add cabbage leaves and stir well. After the baby has finished a nutritious meal, it can be fed to the baby when it gets a little cold.

Warm little notice

1. Give the baby less beef for the first time, let the baby have an adaptation process, and then add it slowly according to the actual situation. 2, minced beef must be very fine, and there can be no adhesion; Pumpkin can be replaced by potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, etc. Cabbage leaves can also be replaced by vegetables such as lettuce and white buds. 4, leaves must be fresh, buy from the market to soak 15 minutes before cutting, to prevent pesticide residues, it is best to buy food in season.

Stage 2: 1~3 years old

At this stage, the baby's food intake is gradually increasing. When the baby was two and a half years old, his teeth basically came out and his chewing ability was greatly improved. He mainly eats solid food, supplemented by liquid. This age is not only the period of language foundation development, but also the golden age of physical growth and foundation. Without breast milk, you must keep a certain amount of meat every day in order to achieve a balanced nutrition. At this stage, beef is added in various ways, including steamed beef patties, beef balls, steamed eggs with minced beef, and jiaozi with beef stuffing. At the same time, we should eat some stewed beef at the right time, provided that the beef must be stewed, otherwise we will not chew it. Let's share with you the practice of stewed tomatoes with beef:

Stewed beef and tomatoes—

Ingredients: beef 300g, tomatoes 2, hawthorn 3, dried lotus seeds 10, ginger 2.

Seasoning: a little salt, a little sugar.

manufacturing method

1. Wash the beef, cut it into small pieces, soak it in cold water for 30 minutes, drain the water, blanch it in boiling water for 5 minutes, skim the froth and take it out;

2. Soak dried lotus seeds in advance 1 hour, wash ginger and slice;

3. Wash the tomatoes, blanch them in boiling water for 2 minutes, take them out and let them cool, and tear off the skins;

4. Fill the electric pressure cooker with clear water, and pour the cooked beef, tomatoes, lotus seeds, ginger and hawthorn into the pot. Clear water is higher than food1~ 2 cm;

5. Cover the pot, press the button of bean gluten and stew for 50-55 minutes. After dropping the valve, open the lid, add salt and sugar, stir well, and then take out the pot. When the mouth is cool and not hot, the baby can eat it. Delicious and soft, sour and sweet. The baby will love it.

Warm little notice

1, beef can't be cut into large pieces, but it can't be cut too finely. A large piece of beef can't be eaten by a baby. It is too small because the beef has shrunk too much and turned into beef granules. 2. The two steps of soaking beef in cold water and blanching are to remove the blood and fishy smell of beef. 3, lotus seeds have the effect of clearing heat and removing fire. Proper addition of lotus seeds can calm the heat of the soup, and the lotus plumule must be preserved, and the effect will be better. 4. Stew beef, open the lid immediately after the valve falls, and add a little green leaves when the soup is opened. If the soup is stewed in an ordinary pressure cooker, if the soup is too thick and sticky, water needs to be added in the middle, and the water must be heated.

The third stage: 4~6 years old

Babies of this age can be called preschool children. Language and intelligence are advancing by leaps and bounds. With my own little ideas, I began to be picky about food and pay attention to taste. Therefore, at this stage, the beef that the baby eats should be added with a little seasoning to increase the richness of the taste. Beef balls, steamed eggs with minced beef, jiaozi with beef stuffing, stewed beef, etc. Add soy sauce appropriately and add spices such as star anise, cinnamon and dried tangerine peel to the stewed beef. At the same time, on the basis of steaming and stewing, cooking methods of stir-frying beef should be added.

-Fried cumin beef-

Ingredients: tenderloin beef (or plum beef) 400g.

Half seasoning egg liquid, cumin 30g, cooked white sesame 30g, coriander 2, light soy sauce 1 spoon, cooking wine 1 spoon, salt 1 gram, and garlic cloves 4 pieces.

manufacturing method

1. Wash beef, remove fascia, drain water, cut into thin slices or slender strips, add soy sauce, cooking wine and egg liquid, stir evenly with chopsticks and marinate for 30 minutes;

2. Wash the coriander and cut it into small pieces. Flatten garlic cloves with the back of a knife, peel and chop.

3. Put the oil in the hot pot to 60% heat, add garlic and stir fry, then pour in the beef and stir fry;

4. Stir-fry until the beef changes color, sprinkle cumin, continue to stir-fry, and add coriander stalks when the beef is cut;

5, then add soy sauce, cooking wine, salt and stir fry, and finally sprinkle with white sesame seeds and coriander leaves, so that the fried beef is tender and fragrant, and almost all children like this dish.

Warm little notice

1, the choice of fried beef parts is very important, it is best to choose tenderloin and plum meat, and tendon meat is not suitable for frying. 2, beef must be cut against the grain, fried until tender, sliced, so it is more delicious. 3, fried beef can also be added with shredded carrots, which tastes good, especially suitable for children.

-Solve the puzzle-

★ Why do you want to add hawthorn slices to stewed beef?

If the stewed beef is not rotten, hawthorn, a well-known digestive food, can not only remove the fishy smell, but also have a significant effect on digesting greasy meat. Putting a few slices of hawthorn in beef stew can not only eliminate the greasy feeling, but also make the beef mature quickly. If there is no hawthorn, you can also add 2 spoonfuls of white wine or white vinegar instead of hawthorn when stewing beef, which will also make the stewed beef rotten and facilitate the baby to chew and digest better.

Ok, that's all for today about how to cook beef for your baby. If you have better methods and suggestions, remember to share them with us.