2 Simple Ways to Cook Pork Congee with Water Spinach for Nutritious Baby Weaning

Prepare and boil the meat

Wash the meat thoroughly, then use coarse salt to rub off any dirt and slime on the meat. Rinse the meat with clean water and allow it to drain.

Next, place the meat in a pot and add enough water to just cover the meat, then boil the meat over medium heat for about 10 minutes until the meat is just cooked then turn off the heat and remove the meat to cool.

After that, cut the boiled meat into small pieces and proceed to chop it finely.

Prepare the Malabar Spinach

Wash the Malabar spinach thoroughly and soak it in salt water for about 5 minutes.

Then, rinse it clean with water two more times, then pick the leaves and chop them finely.

Add the chopped Malabar spinach to a blender with a little water and blend until smooth.

Cook the porridge

You place a pot on the stove, add 1 bowl of thick porridge, 2 bowls of filtered water (rice bowl) and stir well to mix the rice with the water.

Next, you cook the porridge over medium heat and add a little salt, 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning and stir well, then cook for about 2 minutes.

Once you see the porridge gently boiling around the edges of the pot, you add the minced meat and stir well, cooking for another minute.

After 1 minute, add the blended water spinach into the pot and continue to stir well and cook for another minute to let the porridge boil again and the vegetables are cooked, then turn off the heat.

Final Product

Scoop the porridge into a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil, then stir well to complete.

The hot and delicious pork and water spinach porridge features soft porridge with refreshing and nutritious water spinach. Wait for the porridge to cool a bit before letting the baby eat!

Prepare and boil the pork and carrots

Wash the pork thoroughly, then rinse with diluted salt water to remove dirt. After that, rinse the meat with clean water and let it drain.

Peel the carrot, wash it clean, and cut it into small pieces about the size of a finger joint.

Put the prepared pork and carrots into boiling water for about 10 minutes until the pork is just cooked, then take it out to cool.

Boil the carrots for another 7 minutes, then turn off the heat, take the carrots out, and let them cool.

When the meat has cooled, proceed to chop it finely.

Prepare the water spinach

Wash the water spinach you bought, then soak it in diluted saltwater for 5 minutes, rinse with clean water, and remove the leaves, letting them drain.

Next, chop the cleaned water spinach leaves into small pieces.

Add the water spinach and the boiled carrots into a mortar and grind until smooth.

Cook the porridge

Place a pot on the stove and add 1 bowl of thick porridge with 2 bowls of filtered water (rice bowl) and stir well.

Next, cook the porridge over medium heat with a little salt and 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning for about 5 minutes until the porridge boils gently.

Add the minced meat to cook with the porridge for about 3 minutes until the porridge boils again, then add the carrot-water spinach mixture that has been ground and stir well.

Cook until the vegetables are done and the porridge boils again for about 1 minute, then turn off the heat.

Final Product

Scoop the porridge into a bowl and add 1 teaspoon of baby oil, then stir well to complete.

So the pork porridge with water spinach and carrot is done. The pot of porridge is fragrant and steaming hot, the soft porridge blends well with the delicious minced meat, carrot, and nutritious water spinach.