To enrich the menu for kids, you can visit the Cooking section of Điện máy XANH to explore the recipe for 2 porridge made from frog combined with nutritious vegetables like water spinach. Let’s show off your cooking skills!
1. Frog Porridge with Water Spinach
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Frog Porridge with Water Spinach Serves 2 people
Frog 1 frog (about 200 – 300gr) Rice 2 cups (rice cup) Water spinach 3 stems (about 50gr) Garlic 1 teaspoon (minced) Green onion 1 stem (chopped) Vinegar 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons (suitable for kids) Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Salt 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh and delicious water spinach
- Choose water spinach that still has intact leaves, not bruised, damaged, or eaten by pests.
- It is advisable to buy water spinach with thin leaves that still look firm.
- Avoid buying water spinach with curly leaves or unusual shapes, as they may have been excessively treated with pesticides.
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How to make frog porridge with water spinach
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Prepare the ingredients
Buy water spinach, remove any wilted leaves (if any), wash thoroughly, and let drain.
2 bowls of rice (rice bowl) are rinsed with water 2 – 3 times and then let drain.
To eliminate the fishy smell of the frog, first, add 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 1 tablespoon of salt into the bowl containing the frog, then use your hands to massage the frog meat with the mixture, simultaneously removing all blood vessels and internal organs to reduce the fishy smell, then wash thoroughly again with water multiple times.
Next, cut off the head and peel the skin of the frog, separate the bones to get the meat.
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Blend the water spinach and cook the porridge
Put the water spinach into the blender and blend until smooth. To make the porridge look nicer and fluffier, you should use a sieve to filter the mixture to keep the liquid and remove all the pulp.
Next, place a pot on the stove, turn the heat up high and add rice and 1 liter of water, then reduce the heat and cook until the porridge is soft.
Add the porridge into the blended water spinach, mix well to combine the ingredients.
Tip:- You can add more water if you see that during the cooking process the water is running low.
- For this dish, you should cook the porridge a little thicker for better taste.
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Stir-fry and add the frog meat to the pot
Place a pan on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil suitable for children, and turn the heat up high to heat the oil. Next, add minced garlic and fry until fragrant, then add the frog meat along with 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce, stir-fry evenly until the frog meat is cooked and firm.
Then place the pot with the porridge and water spinach mixture on the stove, turn the heat to medium and stir well, waiting for it to boil.
When the mixture boils, add the stir-fried frog meat, stir evenly once more for about 5 minutes, and when you see it boil again, take the pot off the heat.
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Completion
Put the porridge into the blender and blend the mixture until it turns completely liquid.
Bring the blended porridge back into the pot and boil again, add 1/2 tablespoon of fish sauce for flavor, stir well for the mixture to heat up quickly.
Scoop the porridge into a bowl, then mix in 1 tablespoon of baby-friendly cooking oil, stir well, adjust seasoning to taste, and add a little chopped green onion for garnish. That’s it, it’s done.
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Final Product
The frog porridge with amaranth is complete, with a delicious taste and eye-catching green color. The mixture is smooth, with fragrant and sweet frog meat, providing all the necessary nutrients for young children. You should prepare this attractive dish for the kids to enjoy!
2. Frog porridge with water spinach
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Frog porridge with water spinach For 2 people
Water spinach 50 gr Rice 2 cups (rice cup) Frog 1 piece (about 200 – 300gr) Cooking vinegar 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon (baby-friendly type) Seasoning powder 1 tablespoon (baby-friendly type) Salt 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh and delicious water spinach
- Choose spinach that has a uniform green color from the leaves to the stems, many shoots, few leaves, and smaller size as the spinach is tastier.
- It is advisable to buy water spinach with intact leaves, not bruised or torn.
- Do not choose spinach that has too large leaves, few shoots, and is plump to avoid mistakenly selecting spinach that has been sprayed with pesticides.
How to make Frog porridge with water spinach
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Prepare the ingredients
Remove any wilted leaves from the water spinach (if any), wash clean, drain, and then chop finely.
For the frog, use a mixture of vinegar and salt to rub it evenly on the frog’s body, while also removing all blood vessels and internal organs to reduce the fishy smell. After that, wash thoroughly with water several times and cut off the head and peel the skin.
Wash the rice 2 – 3 times and then drain.
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Boil and separate the frog meat
Place a pot of water on the stove, turn on high heat to boil the water quickly. Once the water is boiling, add the frog meat, and boil for about 15 minutes, until the frog is fully cooked.
Then, take it out, let it cool, and proceed to separate the meat, discard the bones, and finely chop the frog meat.
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Cook the porridge
Prepare a pot, add rice and 1 liter of water. Place it on the stove, turn on high heat, and cook for about 15 minutes until the porridge is soft.
After the porridge is cooked, add the chopped frog meat, stir well, and wait for it to boil, then add the water spinach and stir again for about 3 minutes.
Next, add 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pot of porridge, stir once more, then taste and adjust the seasoning as needed, turn off the stove and serve the porridge.
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Final Product
You have just prepared a dish of frog porridge with water spinach, with an enticing aroma, faintly smelling of rice and water spinach, soft and sweet frog meat. The water spinach is cooked just right, not bitter, making it very suitable as a complementary dish for children. Moms, please try to make this dish!
How to choose fresh and delicious frogs
- You should choose live frogs, of uniform large size, with brownish-yellow skin and firm meat.
- Avoid buying frozen frogs or pre-processed ones, as frog meat is only delicious and nutritious when it is processed immediately after being prepared. If left out for too long, the meat will gradually lose its flavor and will not be tasty anymore.
How to clean frogs, without fishy smell
- First, hold the frog with one hand, and use the other hand to cut off the head with a knife.
- Depending on the preference of the eater, the skin of the frog can be kept or not. If you choose to keep the frog’s skin, it should be soaked in salt and rinsed thoroughly multiple times to remove parasites. If not keeping the skin, you just need to pull it off strongly starting from the head of the frog that you just cut.
- Next, to ensure health safety, all internal organs and bones of the frog must be removed. Also remove the tendons and blood vessels to avoid confusion with parasites.
- Wash the frog again with water mixed with alcohol and ginger to thoroughly disinfect bacteria. Alternatively, blanch the frog in boiling water with a mixture of alcohol and ginger to eliminate the fishy smell and clean it.
Hope that with the 2 recipes for frog porridge with sweet potato leaves and water spinach recently introduced by Điện máy XANH, you can successfully make and enrich the menu for the kids. Hurry to the kitchen and show your skills!
*Refer to the recipes from the YouTube channel MỸ THU TV and Moon Moon
