How to cook meatballs for baby. Turkey meatballs for kids

In the first years of a baby's life, his taste habits and preferences are formed. Therefore, the children's meat menu should be not only tasty and healthy, but also varied.

Meat and fish are a source of complete protein, iron and other useful substances, these are indispensable products in the daily menu of the child. Small children are prepared dishes from meat and minced fish- due to their shape and consistency, they instill in the baby the first chewing skills. These dishes include cutlets for children, meatballs and meatballs. How are they different?

Baby meatballs- minced meat or fish dishes, rolled into small balls (usually the size of an apricot or plum). AT different interpretations they exist in national cuisines almost the entire world. Groats are necessarily added to minced meat, most often rice, bread, sometimes onions, spices and an egg are put. Meatballs for babies are stewed with sauce, steamed or baked. Fried meatballs should not be given to children.

Meatballs. This dish gets its name from the Italian word frittatella (fried). Meatballs for kids- small balls the size of a cherry or Walnut minced meat, chicken or fish. They are usually boiled in broth, soup or, more rarely, cooked in second courses. Finely chopped onions, spices and herbs are added to the minced meat. Very rarely, bread soaked in milk or water is put into minced meat.

Cutlets for children. In modern Russian cuisine, cutlets are flat cakes made from meat, chicken, fish or vegetable mince. Children are usually served with various side dishes - cereals, vegetables, as well as with sauce or broth.

With the advent of the first chewing teeth in a child (i.e., from about 1-1.5 years old) children's menu filled with meat dishes. These are cutlets, meatballs and meatballs prepared according to special recipes. At this age, the baby needs about 70-80 g meat products per day, 1-2 times a week they can be replaced with fish. Chopped minced meat dishes are very suitable in shape and consistency for a baby who is just learning to chew at this age.

Minced meat recipes for children

AT children's cooking the following types of meat are used:

• beef;
• veal;
• lean pork;
• rabbit.

Lamb, horse meat and venison are not used in the diet of children under 3 years of age.

Of the birds, only:

• chicken;
• turkey.

Goose and duck are very fatty, difficult to digest and are not suitable for children under 3 years old.

Used for minced fish sea ​​fish low-fat and white varieties:

• halibut;
• sole;
• pollock.

From river fish fit only:

• pike;

Minced meat for children's meals prepared only from steam or chilled meat, frozen meat is not recommended, since it is impossible to control the quality and shelf life of such a product, this is fraught with the development of infections.

Carbonade, shoulder blade or thigh are best. The meat must be thoroughly cleaned of films and fat, rinsed, dried with a napkin to remove excess fat and moisture, and then cut into pieces and passed through a meat grinder twice. For older children, from 2 years old, you can skip the meat through a meat grinder once.

FROM white bread added to minced meat, you need to remove the crust, and then soak the pulp in water or milk. Bread mass in minced meat should be no more than 25%.

Poultry for cooking meat chopped dishes fits breast, thighs and drumsticks. The meat is carefully separated from the bones and skin and passed through a meat grinder.

For cooking fish dishes use fillet, cleaned of bones and scales.

Cooking minced meat is a laborious process. Therefore, it is permissible to immediately prepare a sufficiently large volume of it, make stocks for future use - freeze portioned semi-finished products. However, they must be stored at a constant temperature in the depth of the freezer, repeated defrosting-freezing is unacceptable for them.

In minced meat for baby food before freezing, only vegetables or cereals are added, but do not salt and do not add spices, milk and eggs, this is done immediately before cooking after defrosting the minced meat.

Cooking methods

Most traditional way cooking meat dishes is frying. However, children under 3 fried foods are not recommended. In the process of frying, a crust is formed, which contains substances harmful to the child that irritate the digestive tract. Therefore, in the children's kitchen, the following cooking methods are used:

• extinguishing;
• baking in the oven;
• steam cooking.

For children from 2 years old, it is permissible to lightly fry the cutlets, and then bring them to readiness by stewing in the sauce. Meatballs are prepared in the same way. But the traditional type of cooking for meatballs is steaming, in salted water or soup with vegetables. Sometimes meatballs are stewed with cabbage or other vegetables in a in large numbers gravy or sauce.

Cutlets for children

The first cutlets can be offered to a child at 1–1.5 years old, if he already has something to chew on. Consider several options for cooking cutlets from meat, poultry and fish, so that there is something to diversify the baby's diet.

Beef steam cutlets (from 1 year old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g of beef;
• 20 g of white bread;
• 20 ml of milk;
• 5 g butter;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Skip the prepared meat together with bread soaked in milk without a crust through a meat grinder, add oil and salt to taste, mix well until homogeneous mass, form patties and steam for 20-25 minutes.

Meat cutlets (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 40 g pork without fat;
• 50 g of beef;
• 10 g of white bread;
• 5 g of onions;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Soak the bread in water, pass the meat twice through a meat grinder. Mix meat, bread, finely chopped onion, salt. Form small patties with wet hands, then steam them or in a deep frying pan in the oven for 25-30 minutes.
meat cutlets, stuffed with vegetables(from 2 years old)

Ingredients:

• 90 g minced meat;
• 10 g carrots;
• 10 g cabbage;
• 10 g of onion;
• 1 / 4 boiled eggs;
• 7 g butter.

Cooking method:

Skip the meat through a meat grinder. Divide the minced meat with wet hands into small cakes, in the center of each put finely chopped carrots, onions, cabbage and chopped boiled egg. Wrap the edges of the cakes and pinch, flatten the resulting cutlets. Melt butter in a frying pan and lightly fry the cutlets. Then place them in the oven or steam until ready for 10-15 minutes.

Meat zrazy with rice (from 2-3 years old)

Ingredients:

• 90 g of meat (pork or beef);
• 20 g of white bread;
• 30 g of cereals (buckwheat or rice);
• 10 g of onion;
• 1 / 3 boiled egg.
• For sauce:
• 50 g of broth;
• 10 g sour cream;
• 5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Boil rice (or buckwheat). Pass the meat through a meat grinder along with white bread soaked in water and squeezed out. From the resulting minced meat, form cakes and put the filling in the center of each: boiled rice (or buckwheat porridge), mixed with finely chopped onion and egg. Bend and pinch the edges, form cutlets. For the sauce, mix the broth, sour cream and flour. Fry the cutlets for 2-3 minutes on each side, then pour the sauce and put in the oven for 15-20 minutes.

Chicken steam cutlets (from 1-1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 90 g chicken meat from the thigh or breast;
• 10 g of onion;
• 10 g of white bread;
• 10 ml of milk;
• 5 g butter;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Skip the meat with onions through a meat grinder, add bread soaked in milk and once again pass the resulting mass through a meat grinder. Add slightly melted butter to the minced meat, salt. Form cutlets with wet hands, steam for 15 minutes. You can stew them in milk in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

Cutlets from turkey meat (from 1.5-2 years old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g of turkey meat (breast or legs);
• 1 st. a spoonful of boiled rice;
• 1 / 2 eggs;
• 10 ml of milk;
• salt;
• greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the turkey meat through a meat grinder, mix the cooked rice with minced meat, salt, add the egg, milk and mix thoroughly until smooth. Form cutlets and steam them for 20-25 minutes.

Fish cutlets (from 1-1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g fillet of zander (or cod, or maritime);
• 10 g of white bread;
• 20 ml of milk;
• 5 g butter;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet through a meat grinder along with bread soaked in milk, salt, add butter, mix, form cutlets. Place the cutlets in the oven, fill with 1 / 3 water, or steam for 10-15 minutes.

Fish cakes with cheese (2-3 years)

Ingredients:

• 10 g of white bread;
• 20 ml of milk;
• 1 small onion;
• 30 g hard cheese;
• 1 / 2 eggs;
• salt;
• 5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Skip the fish fillet through a meat grinder along with bread and onions soaked in milk, add finely grated cheese, egg, salt. Thoroughly mix the mass. Then form cutlets, roll them in flour, lightly fry on each side and simmer until tender in white sauce (see sauce recipe below).

Bilip fish cakes (2–3 years)

Ingredients:

• 300 g of pike perch (or cod, or sole);
• 10 g of white bread;
• 20 ml of milk;
• 1 small onion;
• 30-40 g of cottage cheese;
• 1 / 2 eggs;
• salt;
• 5 g flour.

Cooking method:

Skip the fish fillet through a meat grinder with bread and onions soaked in milk, add cottage cheese, egg, salt. Thoroughly mix the mass. Form cutlets, roll them in flour, lightly fry on each side and simmer until tender in white sauce.

Meatballs for kids

Meatballs can be made from many types of meat, poultry, and fish. They are small in size, delicate taste and are convenient in that the baby can hold them in his hand and eat, training the skill of independence. They appear in the diet of a child from the age of one in the first and second courses.

Meatballs for children (from 1–1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 40 g lean pork;
• 50 g of beef;
• 10 g of white bread;
• 1 egg white;
• salt;
• greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat twice through a meat grinder and mix with bread soaked in water. Beat the egg white thoroughly and mix with minced meat. Form small balls and boil them in lightly salted water with herbs.

Steam meatballs in Polish (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g lean pork;
• 50 g chicken fillet;
• 1 / 2 egg white;
• dill;
• salt;
• a little butter.

Cooking method:

Pass pork and chicken fillet through a meat grinder, add beaten egg white, salt, butter and finely chopped dill to the minced meat. Mix the minced meat, form small balls. Place the meatballs by a teaspoon into the simmering broth or soup and cook until tender, 15 minutes. They can be boiled and steamed, and then put on a plate with a side dish.

Chicken meatballs (1–1.5 years)

Ingredients:

• 90 g chicken fillet;
• 1 st. a spoonful of boiled rice or rice flakes;
• 1 / 2 eggs;
• salt;
• greens to taste.

Cooking method:

Clean the fillet from the skin and films, pass through a meat grinder. Salt the boiled rice and grind in a blender along with herbs, and then mix with meat. Add in the beaten egg and mix again. Roll minced meat into balls and cook in vegetable broth(or steam) 15-20 minutes.

Children's chicken meatballs (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g chicken breast;
• 50 g potatoes;
• 30 ml of milk;
• 200 ml chicken broth;
• salt;
• Bay leaf;
• greens.

Cooking method:

Pass the chicken breast through a meat grinder or chop in a blender along with milk. Boil potatoes. Mix minced meat with potatoes, form small balls and boil them in chicken broth, salting it, as well as putting bay leaves and herbs in it.

Broth with fish meatballs (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 60 g of pollock fillet (or hake, or pike perch);
• 10 g of white bread;
• 10 ml of milk;
• 5 g butter;
• 1/4 eggs;
• dill;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet with bread soaked in milk through a meat grinder, beat the egg with herbs in a blender. Combine everything, add butter, knead minced meat. Form small balls. Boil meatballs in vegetable broth for 10-15 minutes.

Cod meatballs with herbs (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 100 g cod;
• 15 g of white bread;
• 5 g of onions;
• 8 g spinach;
• parsley;
• 10 g of lettuce;
• 1 teaspoon of butter;
• 1 egg;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Cod fillet, along with onion, spinach, lettuce and parsley, pass through a meat grinder, and then mix with bread soaked in water. Add butter and egg to the mass, salt, mix the minced meat thoroughly. Form meatballs and boil them in vegetable broth or steam them.

Meatballs for children

Meatballs are similar in composition to meatballs, but also contain a lot of rice and vegetables. The combination of meat, cereals and vegetables contributes to better absorption of meat proteins. Meatballs are often served with sauces.

Meatballs in a special way (1.5–2 years)

Ingredients:

• 100 g pork or ground beef;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons finely chopped vegetables bell pepper, carrots, onions, zucchini, tomatoes;
• 1/4 eggs;
• 1 teaspoon of flour;
• salt;
• greens.

Cooking method:

Minced mince together with vegetables through a meat grinder or chop in a blender, mix with egg and flour, salt, add herbs, knead. Form balls, put them in a deep frying pan and, pouring 1 / 3 water, simmer for 10 minutes. Then add red or white sauce and simmer until tender for another 15 minutes under the lid.

Classic Meatballs (2-3 years old)

Ingredients:

• 50 g pork or beef;
• 10 g of bread;
• 1 st. a spoonful of milk;
• 10 g carrots;
• 10 g of onion;
• 1 st. a spoon with a slide of rice;
• 1/4 eggs;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the meat with onions and carrots through a meat grinder, add bread pre-soaked in milk and pre-cooked rice to the minced meat, add the egg and salt. Mix the minced meat and form meatballs, fry lightly in oil, pour red sauce and simmer in the oven or on the stove under the lid for 30 minutes.

Cottage cheese and fish meatballs (2–3 years)

Ingredients:

• 60 g cod fillet;
• 30 g of white bread;
• 150 ml of milk;
• 30 g of cottage cheese;
• 10 g of onion;
• 1 / 2 eggs;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream;
• greens;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Soak the bread in milk and pass through a meat grinder along with the fish fillet, mix the resulting minced meat with cottage cheese and finely chopped onions. Beat the egg and mix it with minced meat, salt, add herbs. Pour into a baking dish or skillet and bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Mix milk with sour cream until the consistency of the sauce, pour the meatballs with the mixture and simmer for another 10 minutes.

Fish meatballs (1.5–2 years)

Ingredients:

• 80 g fish fillet (cod, pollock or hake);
• 10 g of white bread;
• 1 / 4 egg yolks;
• 1 st. a spoonful of vegetable oil;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Pass the fillet together with the bread soaked in water through a meat grinder, add the yolk, butter and salt, knead the minced meat. Form meatballs and place them in a deep bowl, filling with white sauce for 2 / 3. Put the stew on a very small fire for 25-30 minutes.

Baby sauces

Sauces that complement children's meat dishes¸ not only enrich their taste, but also contribute to better assimilation of the product and expand the taste preferences of the baby. Especially often sauces are used in the preparation of meatballs.

Milk sauce (from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients:

• 5 g (1 tablespoon) flour;
• 1 st. a spoonful of sour cream 10% fat;
• 20 ml of milk;
• 20–25 ml of water.

Cooking method:

Fry the flour in a pan so that it is slightly browned, pour in milk and water and bring to a boil, wait until the mixture thickens, add sour cream, wait for it to boil again and turn off the heat.

White sauce (from 2 years old)

Ingredients:

• 1 / 2 tsp flour;
• 80 g low-fat broth;
• 1 / 2 tsp butter or heavy cream;
• lemon juice;
• salt.

Cooking method:

Fry the flour in a pan so that it is slightly browned, pour in the broth, bring to a boil, wait until the mixture thickens, add butter or cream, lemon juice, wait until the sauce boils, and turn off the heat.

Red sauce (from 2–3 years old)

Ingredients:

• 1 onion;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 tomatoes;
• Bay leaf;
• 1/2 cups of water;
• 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil.

Cooking method:

Finely chop the onion, grate the carrots, put them in a pan and fry lightly on vegetable oil, then pour water there and put the tomato, chopped in a blender until smooth. Add bay leaf and salt and cook for 10 minutes.

Children's side dishes

What to cook for a baby as a side dish for meat dishes? For meat cutlets and meatballs the best addition become boiled or vegetable stew; fish cakes serve well with rice or vegetable stew; buckwheat, rice, pasta or potatoes are suitable for meatballs, and they go well with poultry green pea, cauliflower and rice with vegetables.

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Meatballs are a great combination of meat and rice. You can offer them to a child after a year and a half. Preparing them is quite simple and quick by following the steps below.

Meatballs with rice - Cooking with photo:

Salt mince, add onion and egg. Mix well. Cool boiled rice, mix with minced meat.

Put 1 tablespoon of minced meat for meatballs into flour.

Roll on all sides and form a round cutlet.

Spread meatballs on hot pan into vegetable oil. Fry a little on both sides so that the meatballs hold together and do not fall apart.

Then remove the meatballs from the pan to a plate.

And put the grated carrots and chopped onions into the pan.

This will vegetable pillow for meatballs. Put them on top of vegetables and pour 1 cup of water, lightly salt.

Simmer covered for about 35-40 minutes until done. Now Ready meatballs can be served with rice or separately as independent dish. They are very tender and lush, saturated with the aroma of onions and carrots. By the way, you can use it as a sauce for rice. Enjoy your meal!

Among all known meat products, turkey meat is the most dietary and rich in proteins. That is why meatballs from this bird can be consumed by people who take care of their appearance. And turkey meatballs with gravy are one of the most delicious meals for kids.

Unlike chicken, turkey takes a little longer to stew, especially if the meat was frozen. Turkey fillet is the most dietary. This is explained qualitatively the best conditions content.

On a note! It is very difficult to add hormones that accelerate the growth of birds into turkey feed.

Turkeys are very whimsical in food and will not eat what they do not like.

Benefit

Turkey is very low in fat. Its amount is much less than in veal and beef, even 4 times less than in chicken. Depending on the amount of minced meat, it will take 30-60 minutes to cook meatballs. When using a multicooker, a little longer.

calories

There are only 84 calories in 100 g of turkey meat. This calorie value indicates a high dietary value of the product compared to high-calorie pork or other types of meat.

How to cook turkey meatballs for a child

Meatballs for a 1 year old baby are a great choice for a baby's menu. After cooking the dish in a double boiler, the fat will almost completely flow out, leaving only useful components in the meat. Turkey puree for the first feeding - the most the best option. This food does not cause allergies. Subsequently, you can cook meatballs for a child under 1 year old according to the recipes below.

Ingredients

Recipes for children for meatballs usually use:

• 400 g turkey;
• 50 g crackers;
• half an onion;
• carrot;
• 6 quail eggs;
• 50 ml milk.

Other foods can be added to the dish

Possible additives

You can add rice, sour cream, pepper, garlic, tomato and other ingredients to minced meatballs for children. But it is advisable to give such products after reaching.

Cooking methods

There are many different methods used to make turkey meatballs. At the same time, you can cook such meat not only in the oven or in a pan, but also in the microwave, slow cooker, double boiler.

In the oven

Turkey meatballs from the oven have a very soft texture. Their juicy meat melts in your mouth. The dish has a wonderful aroma. You can add all kinds of spices, spices. A simple recipe is provided.

For the dish you will need:

• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 1/4 cup onion;
• a pinch of salt, pepper, parsley, oregano;
• half a kilogram of meat;
• 3 eggs;
• half a cup of breadcrumbs.

On a note! You can serve the dish with different sauces, for example, with creamy gravy.

Cooking steps:

1. Peel the garlic and crush. Chop the onion.
2. Cut the parsley, beat the eggs with a blender.
3. In a large container, mix the minced meat, adding garlic and other ingredients.
4. Knead with your hands and form meatballs.
5. Set the oven to 180 ° C, grease the baking sheet with oil. Separately lay out the blanks.
6. Cook 30 minutes.

And as a side dish, you can give the baby.

For a couple

The steam cooking option will require you to perform the following steps in stages:

• chop the meat into minced meat using a meat grinder, scrolling twice;
• soak the bun, pour milk;
• grate carrots, onions;
• after swelling of the roll, add minced meat and grated vegetables to it;
• make balls from the resulting mixture;
• put in a double boiler for 40 minutes.

The number of products can be taken from the previous recipe for a similar dish for cooking in the oven.

In a slow cooker

Turkey meatballs for children can be stewed not in a saucepan, but in a slow cooker. The advantage of a slow cooker dish is that it can be served for lunch and dinner with or without a side dish. The ingredients listed below are enough for 5 servings.

Required products:

• half a kilogram of meat;
• half a glass of rice;
• egg, onion;
• 2 tbsp. l. sour cream, flour, ketchup, mayonnaise;
• 2 tbsp. l. broth;
• 2 bay leaves;
• salt pepper.

How to cook:

1. Chop the onion using a blender.
2. Add it to minced meat with boiled rice and raw egg.
3. Put salt, spices.
4. Mix the mixture with your hands.
5. Roll into balls and place in a mixing bowl.
6. Separately mix sour cream, mayonnaise, flour and ketchup.
7. Add broth. In the "Extinguishing" mode, cook for 60 minutes.

The main stages of cooking turkey meatballs

Any methods of cooking meatballs imply the implementation of general rules in order for the dish to succeed.

On a note! For cooking turkey meat dishes, use ceramic or cast iron dishes.

It is necessary to adhere to the following cooking sequence:

1. Make minced meat. To do this, you first need to wash and dry the bird's breast. Peel onions and carrots. Cut vegetables or grate on a fine grater. Grind using a meat grinder.
2. Salt and pepper to your taste.
3. Make meatballs.
4. Fill the meatballs with boiling water to half and cook over low heat for about half an hour.

meatball recipes

We will study popular meatball recipes that children will not remain indifferent to.

With sour cream sauce

Traditionally meatballs are cooked with sour cream sauce on the stove. However, this can also be done in the oven or in a slow cooker.

For cooking you will need:

• half a kilogram of meat;
• 1/4 cup couscous;
• half a cup of boiling water;
• 150 ml of 20% sour cream;
• 50 ml of water;
• half a teaspoon of sea salt;
• a pinch of paprika;
• oil, pepper.

Cooking method:

1. Add salt and pepper to mince.
2. Pour the grits with boiling water 1 to 2. Let it brew.
3. Pour couscous into meat, mix.
4. Blind the balls and fry them in hot oil until a crust forms.

At the end, lay out the fried billets and simmer for half an hour along with the sauce.

In creamy sauce

For cooking you will need:

• half a kilogram of minced meat;
• one onion and a chicken egg;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 200 ml of 10% cream;
• 2 cloves;
• salt, dill, pepper;
• 1 st. a spoonful of oil.

Simmer meat for 40 minutes.

With tomato sauce

The dish is very easy to prepare. Products can be replaced with similar ones, from which the taste will not deteriorate. Instead of a turkey, you can take a rabbit, which is also considered dietary. Cereals in the composition of the dish can also be replaced.

Prepare the following foods:

• half a kilogram of minced meat;
• half a glass of rice;
• onion, egg;
• 1 tsp salt and ketchup;
• one and a half glasses of water;
• Bay leaf;
• 1 st. l. sour cream and the same amount of flour.

To prepare, fry the chopped onion in oil. Add onion to minced meat and boiled rice. Put the egg into the mixture and season with salt. Knead by hand.

Make small balls out of minced meat, roll in flour and place in a container with heated oil. Fry on one side, then on the other.

Pour the meatballs with a glass of boiling water. Put salt, spices. Simmer for a quarter of an hour. Separately, mix half a glass of water with sour cream and flour. Pour the sauce into a saucepan. Simmer again on low heat for a quarter of an hour.

Like in a kindergarten

Meatballs for children as in kindergarten can be cooked at home. The dish can be for babies who have reached one and a half years. The quantity suggested below is sufficient for one serving.

Prepare these ingredients:

• 250 g minced meat;
• 100 g of boiled pumpkin;
• a clove of garlic, half an onion;
• egg;
• 1 glass of milk and flour;
• oil, salt.

Cooking method:

1. Break the egg and add to the minced meat along with milk.
2. Mix the mass by adding flour.
3. Mash the boiled pumpkin into a puree.
4. Crush the garlic. Chop the onion.
5. Make balls and fry.
6. Pour some water into the pan and simmer for 20 minutes.

Turkey meatballs are a great option for lunch or dinner. They are very satisfying, juicy and tasty, children like them, and the figure will not deteriorate from them.

Products
500-600 g of minced meat (pork or beef, or a combination of them is better)
2 onions
1 medium carrot
7 art. l. raw rice(a little less than a glass)
1 egg
favorite spices (pepper, garlic, suneli hops, paprika, etc.)
greens as desired
flour for boning
butter or vegetable oil for frying

Rice for meatballs is better to take round-grain. Ideal for sushi rice. It is exactly what I have in my photo.
Rinse rice to clean water, pour into a saucepan with a thick bottom, pour water, covering it by 3-4 mm. Bring to a boil, boil for about 3 minutes or a little more so that the rice takes all the water. It is this semi-cooked rice that we will use.

Finely chop the onion.

Grate carrots on a medium or fine grater.

Fry the onion in a hot pan. My mom always does it with butter. But if you are used to doing it on vegetable, it will turn out no worse. This moment is not important.

Add carrots, fry a little more with onions.

A little about minced meat. In order for the meat to retain the maximum useful properties, it should be defrosted as quickly as possible. Perfect option- use chilled meat, making minced meat out of it. But if the meat is from the freezer, defrost it in microwave oven. I prepare minced meat for future use, then I take out a portion, partially defrost it in the microwave, and then simply mix it with hot semi-finished rice. So the rice cools down and the meat thaws while we work on the onions and carrots.

Mix minced meat and rice.

Add onions with carrots and greens.

Add egg and spices.

Mix well.

To see if you've seasoned the meatballs well, heat up a frying pan and fry a small "cake". It will be ready very quickly, you can taste it and make changes if you put a little salt or spices.

Now attention!
Meatballs can be made in a pan and in the oven. I usually do two servings and two variations at the same time.

Meatballs in the oven.

Prepare silicone molds and put rice-meat mass in them.

Bake at 180 degrees for about 25 minutes. Cooking time may vary depending on the size of the molds. It turns out diet dish, which suitable for nursing mothers, small children and those who adhere to the "Minus 60" system for lunch.

Take the cooked meatballs out of the oven.

This is what beauty comes out!

Meatballs in a pan.

Form meatballs and roll them in flour (just a little bit).

Fry on both sides over medium heat so that they are only slightly browned. Literally in a minute.

Put the meatballs in a saucepan or saucepan, pour a glass hot water or cream (10%) and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Meatballs are tender and juicy. Good both hot and cold.

The diet of a child who is already 1 year old is gradually expanding, new dishes are introduced into it, among which meatballs can be distinguished.

• white fish;
• turkey;
• chicken
• veal.

Meat balls with the addition of vegetables, rice - delicious and healthy food, which is suitable for children with a stable chewing reflex. Recipes can be found on the Internet in large quantities, so that the baby can be fed nutritiously and diversified.

Meatballs for children: the benefits and features of the dish

Meatballs are ideal for baby food because:

• they are softer and more tender than meatballs due to fillers (rice, vegetables);
• they are safe for the baby's stomach, because they are cooked without frying, unlike cutlets;
• eating this dish, the baby learns to chew meat food correctly - this is milestone transition from children's pates to a common table.

Meatballs are prepared in several ways, they can be:

• bake in the oven (in sauce);
• stew in the microwave;
• steam in a double boiler or in a slow cooker.

Food preparation

Although recipes vary in the amount and type of ingredients, it is important to adhere to a few basic principles of food preparation.

• Meat and fish.

A one-year-old baby is not yet ready to chew coarse minced meat dishes. Veal, turkey should be passed through a meat grinder twice, and only when the child becomes confident with meatballs, you can grind the meat in one go.

Fish and chicken have a more delicate structure, they can not be ground a second time. Please note: it is recommended to use an auger meat grinder and not a blender that turns the product into a pâté.

If you plan to add rice to meatballs or cook it as a side dish, preference should be given to round-grain varieties that are well boiled. Long-grain rice is drier and tougher, it “glues” minced meat worse.

In addition, young children do not chew hard rice well and swallow it whole or refuse to eat it. An unchewed product is practically not absorbed by the body. Therefore, use round-grain rice and cook it with more water than it should be. standard recipe so that the product can be cooked a little longer than usual. If excess water remains in the saucepan, it is drained through a colander.

• Vegetables.

You can add carrots to minced meat, cauliflower, or other vegetables. They make the dish more tender and juicy, and also more useful due to the presence of vegetable fiber and vitamins.

Please note: for cooking meatballs, use only those vegetables to which the baby's body is already adapted, and they are guaranteed not to provoke an allergic reaction.

Vegetables with a delicate structure are chopped with a sharp knife, peeled carrots can also be finely chopped or grated on a fine or medium grater. You should not use a blender, because your task is to teach your baby to chew pieces of food. When cooking for children up to a year and a half, carrots and onions for meatballs can be ground in a meat grinder along with minced meat - they will be crushed into small pieces.

• A raw egg.

A standard ingredient that “glues” chopped products together, preventing meatballs from falling apart during cooking. If the child is allergic to egg white, add only the yolk or replace the egg with a small amount raw potatoes, grated on a fine grater.

• Salt, spices.

A minimum of salt is added to children's dishes. Spices are best avoided as they can cause allergies. Spicy spices are contraindicated for a delicate children's stomach. If you want to add piquancy to meatballs, add chopped parsley to the minced meat or - they are hypoallergenic and useful for the children's body, as they have a beneficial effect on digestion.

Cooking features

Minced meat is mixed with chopped vegetables, rice (depending on the recipe). Balls the size of a small walnut are made from it by hand. So that the minced meat does not stick to your hands, grease them with vegetable oil.

Regular portion meat dish for a baby 1-2 years old is about 100 grams. If you are preparing a dish only for a baby, “unclaimed” meatballs can be frozen for future use by wrapping cling film or foil, or placed in an airtight container to freeze.

• Double boiler.

In this case, the dish is prepared on its own, without gravy. Steamed meatballs can be supplemented with sour cream or vegetable sauce prepared separately.

• Microwave.

A little water is added to a glass saucepan with a lid - you get a variant of a steam meat and vegetable cutlet. Sauce can be used instead of water.

• Oven.

So that the meatballs do not dry out in the oven, do not become tough, it is advisable to cook them in sauce, choosing the right recipes.

• Multicooker.

Allows you to cook meatballs like in a double boiler, if there is a corresponding function. In a slow cooker without a steaming option, balls of minced meat, rice and vegetables can be stewed in sauce.

Basic Recipes

Veal meatballs

• finely chopped minced meat - 300 g;
• boiled rice - 3/4 cup;
• 1 medium carrot;
• bulb of medium size;
• 1 raw egg;
• salt and finely chopped fresh dill - to taste.

The balls are formed from a mixture of crushed ingredients and steamed for 40-45 minutes.

Fish meatballs for children

• fillet of white fish (cod, etc.) - 300 g;
• rice boiled until tender - 6-7 tablespoons;
• 1 raw egg;
• the bulb is small;
• flour - 2 tbsp;
• salt, fresh dill to taste.

From fish fillet and minced onions, add the rest of the ingredients. Steam for 20-25 minutes. If the child is older than two years old, meatballs can be baked in the oven without sauce (putting on parchment paper), but if they are overexposed, they will become harsh.

Chicken meatballs for children

• minced chicken - 500 g;
• 1 medium sized carrot;
• 1 small onion;
• 2 tbsp. l semolina;
• 25 g butter;
• 1 tbsp flour;
• 1 glass of milk;
• 1 raw egg;
• salt to taste;

Minced meat is mixed with chopped onions and carrots, raw eggs, semolina. Meatballs are formed from the resulting mass. Melt butter in a saucepan, add milk, add flour and simmer, stirring, until thickened.

Put the meatballs in a baking dish (with a lid), pour over the sauce, sprinkle with a small amount grated cheese. Bake covered in the oven for about 35 minutes until done. By this recipe you can also cook turkey meatballs for children.

Meatballs with gravy for children can be prepared from any minced meat (fish, poultry, lean meat).

For gravy you need:

• 1.5 cups of boiling water;
• 1 tbsp flour;
• 1 tbsp low-fat sour cream;
• 1 tsp tomato paste;
• lavrushka, salt to taste.

Boiling water is poured into the saucepan, the rest of the ingredients are added, everything is thoroughly mixed. Dip the meatballs lightly fried in vegetable oil into the gravy and bring the dish to readiness.

You don't have to follow the recipe exactly, because cooking is creativity. If for the first time it makes sense to keep the proportions and use the prescribed set of ingredients, then in the future you can safely introduce the vegetables that your baby prefers or vice versa, the foods that you want to accustom the child to.