How to cook minced meatballs for a child

Good day, dear parents. Today you will learn how to cook meatballs for kids. You will know the recipes for cooking, both from beef and chicken meat. Consider the features of preparing this dish for little peanuts.

Cooking features

1. Minced meat can be used, both purchased and prepared independently. If you are preparing a dish for a child under one year old, then you should not rely on the store version. It is important to know what is mixed in it and use only fresh meat.
2. If the minced meat is of a liquid consistency, then semolina can be added, some housewives add flour. When using semolina, do not forget to set aside the minced meat for fifteen minutes so that it has time to swell, and only then proceed to the formation of meatballs.
3. If you are cooking for a baby who is 2 years old, then it is allowed to stick meatballs with a margin, send it quietly to the freezer, and before boiling, defrost it in a fairly hot broth.
4. Do not boil the products for too long, as they will lose their valuable qualities.
5. When boiling, collect the foam that floats to the surface of the water.
6. Try to feed your baby with a freshly prepared product, and not yesterday.

Chicken Meatballs

Chicken meatballs for a child can be prepared using the following ingredients:

• minced chicken - three hundred grams;
• half an onion;
• egg;
• flour - one and a half tablespoons;
• salt.

plus rabbit

Meatballs prepared according to this recipe will turn out to be very appetizing, and the meat will be very tender.

You will need:

• rabbit fillet - two hundred and fifty grams;
• chicken fillet - two hundred and fifty grams;
• boiled carrots - seventy grams;
• onions - twenty grams;
• boiled potatoes - one hundred grams;
• egg - one piece;
• butter - about fifty grams;
• a couple of sprigs of greenery;
• salt.

beef meatballs

To cook beef meatballs, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• beef - four hundred grams;
• broccoli - one hundred grams;
• a slice of white bread - one hundred grams;
• salt;
• butter - thirty grams.

For toddlers over three years old, meatballs can be fried and served with a delicious sauce.

Mixed with semolina

For this recipe you need to have:

• minced chicken - one hundred grams;
• minced beef - one hundred grams;
• quail egg - two pieces;
• semolina - three teaspoons;
• salt.

I cooked meatballs for my child exactly according to this recipe, sometimes I replaced quail eggs with one chicken. They turn out quite tasty, both for individual consumption and when added to soup.

Cooking for a couple

A baby at 1 year old can cook this dish in a double boiler or in a steam bath. We will be using chicken for this recipe. So you will need:

• fillet - one hundred grams;
• two st. spoons of cottage cheese;
• one egg (chicken);
• teaspoon of butter;
• salt.

Now you know how and how much to cook meatballs for a toddler. Do not forget that the type of meat used, the method of preparation (boiling, steaming or in a slow cooker) and the size of the balls have a direct effect on the duration of cooking. Treat your little one with meatballs as an addition to porridge or mashed potatoes, or add them to children's soup.