Preparing a home-cooked meal for your baby not only satisfies their expectations for food, but also provides them with essential nutrients for their healthy growth. Stir-fried shrimp with zucchini, this simple but delicious dish will easily make your baby fall in love with every bite of crisp vegetables and tender shrimp. Let's unveil the mystery of this dish in detail from the selection of ingredients to the finished dish.
Stir-fried shrimp with zucchini!
Ingredients:
Zucchini: Half a root, fresh and firm flesh, with a smooth and spotless green skin.
Shrimp: 6 pieces, choose fresh shrimp with delicious flesh and full of elasticity, and the size is uniform.
Slices of ginger: Several slices, it is best to choose tender ginger, which has a light spicy flavor and is suitable for your baby's taste.
Seasoning: Soy sauce: 1/2 tablespoon, preferably low-salt soy sauce to suit your baby's taste and reduce sodium intake.
Starch: A little to thicken and add texture to the dish.
Water: Appropriate amount of water can be used as a medium to blend starch and soy sauce, and it will also make it easier for the sauce to evenly wrap the ingredients.
Steps:
Prepare the zucchini, wash and peel. This step not only ensures the hygiene of the ingredients, but also helps to remove crusts that can affect the taste. The slices need to be uniform and of the right thickness to ensure that the zucchini is cooked evenly when sautéed while maintaining a crisp texture.
Once the shrimp are cleaned, gently pick out the shrimp threads with small scissors or a toothpick. This step is crucial and is crucial to the taste and hygiene of the final dish. After the shrimp line is removed, it is also soaked in lightly salted water for a while to remove any fishy smell that may remain.
The preparation of seasoning can not be ignored, take a small half spoon of soy sauce, a little starch and an appropriate amount of water and mix well, to ensure that the starch is completely dissolved, the sauce is blended, and the clumps appear when stir-frying.
Heat the pan with cold oil, so as to avoid the hot oil splashing and hurting people, especially when near the baby. Pour the vegetable oil into a pan and heat it, then add the ginger slices and slowly stir-fry them over low heat until golden brown to bring out the fresh flavor of the ginger, but remember not to stir-fry the ginger slices until they are charred and black.
Add the shrimp and stir-fry quickly over medium heat to lock in the umami flavor of the shrimp. When the shrimp become bright in color, quickly remove two and set aside, and continue to stir-fry the rest until cooked through, then remove from the pan and set aside.
Pour the sliced zucchini slices into the pan and sauté over medium heat until the zucchini is slightly golden brown on the edges and slightly transparent in the center, which indicates that the zucchini is nearly cooked through, but still retains some crispness.
Then pour in the seasoned sauce and stir-fry gently to evenly coat the zucchini slices and shrimp. Observe how the sauce changes in the pan and wait until the juice becomes thicker, indicating that this delicious zucchini fried shrimp dish is ready.
Recipe Tips:
It is advisable to use fresh ingredients when cooking, which not only tastes good, but also has higher nutritional value.
When processing shrimp, in addition to removing the shrimp line, you can also cut the back of the shrimp one or two knives to make the shrimp flatter during the frying process, easier to cook, and have a better taste.
Depending on your baby's taste, you can reduce the amount of soy sauce and choose low-sodium or children's condiments.
The last step before taking it out of the pot is to place the shrimp on the dish, which not only makes it more colorful, but also increases your baby's appetite.
Finally, remember to let the food cool properly before your baby eats it to prevent scalding your baby's delicate mouth.
This stir-fried zucchini shrimp that takes into account both nutrition and taste allows babies to enjoy delicious food while also taking in sufficient protein and vitamins. Through this cooking method, we hide love and care in every detail, and cultivate the baby's interest in healthy eating in the form of food education.