Beef is a great food for children’s muscle development. Therefore, this food is an indispensable dish in your child’s menu. Today, let’s join the Baby Care section for 0-3 years old to learn how to cook beef porridge for babies full of nutrients to help them gain weight in this article!

How many months old can a baby eat beef?

According to nutritionists, babies from 6-7 months old can eat beef. You shouldn’t give your baby beef too early because their digestive system isn’t fully developed enough to digest the large amount of protein in the meat. Therefore, you can add some dishes with beef to your 7-month-old’s weaning menu in increasing amounts.

What vegetables should not be eaten with beef?

Beef should not be eaten with the following vegetables:

• Vegetables containing a lot of oxalic acid such as water spinach: Oxalic acid can reduce the absorption of calcium and iron from beef. Although not immediately dangerous, if eaten regularly, it can affect long-term health.
• Bitter or astringent vegetables such as kale, pennywort, radish: Because they contain a lot of tannic acid. Tannic acid can hinder the absorption of iron from beef into the body. Moreover, this combination can create conditions for harmful bacteria to grow in the intestines, causing metabolic and digestive problems.

What vegetables can be cooked with beef?

Beef can be combined with many types of vegetables, making the dish both delicious and nutritious. Some vegetables that are often cooked with beef:

• Mustard greens (bok choy, spoon cabbage): Creates a balance between the sweetness of beef and the slight bitterness of mustard greens, while adding vitamins and minerals.
• Mồng tơi (Basella alba): Cooking Mồng tơi with beef provides plenty of vitamins A and C, helping to improve health.
• Rau ngót (Purselane): A popular choice when cooking beef soup, making the dish more refreshing and easy to digest.
• Vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, chayote: These vegetables make the dish more delicious and provide more fiber and vitamins.

Nutritious Beef Porridge Recipes for Babies

1. Beetroot and Beef Porridge

Beetroot and beef porridge with vegetables are essential dishes in a 6-month-old baby’s complementary food menu.

Ingredients:

• Beef: 100g
• Beetroot: 100g
• White porridge (rice): 1 cup
• Olive oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef thoroughly with water.
• Peel and wash the beetroot, then cut into small pieces.
• Boil a pot of water, then add the beef and beetroot to boil.
• Then, cut the beef into thin slices and mince finely. Once the beetroot is cooked, blend it until smooth.
• Add the white porridge with a little water and seasonings, and cook for about 5-7 minutes. When the porridge boils, add the beef and beetroot, stir well, cook for about 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.
• Serve the porridge and add 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Wait for the porridge to cool before letting your baby enjoy.

Alternatively, parents can also refer to other ways of making beetroot and beef porridge through the following video:

Beetroot and beef porridge recipe. Source: thao nguyen

2. Beef Porridge with Carrots and Onions

The complementary food menu for a 7-month-old baby must include beef and onion porridge.

Beef porridge with onions

Ingredients:

• Beef: 100g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Carrots: ¼ medium
• Onion: ½ small
• Cooking oil, baby seasonings: bouillon, fish sauce

Instructions:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Peel the carrots, shred, then mince finely.
• Peel and wash the onion, and mince finely.
• Sauté the onion until fragrant, then add the carrots, onion, and beef, stir-fry until cooked. Season (for children 1 year and older), then turn off the heat.
• Boil the white porridge, add the stir-fried mixture, and cook until the porridge is fully cooked. Turn off the heat and add 1 teaspoon of baby cooking oil.

Beef, carrot, and onion porridge for baby food. Source: HÀ MỸ ANH

In addition to beef and onion porridge, you can also increase your child’s protein intake with beef complementary foods such as beef and rice for babies, beef soup for babies, etc.

3. Beef and Tomato Porridge

Beef and tomato porridge is a dish that mothers should include in their Japanese-style complementary food menu. The way to cook tomato porridge for babies is as simple as follows:

Ingredients:

• Beef: 100g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Tomato: 1 medium
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up)

Preparation:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Wash the tomato, cut in half, and remove the seeds.
• Steam the beef and tomato until cooked. After steaming, add them to the porridge pot and cook until the meat is fragrant.
• Once the porridge is cooked, serve it in a bowl and add a little olive oil to make it more appetizing for your baby.

Beef and tomato porridge recipe for baby food. Source: Thanh Tâm

4. Beef Porridge with Spinach

This dish is suitable for adding to the complementary food menu for 8-month-old babies and breakfast for 1-year-old babies!

Beef porridge with spinach

Ingredients:

• Beef: 20g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Spinach: 30g
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Wash the spinach and soak in salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water, then mince finely or cut into small strips.
• Boil the white porridge, when the porridge is almost cooked, add the beef and spinach and cook together.
• When the porridge boils, turn off the heat and add baby cooking oil.

How to make beef and spinach porridge. Source: Knife Cutting board Vlog

Beef Porridge with Amaranth

Amaranth is a high-fiber food and is very suitable for mothers to include in their 9-month-old baby’s complementary food menu.

Ingredients:

• Beef: 40g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Red amaranth: 3-4 leaves
• Baby cooking oil, seasonings

Instructions:

• Wash the beef, cut thinly, then mince finely.
• Wash the amaranth, mince finely or grind using a mortar.
• Put the white porridge in a pot, add a little water to thin the porridge.
• When the porridge boils, add the beef and stir well. Next, add the red amaranth.
• Continue cooking for another 3 minutes, then add half a teaspoon of fish oil for the baby and turn off the heat.

Red amaranth and beef porridge for baby food. Source: Thanh Tâm Food

6. Beef Porridge with Sweet Potato

This sweet potato complementary food is suitable for mothers to add as a snack for baby-led weaning (BLW) and for the menu for 2-year-old picky eaters.

Ingredients:

• White porridge: 1 cup
• Beef: 100g
• Sweet potato: 100g
• Baby cooking oil
• Baby seasonings: bouillon, fish sauce

Instructions:

• Wash the beef with diluted salt water. Then slice thinly, mince finely, and marinate with a little bouillon to allow the meat to absorb the flavor.
• Wash the sweet potato, peel, and puree.
• Add a little filtered water to the white porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the sweet potato and beef and cook together.
• Cook until fully cooked, season, and turn off the heat, add 1 teaspoon of cooking oil.

Beef and sweet potato porridge. Source: Mabu Dinh Dưỡng

7. Beef Porridge with Zucchini

The complementary food menu for a 10-month-old baby should include beef and zucchini porridge. The simple recipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

• White porridge: 1 cup
• Zucchini: 100g
• Beef tenderloin: 40g
• Olive oil: 1 teaspoon
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce

Instructions:

• Wash the zucchini, peel, and mince finely.
• Wash the beef, cut into small pieces, then mince finely.
• Add the white porridge and a little filtered water and cook over medium heat.
• When the porridge boils, add the minced beef and stir well.
• Then, add the minced zucchini and season.
• Cook for another 2 minutes, then turn off the heat and add baby cooking oil to the porridge.

Beef and zucchini porridge. Source: Moon Moon

8. Beef Porridge with Pumpkin

Snacks for 6-month-old babies and complementary food menus for 11-month-old babies cannot be without beef and pumpkin porridge.

Illustrative image of beef and pumpkin porridge

Ingredients:

• White porridge: 1 cup
• Pumpkin: 50g
• Beef: 100g
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef, then mince finely.
• Wash the pumpkin, cut into small cubes.
• Boil the pumpkin until cooked, then mash it.
• Add filtered water to the white porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the beef and pumpkin and cook together. Season to taste.
• Once the ingredients and porridge are fully cooked, turn off the heat and add baby cooking oil.

Beef and pumpkin porridge for baby food. Source: Bếp Mẹ Bông

Besides that, mothers can make pumpkin baby food to encourage their children to eat better.

9. Beef Porridge with Malabar Spinach

Beef porridge with Malabar spinach

Ingredients:

• Beef: 20g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Malabar spinach: 10g
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Pick the Malabar spinach leaves, wash thoroughly, then puree.
• Wash the beef, mince or puree.
• Add filtered water and white porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is soft, add the Malabar spinach and beef and mix well.
• Continue cooking for about 5 minutes, season, then turn off the heat and add baby cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

How to make beef and Malabar spinach porridge for baby food. Source: Bếp của Ngoại – Grandma’s Kitchen

10. Beef Porridge with Vietnamese Spinach

Illustrative image of beef and Vietnamese spinach porridge

Ingredients:

• Beef: 100g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Vietnamese spinach: 1 bunch
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef, mince or puree.
• Pick the Vietnamese spinach leaves, wash thoroughly, and puree.
• Add filtered water to the porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the beef and cook.
• Boil the porridge for about 3 minutes, then add the pureed Vietnamese spinach and cook until done.
• When all ingredients are fully cooked, season and turn off the heat, add baby cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

Beef and Vietnamese spinach porridge for baby food. Source: Sunday 2122

11. Beef Porridge with Potatoes

Potato complementary food is an important dish in the complementary food menu for 1-year-old babies.

Beef and potato porridge

Ingredients:

• White porridge: 1 cup
• Beef: 200g
• Potato: ½ medium
• Carrot: ½ medium
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Peel the carrots and potatoes, then wash and cut into small cubes.
• Add filtered water to the white porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the beef, potatoes, and carrots and cook together.
• Season to taste, cook until tender, then turn off the heat, and add baby cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

Beef, potato, and carrot porridge for babies. Source: MÓN ĂN VIỆT

12. Beef Porridge with Cheese

Yogurt cheese and cheese porridge for baby food are delicious cheese dishes that appeal to even the pickiest eaters.

Ingredients:

• Beef: 40g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Cheese: 1 slice
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Add filtered water to the white porridge and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the beef and cook. Next, add the cheese to the porridge pot and stir well.
• Finally, season and turn off the heat, add cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

13. Beef Porridge with Mung Beans

Complementary foods made from beans appeal to little ones, such as mung bean porridge, chicken and bean porridge for babies, etc. Not only are they delicious, but these dishes also effectively prevent constipation in children.

Illustrative image of beef and mung bean porridge

Ingredients:

• White porridge: 1 cup
• Beef: 50g
• Mung beans: 10g
• Shallots: 1 small
• Ginger
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Soak the mung beans in warm water for about 1 hour. Then, steam until cooked and mash finely.
• Peel and mince the ginger and shallots.
• Add the white porridge to a pot with a little filtered water and bring to a boil.
• When the porridge is almost cooked, add the mung beans and beef and cook for another 10 minutes.
• Season, then turn off the heat, and add baby cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

Beef and mung bean porridge for baby food. Source: Tạp chí online

14. Beef Porridge with Chinese Yam

Beef and Chinese yam porridge and potato cakes for baby food are delicious dishes for weight gain in babies.

Ingredients:

• Beef: 50g
• White porridge: 1 cup
• Chinese yam: 100g
• Onion: 30g
• Baby seasonings (from 1 year old and up): bouillon, fish sauce
• Baby cooking oil: 1 teaspoon

Instructions:

• Peel the Chinese yam, wash thoroughly to remove the stickiness, then cut into pieces. Mothers can mince or puree using a blender.
• Wash the beef and mince finely.
• Peel and wash the onion, and cut into small cubes.
• Add filtered water to the porridge and bring to a boil.
• At the same time, sauté the onion until fragrant to stir-fry the beef until browned.
• When the porridge is cooked, add the Chinese yam and beef and stir well.
• Season to your baby’s taste. Cook for another 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and add cooking oil to the top of the porridge.

In addition, mothers can apply the method of making carrot powder for babies to change the flavor.