## Chicken Porridge Recipes for Babies

Chicken porridge is a popular choice for many mothers during their baby’s weaning stage. Today, AVAKids’ 0-3 Year Old Baby Care section will introduce some incredibly appealing chicken porridge recipes. Let’s take a look!

### 1. When Can Babies Eat Chicken Porridge?

You can introduce chicken porridge to your baby’s weaning menu from 6 months onwards. When starting solids, begin with 2 tablespoons of finely minced chicken per day. Gradually increase the amount of chicken as your baby grows.

See more: Revealing 5 delicious ways to cook egg soup for your baby’s weaning stage

### 2. Benefits of Chicken Porridge for Babies

#### Protects Cardiovascular Health

Chicken helps supplement iron for babies and aids in red blood cell development. It is also rich in potassium, which helps ensure the proper function of blood vessels in the body.

#### Helps Build Muscle

Chicken is a protein-rich food, with 18.6g of protein and no fat per 100g. Therefore, feeding your baby chicken will help their muscles develop.

#### Strengthens the Immune System

Chicken is a good source of zinc and contains magnesium, which helps boost your baby’s resistance. Additionally, chicken porridge helps supplement zinc for babies very well.

### 3. Suggested Chicken Porridge Recipes for Baby’s Weaning Stage – Simple and Homemade

#### Chicken Porridge with Cheese

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 60g
* Cheese: 1 cube
* Rice: 50g
* Baby weaning oil

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook porridge with a 1:5 rice-to-water ratio.
2. Prepare and mince the chicken, then marinate with seasonings for about 15 minutes.
3. When the porridge is soft, add the chicken and cook for another 15 minutes.
4. Once the porridge boils again, add the cheese cube, stir until dissolved, and turn off the heat.
5. Pour the porridge into a bowl, add a little olive oil, mix well, and feed your baby.

Besides this, mothers can also make cheese porridge for their baby to supplement their nutrition during snack time from 6 months old.

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#### Chicken and Sweet Potato Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 70g
* Sweet potato: 50g
* Long grain rice: 3 handfuls
* Glutinous rice: 1 handful
* Baby fish sauce
* Chicken broth (if available)

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the glutinous and long grain rice to cook into porridge.
2. Peel the sweet potato, steam until cooked, and mash.
3. Prepare the chicken, mince, and roll into small balls.
4. Heat a pan with olive oil, add chicken, fish sauce, and a little water, stir well.
5. Add the sautéed chicken to the pot of porridge, stir well, and turn off the heat.
6. Pour the cooked porridge into a blender and blend until smooth.
7. Then, pour the porridge back into the pot, cook for about 2 minutes, and turn off the heat.
8. Pour the porridge into a bowl, add a little sesame oil, and it’s ready for your baby.

In addition, you can make other weaning foods from sweet potatoes, such as sweet potato porridge or sweet potato cakes, to supplement nutrients into the weaning menu for 7-month-old babies.

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#### Chicken and Lotus Seed Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 70g
* Lotus seeds: 50g
* Long grain rice: 50g
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Soak lotus seeds for about 8 hours before cooking, rinse, and drain.
2. Rinse the rice, add lotus seeds and chicken, and cook together.
3. When the chicken is cooked, remove it, shred the meat, and mash the lotus seeds.
4. Add the chicken and lotus seeds back to the pot of porridge and continue to boil.
5. Season to taste, turn off the heat.
6. Pour the porridge into a bowl, add a little olive oil, mix well, and let your baby enjoy.

You can also cook lotus seed porridge for your baby to add to their 8-month weaning menu.

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#### Chicken and Sponge Gourd Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken breast: 30g
* Sponge gourd: 20g
* Plain porridge: 1 bowl
* Chicken broth: 200ml
* Green onions
* Baby fish sauce

**Instructions:**

1. Peel, wash, and quarter the sponge gourd.
2. Mince the chicken with green onions.
3. Marinate the chicken with seasonings for about 15 minutes.
4. Put 200ml of chicken broth into a pot and simmer.
5. When the water boils, add the sponge gourd and boil for about 10 minutes, then remove and mince.
6. Pour the porridge into the sponge gourd broth and stir well.
7. When the porridge boils again, add the chicken, stir well, and cook for another 7 minutes.
8. Then, add the minced sponge gourd to the porridge and mix well. Continue cooking for another 2 minutes, then turn off the heat.

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#### Chicken and Malabar Spinach Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken thigh: 30g
* Malabar spinach: 20g
* Plain porridge: ½ bowl
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Prepare the chicken, boil until cooked, shred the meat, and mince.
2. Wash the Malabar spinach, chop finely, and blend with 30ml of water.
3. In a pot, add porridge with 2 bowls of water, stir well over medium heat.
4. When the porridge boils, add the chicken, stir well, and season to taste.
5. Once the porridge boils again, add the Malabar spinach, stir well, and cook for another 3 minutes, then turn off the heat.

You can make Malabar spinach porridge for your baby to diversify their 9-month weaning menu.

[Image: Delicious Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

#### Chicken and Chinese Mustard Greens Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 90g
* Chinese mustard greens: 50g
* Lemongrass: 2 stalks
* Plain porridge: 2 bowls

**Instructions:**

1. Wash and chop the Chinese mustard greens.
2. Trim and peel the lemongrass, wash, cut into short pieces, and crush.
3. Wash the chicken, cut into small slices.
4. Put 200ml of water into a pot with the lemongrass.
5. When the water simmers, add the chicken and stir well.
6. Cook for about 5 minutes, then remove the lemongrass.
7. Next, add the Chinese mustard greens, stir well, and cook until the greens are cooked, then turn off the heat.
8. Then, remove the chicken and Chinese mustard greens and blend until smooth.
9. Put the broth back on the stove, add the cooked porridge.
10. Add the blended mixture, stir well, cook for another 3 minutes, and turn off the heat.

You can refer to the chicken liver porridge recipe to combine chicken liver and Chinese mustard greens for your 2-year-old’s menu.

[Image: Simple Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

#### Chicken and Pumpkin Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken breast: 40g
* Pumpkin: 30g
* Glutinous rice: ½ bowl
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook porridge with a 1:5 rice-to-water ratio.
2. Wash the chicken, mince, marinate, and let it sit for about 15 minutes.
3. Peel the pumpkin, steam until cooked, and mash.
4. When the porridge is cooked, add the chicken and pumpkin, and stir well.
5. Pour the porridge into a bowl, add a little olive oil, and let your baby enjoy.

You can also refer to recipes for pumpkin milk, pumpkin soup, or pumpkin cakes for babies to add to your 7-month-old’s snack time menu.

[Image: Easy Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

#### Chicken and Potato Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken breast: 250g
* Carrot: ½
* Potato: ½
* Shallot: 1
* Roasted rice: 50g
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Prepare the chicken, boil until cooked, and shred.
2. Rinse the rice and cook porridge with chicken broth.
3. Peel the potatoes and carrots, dice them.
4. Heat a pan with oil, add chicken, carrots, and potatoes, and sauté until cooked.
5. Add the sautéed mixture to the soft porridge and stir well.
6. Wait until all ingredients are cooked through and tender, then turn off the heat.
7. For babies just starting solids, strain the porridge for a smoother texture and reheat before feeding.

In addition, you can diversify your baby’s menu with potato dishes such as potato cakes or potato soup, which can be added to the weaning menu for 10-month-old babies.

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#### Chicken, Lotus Seed, and Carrot Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 40g
* Carrot: 20g
* Fresh lotus seeds: 20g
* Plain porridge: 1 bowl
* Minced shallot: 1 tablespoon
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Peel and wash the carrot.
2. Peel and remove the lotus seed hearts, then rinse.
3. Boil the carrots and lotus seeds for about 7 minutes and blend until smooth.
4. Wash and mince the chicken.
5. Sauté the shallots until fragrant, add chicken and stir-fry over medium heat.
6. When the chicken is cooked, add the plain porridge, 50ml of carrot broth, and mix well.
7. When the porridge boils again, add the carrot and lotus seed mixture, stir well for about 5 minutes, then turn off the heat.

You can vary your 1-year-old’s menu with carrot dishes such as carrot porridge, carrot cakes, carrot powder, or carrot smoothies.

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#### Chicken and Amaranth Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 30g
* Amaranth: 30g
* Glutinous rice: 30g
* Baby cooking oil

**Instructions:**

1. Soak the rice in water for 1-2 hours before cooking to soften it.
2. Rinse the rice and cook into porridge.
3. Wash and blend the chicken until smooth.
4. Boil the chicken, stirring constantly to prevent clumping.
5. Wash and finely chop the amaranth.
6. When the porridge is cooked, add the chicken and amaranth, mix well.
7. Continue cooking for about 5 more minutes, then turn off the heat.
8. Pour the porridge into a bowl and let your baby enjoy.

Besides this, you can also make amaranth porridge for your baby to supplement nutrients in their 11-month weaning menu.

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#### Chicken and Broccoli Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 30g
* Broccoli: 30g
* Glutinous rice: 30g
* Baby weaning oil

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook into porridge.
2. Prepare and wash the chicken, then mince.
3. Wash the broccoli, boil until tender, then blend until smooth.
4. When the porridge is soft, add the chicken and broccoli, stir well for 3 minutes, and turn off the heat.

[Image: Delicious Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

#### Chicken and Winter Melon Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 30g
* Winter melon: 20g
* Straw mushrooms: 10g
* Carrot: 10g
* Glutinous rice: ½ cup
* Baby weaning seasonings

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook porridge with a 1:5 rice-to-water ratio.
2. Prepare and mince the chicken.
3. Peel the winter melon and carrot, remove the seeds from the winter melon, and then mince.
4. Wash and mince the straw mushrooms.
5. When the porridge is soft, add all the above ingredients and stir well.
6. Cook the porridge for another 7 minutes, then turn off the heat.

Besides this, you should consider making other dishes with winter melon to supplement your 8-month-old’s nutrition during snack time.

[Image: Flavorful Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

#### Chicken and Onion Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Onion: ¼
* Chicken: 40g
* Corn kernels: 30g
* Turnip: ½

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook into porridge.
2. Wash and mince the onion.
3. Peel and chop the turnip. Rinse and drain the corn kernels.
4. Prepare and mince the chicken.
5. Sauté the onion in olive oil, add the chicken and cook until done.
6. Boil the corn and turnip until tender.
7. Mash the turnip and blend the corn, then strain to remove any residue.
8. When the porridge is soft, add the chicken and stir well.
9. Add the corn, turnip, and season to taste, then turn off the heat.

[Image: Very Easy Chicken Porridge Recipe for Baby’s Weaning Stage]

#### Chicken and Red Amaranth Porridge

**Ingredients:**

* Chicken: 30g
* Red amaranth: 20g
* Glutinous rice: 35g
* Tofu: 20g
* Water: 450ml
* Baby weaning oil

**Instructions:**

1. Rinse the rice and cook into porridge.
2. Prepare and wash the chicken, then mince.
3. Wash and chop the red amaranth.
4. Wash the tofu and mash with a spoon.
5. When the porridge is soft, add the chicken, stir well for 2 minutes, and then add the tofu and red amaranth.
6. Turn off the heat and serve to your baby.

You can also make red amaranth porridge for your baby as part of their weaning menu.

[Image: Quick Chicken Porridge Recipe for Babies]

See more:

* Weaning dishes with chicken eggs
* Mung bean porridge for babies
* Weaning dishes with squid

AVAKids has shared delicious and nutritious chicken porridge recipes for your baby’s weaning stage. We hope that with these instructions, you can prepare quality weaning meals for your little one. We wish you success!

*Compiled by Thúy Ngọc*
*Reviewed by Khắc Huy*

**References:**

1. [Vietnamese Website Link about Baby Porridge]
2. [Vietnamese Website Link about Chicken Porridge for Babies]
3. [Vietnamese Website Link about 4 Ways to Cook Chicken Porridge]