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Delicious dish to help picky eaters overcome their hunger: Stir-fried shrimp with mixed vegetables, with its eye-catching colors, refreshing flavor, and abundant nutrients, will stimulate your child's appetite, helping to provide them with sufficient nutrients without feeling satiated.
On hot days, children often lose their appetite and interest in meals. Stir-fried shrimp with mixed vegetables is an ideal choice to make meals more appealing to children thanks to its eye-catching colors, refreshing taste, and rich nutritional value. This dish combines fresh shrimp, carrots, sweet corn, and peas – providing sufficient protein, fiber, and vitamins, while being low in fat, making it suitable for developing children.
Ingredient
- 150g fresh or frozen shrimp
- ½ cup fresh or frozen sweet corn
- ½ cup of fresh or frozen peas
- ½ carrot
- 1 spring onion, 2 slices of ginger, 2 cloves of garlic
- Ingredients: salt, sugar, chicken stock, cornstarch, cooking oil
Making
Step 1: Prepare the ingredients
- Peel the carrots and dice them.
- Peel the shrimp, remove the vein, cut into pieces, and marinate with salt, pepper, cornstarch, and a little cooking oil for 10 minutes.
- Boil fresh corn until cooked, then separate the kernels (if using frozen or canned corn, let it drain).
Step 2: Blanch the vegetables
- Boil water with a little oil and salt, blanch the carrots for 1 minute, then add the corn and peas and blanch for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the water and soak in cold water, then drain.
Step 3: Stir-fry the shrimp
Heat the cooking oil, add the shrimp and stir-fry quickly until they change color. Add the chopped onion, ginger, and garlic and sauté until fragrant.
Step 4: Stir-fry the mixed vegetables.
Add carrots, corn, and peas and stir well. Season with salt, sugar, and chicken broth. Dissolve cornstarch in water and pour in to thicken the sauce. Stir quickly over high heat, then turn off the heat.
finished product
This mixed vegetable and shrimp stir-fry has an eye-catching array of red, yellow, and green colors, with a fresh, sweet, and crisp flavor. The chewy shrimp and soft, crunchy vegetables will stimulate your child's appetite. This dish is rich in protein, vitamin A, lutein, and fiber, supporting children's vision, digestion, and immunity.