Chicken, Rice, Black beans and Plantain
From 6 months · 4 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Chicken
Cook chicken fully, then purée smooth or finely shred and moisten with breast milk, formula, broth, or a vegetable purée so it isn't dry. Pairing it with a vitamin-C food can help the body use its iron. As an iron-rich first food, it's a good early option.
Smooth purée, or fine moist shreds.
Rice
Cook rice until soft and sticky and let it cool to warm. Serve it as a thick mash or mix it into a vegetable, meat, or fruit purée. Sticky or short-grain rice that clumps is easier for a baby to handle than loose dry grains.
Serve as a thick, sticky mash or blended into a purée. No cutting needed.
Black beans
Cook black beans until very soft, then mash or flatten each one well, or blend into a smooth spread (a no-salt hummus-style mash). Never offer a whole, intact bean at this stage. Skip added salt.
Mash or flatten every bean, or a smooth spread.
A whole, round bean is a choking shape. Mash or flatten each one until the airway-blocking shape is gone, and keep flattening round beans through the toddler years.
Plantain
Plantain is always cooked, never raw. Boil, steam, or roast a ripe plantain until very soft, then mash to a smooth purée or offer a finger-length piece soft enough to squish between two fingers. Skip salt and added sugar.
Smooth mash, or a soft finger-length piece that squishes easily.
Underripe or undercooked plantain stays firm and dense. Cook it until soft enough to squish between two fingers, and keep pieces small so it stays easy to manage.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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Chat with Lumi in the appSources8
- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- USDA FoodData Central - Chicken (nutrient data)
- FDA - Arsenic in rice and rice products
- AAP - Choking prevention guidance for infants and toddlers
- CDC - Foods that are choking hazards for infants and toddlers
- USDA FoodData Central - Black beans (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Plantain (nutrient data)
General informational content, not medical advice. Always consult your pediatrician about introducing new foods, especially if your baby has any medical conditions or family history of allergies.
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