Salmon in Coconut Sauce
From 6 months · 1 serving · 25 min
Ingredients
What you'll need
- Salmon
- Garlic
- Onion
- Coconut milk
- Cilantro
Method
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How to prepare each food
Salmon
Cook salmon through until it flakes easily and is opaque throughout, never raw or seared. Run your fingers through it to remove every pin bone and the skin, then flake it finely or mash it into a smooth purée. Mix with breast milk, formula, or a vegetable purée to loosen the texture. As a Big-9 allergen, introduce it on its own and wait a few days before adding another new food. Choose salmon (a low-mercury fish) and skip the highest-mercury fish entirely. Add no salt.
Soft pea-size flakes, checked by hand for bones, or a smooth mash. Skin removed.
The main hazard with salmon is bones. Pin bones are thin and easy to miss, so run your fingers through every piece and remove them, along with the skin, before serving. Always cook salmon fully and serve it soft and flaked.
Garlic
Garlic adds depth to early meals without any salt. Finely mince or mash a small amount and cook it soft into purees, mashed vegetables, beans, or sauces. It is a seasoning rather than a finger food, so a little stirred through a dish is all a baby needs. Skip raw garlic and whole cloves at this stage.
Finely minced or mashed and cooked soft into a dish; not a standalone piece.
Onion
Onion is usually a flavor base rather than a food on its own at this age. Cook it down until very soft and blend it into purées, mashes, or sauces. Raw onion is sharp and firm, so keep it out for now.
Finely chopped and cooked soft, blended into a purée or sauce.
Coconut milk
Use a splash of plain coconut milk to enrich a smooth purée, porridge, or vegetable mash. It adds creaminess and works well stirred into the food rather than offered on its own.
Thin liquid stirred into food; not served as a drink.
Cilantro
Cilantro (also called fresh coriander leaf) has a bright, fresh flavor and is a simple way to vary early tastes. Finely chop a small amount of the soft leaves and stir it through purees, mashed beans, soft rice, or yogurt. Chopping it small lets it blend in smoothly with the food.
Finely chopped soft leaves stirred into food, not whole sprigs or stems.
Whole sprigs and tougher stems can be stringy and hard to manage. Use the tender leaves, chop them finely, and stir them in rather than serving whole pieces.
Putting it together
Pan-seared salmon simmered in a creamy coconut sauce with onion, cilantro, and basil.
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- AAP - Starting Solid Foods (around 6 months)
- NHS - What to feed your baby from around 6 months
- FDA/EPA - Advice about eating fish (mercury and best low-mercury choices)
- AAP - Introducing common food allergens to your baby
- USDA FoodData Central - Salmon (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Onion (nutrient data)
- USDA FoodData Central - Coconut milk (nutrient data)
- NHS - Foods and drinks to avoid (honey, salt, sugar)
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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