How long to cook cod

Cod is a seafood product with high protein content and low fat content, so it is not suitable to cook cod for a long time, because doing so will easily cause the loss of nutrients in the blood. Parents can often feed their babies cod, because the nutritious protein contained in cod can promote the baby's intellectual development. So when cooking cod, what is the most appropriate cooking time?

How long to steam cod for baby

15 minutes is the best time and the taste is also the best.

As long as it is cooked, it is fine. Generally, it only needs to be steamed for about 15 minutes. Some babies don’t like it to be very soft, so you can cook it for a shorter time. If the baby likes it to be very soft, you can cook it for a longer time.

Generally speaking, if you want to feed fish to your baby, it is best to steam it, because in this way more ingredients are retained in the nutritional table. It is generally recommended to steam it for at least fifteen minutes.

Clean the cod, apply a little salt on the fish, put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, you can use a rack or a steamer with a curtain, use a larger plate to steam the fish, first put a few large pieces of green onion under the plate, then put the marinated fish on the green onion, if possible, cut the fish in half, put a little ginger slices in the middle of the fish, put the fish on the plate into the pot and steam it until cooked.

Benefits of cod for babies

It is rich in vitamins and trace elements, which is good for the baby's brain development.

1. Cod contains a very high content of high-quality protein, but surprisingly, its fat content is super low, even less than 0.5%, which is almost the same as shark meat. What's more, in cod, the liver contains up to 45% oil, as well as vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E.

2. The nutrients such as DHA contained in cod can enhance the memory of infants and young children and improve their intelligence. The lecithin contained in cod is an important source of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the human brain, which can enhance the baby's thinking and analytical abilities.

3. For children, the fish fat of cod contains globulin, albumin, phosphonucleoprotein and various amino acids needed for children's development.

4. It is rich in colloid, including alginate, crude protein, mannitol, crude fiber, potassium, iodine and other ingredients. It has the effects of diuresis, clearing away heat, softening and resolving phlegm, regulating the intestines and removing scale, eliminating stagnation and lowering blood pressure.

5. The crude protein content is 18.9%, which contains higher protein. Therefore, it can be used as a good source of food protein for human consumption.

Precautions for eating cod

1. Cod contains ammonia and should be avoided when eaten with processed meat products such as sausages, bacon, and ham. Because these processed meat products are processed with nitrite, when ammonia foods and nitrite are consumed together, it is easy to produce nitrite in the gastrointestinal tract, increasing the risk of cancer.

2. Do not eat cod with high-tannic acid fruits or raw soy products, otherwise it will hinder the body's absorption of protein; women of childbearing age and breastfeeding women should not eat cod.

3. You must learn how to defrost cod. Only with the reasonable thawing method can you eat cod better. We can first rinse the purchased cod with water, put it on a plate and let it thaw slowly. Cover it with water and put a small spoonful of salt in the water. After melting for a while, you can easily pull out the ice. This will not damage the fish body and will not cause the loss of nutrients. It is a good choice when we defrost the cod.

4. Currently, many products on the market are impersonating cod by using dragon cod and water cod, but these are actually oily fish, which can easily cause diarrhea after consumption, so be careful to distinguish them when purchasing.