Baby and toddler recipes

🍗 Baby-friendly Sunday roast chicken dinner

Name: Baby-friendly Sunday roast chicken dinner
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: family of 4 plus baby
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken (about 1.5kg) Chicken; 4 medium Potato; 3 large Carrot; 2 Parsnip; 1 head Broccoli; 1 Lemon; a few sprigs Thyme; 2 tbsp Olive oil

A traditional roast chicken with vegetables, adapted so baby can share the same meal. Roasting meat and veg without salt until after baby's portion is taken means the whole table eats together.

From 7 monthsPrep 20 minCook 90 minFreezes wellNone of the 14 major allergens

Makes family of 4 plus baby

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (about 1.5kg) Chicken
4 medium Potato (peeled and cut into large chunks)
3 large Carrot (peeled and cut into batons)
2 Parsnip (peeled and cut into batons)
1 head Broccoli (florets)
1 Lemon (halved)
a few sprigs Thyme
2 tbsp Olive oil

Method

Heat the oven to 200C (180C fan). Put the lemon and thyme inside the chicken and rub with a little oil.
Roast for about 1 hour 20 minutes until the juices run clear and there is no pink.
Toss the potatoes, carrots and parsnips in oil and roast for the last 45 minutes.
Steam the broccoli for 6 to 7 minutes.
Take baby's portion before adding gravy or salt to anything.
Rest the chicken, then shred some soft leg meat for baby.

Serving it to your baby

For 7 months, mash the potato with a little butter and chop chicken finely into it, with soft carrot and parsnip batons and broccoli as finger foods. From 9 months, offer small shredded chicken pieces.

For the rest of the family

Make the gravy from the pan juices with a stock cube for adults and season at the table.

Storing and reheating

Cool within an hour, then fridge for up to 2 days or freeze in portions for up to 3 months. Defrost overnight in the fridge, reheat until piping hot all the way through, stir well and cool to warm. Never reheat more than once.

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Questions parents ask

Can babies eat gravy?

Most gravy granules and stock cubes are very salty, so they are best avoided for babies. Moisten baby's meal with unsalted pan juices, a little of the vegetable cooking water or a splash of milk instead.

Is leg or breast meat better for baby?

Leg and thigh meat is softer, juicier and slightly higher in iron and zinc, which makes it easier for babies to chew and swallow. Shred it finely or offer larger soft strips to hold.

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