Stir Fry Sweet Potato Leaves Recipe The variety of ingredients in Chinese food is one of the reasons I adore it so much! Just consider the vegetables: yu choy, Chinese mustard, bok choy, and now, my all-time favorite vegetable, sweet potato leaves! This recipe for Stir-fried Sweet Potato Leaves will make it incredibly simple for you to prepare at home.
Ingredients For Stir Fry Sweet Potato Leaves Recipe:
- One bundle of sweet potato foliage
- One tablespoon of cooking oil
- Three to five crushed garlic cloves
- Add salt to taste
- 1 tsp of optional fermented bean curd
Instructions For Stir Fry Sweet Potato Leaves Recipe:
- After cleaning the sweet potato leaves, trim off the stem portion, leaving just the leaves and a little portion of the stem’s delicate sections.
- Add the crushed garlic and cooking oil to a wok or skillet, and sauté over high heat for about one minute.
- When the vegetables are halfway wilted, add the sweet potato leaves to the wok or pan and stir-fry them. Add salt to taste and optionally add the fermented bean curd.
- Stir-fry the vegetables until they become soft, but don’t let them get overcooked and mushy—remove from heat right away.
Benefits of sweet potato leaves: In addition to being high in antioxidants and chlorophyll, sweet potato leaves also contain lutein, beta-carotene, and other advantageous phytonutrients.
Several antioxidant substances, such as phenolic compounds, flavonoids, vitamin C, and carotenoids, shield the human body from oxidative damage, inflammation, aging, and hypertension.
Details about Nutrition: YIELD: 4 SERVING SIZE: 1 Serving Quantity: 47 CALORIESFAT TOTAL: 4gSATORIFEROUS FAT: 0 gTRANS FAT: 0 grams3g of unsaturated fatCHOLESTROOL: 0 mgSODIUM: 188 mg3g of carbohydratesFIBER: One gram1g of sugar1g of protein
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