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黄花菜猪蹄汤
Postpartum

Day Lily & Pig Trotter Soup

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20
MINS
🍽
2
SERVINGS
👩‍🍳
Easy
LEVEL

Dried day lily flowers and pig trotters — a traditional soup for promoting lactation and replenishing iron postpartum.

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Nutritional Highlights

💪
83%
DAILY RDI
Protein
58.6g
⚡
31%
DAILY RDI
Zinc
3.4mg
🩸
16%
DAILY RDI
Iron
4.3mg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Instructions

4 steps
1

Blanch pig trotter pieces in cold water and rinse; soak dried day lilies for 30 minutes, remove hard stems, and tie into knots.

2

Add water to a clay pot with the trotters and ginger; bring to a boil and skim the foam.

3

Reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes until the trotters are very tender.

4

Add the day lily knots and wolfberries; simmer 20 more minutes, season with salt, and serve.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🩸Iron
16%(4.3mg)
🍊Vitamin C
5%(4.2mg)
💪Protein
83%(58.6g)
Calcium
13%(132.7mg)
Zinc
31%(3.4mg)
Folate
5%(31.8µg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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