Postpartum

Sesame Oil Chicken

Name: Sesame Oil Chicken
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Medium

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#confinement

#blood_building

#protein

#iron

A signature Taiwanese confinement dish — chicken sautéed with black sesame oil and ginger; warming nourishment for mid-to-late confinement.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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67%

DAILY RDI

Protein

47.7g

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35%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

3.8mg

🩸

12%

DAILY RDI

Iron

3.3mg

+ 4 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Sesame oil chicken is the signature warming dish of Taiwanese and Hokkien confinement cuisine.

🔬 Modern Science

Chicken gives quality protein; black sesame oil is rich in unsaturated fat and vitamin E, ginger warms — suitable for mid-late confinement, with rice wine fully cooked for breastfeeding.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Sauté ginger in black sesame oil over low heat until curled.

💡低温煸姜，麻油大火易苦。

Add chicken and fry until golden.

Add a little rice wine and water, simmer 20 min, season.

💡哺乳期米酒要煮到酒精挥发。

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🍊Vitamin C

1%(0.6mg)

🦴Calcium

2%(24.1mg)

⚡Zinc

35%(3.8mg)

Folate

3%(19.2µg)

Iron

12%(3.3mg)

Protein

67%(47.7g)

Vitamin D

2%(0.3µg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国哺乳期妇女膳食指南2022》.

哺乳期需增加优质蛋白与能量；注意酒精须充分挥发。

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