Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Leaves

Name: Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Leaves
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 2 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

LEVEL

#under_15

#vegetarian

#iron

#folate

The 'wellness green' from the dinner sets — sweet potato leaves quick-fried with garlic; very high in folate and iron, great for pregnancy.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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71%

DAILY RDI

Vitamin C

60.5mg

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27%

DAILY RDI

Folate

160.2µg

🩸

19%

DAILY RDI

Iron

5.1mg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Sweet potato leaves, the 'queen of vegetables', are a high-folate home green in pregnancy.

🔬 Modern Science

Sweet potato leaves are high in folate, iron and calcium with plenty of fiber; quick-fried they stay nutritious and low-calorie.

✅Strong evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Pick and wash the leaves.

Sauté garlic in hot oil.

Quick-fry over high heat, season with salt.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

⚡Zinc

10%(1.1mg)

🍊Vitamin C

71%(60.5mg)

🩸Iron

19%(5.1mg)

Folate

27%(160.2µg)

Protein

8%(5.9g)

Calcium

16%(162.9mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国居民膳食指南2022》孕期部分.

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