How to Make Sweet Potato Leaves Delicious? A Few Home-Style Recipes to Teach You
Sweet potato leaves, also known as sweet potato vine leaves, red sweet potato leaves, etc., are the leaves on the stems during the growth of sweet potatoes. They have very high nutritional value, with health benefits such as boosting immunity, stopping bleeding, lowering blood sugar, detoxifying, preventing night blindness, promoting metabolism, relieving constipation and promoting urination, raising platelet count, preventing arteriosclerosis, blocking cell carcinogenesis, promoting lactation and detoxifying. Regular consumption also helps prevent constipation and protect eyesight. Now let us take a look at how to make sweet potato leaves delicious!
Braised Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] 500 g sweet potato leaves, 4 dried red chilies, 1 scallion, 5 garlic cloves, 1 spoon salt, 1/2 spoon chicken essence powder.
[Method] ① Wash the sweet potato leaves and drain the water. ② Wash the stems of the sweet potato leaves and cut into sections. ③ Shred the scallion and dried red chilies, slice the garlic. ④ Heat the oil, add the shredded scallion and shredded chilies and stir-fry until fragrant. ⑤ First add the stems of the sweet potato leaves and stir-fry quickly. ⑥ Then add the sweet potato leaves and stir-fry quickly. ⑦ Add the garlic slices. ⑧ Add salt and chicken essence, stir evenly and serve.
Garlic Minced Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] 400 g tender sweet potato leaves, 30 g garlic, 15 ml vegetable oil, appropriate amounts of refined salt, yellow wine, MSG, fresh soup and sesame oil.
[Method] ① Wash the stems of the tender sweet potato leaves, blanch them in a pot of boiling water, remove and rinse with cold water, then cut into sections. Peel the garlic and mash into a paste. ② Place a wok on the fire, add vegetable oil and heat until it is 40% hot, add the garlic paste and stir-fry until fragrant, add the stems of the tender sweet potato leaves and stir-fry, add fresh soup, refined salt and yellow wine and stir-fry until flavorful, add MSG and sesame oil, sprinkle with the remaining garlic paste and mix well.
Spicy Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] Sweet potato shoots, small red chilies, minced garlic, salt, chicken essence, lard.
[Method] ① Wash the sweet potato shoots together with the leaves, mince the garlic, chop the red chilies. ② Add oil to the wok and heat, add the chilies and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the minced garlic, finally pour in the sweet potato shoots and stir-fry, season, and serve. The tender leaves of the sweet potato shoots have a very good texture, with a slightly soft and glutinous feel.
Sweet Potato Leaf Pancakes
[Ingredients] A small bunch of sweet potato leaves, 2 eggs, a little white flour, a little cornmeal, a little salt, a little sesame oil, an appropriate amount of baking soda.
[Method] ① Wash the sweet potato leaves, blanch in boiling water and set aside. ② Put the blanched sweet potato leaves into cold water for a quick rinse. ③ Squeeze out the water and chop finely, take a large bowl, add white flour, cornmeal, eggs, baking soda and salt. ④ Add a little water and stir into a batter and set aside. ⑤ After preheating the pancake pan, brush with sesame oil, pour the batter into the pancake pan with a spoon and fry until both sides are golden brown.
Plain Stir-Fried Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] 500 g sweet potato leaves, appropriate amount of garlic, appropriate amount of oil, appropriate amount of salt.
[Method] ① After heating the oil, add the garlic slices. ② Add the washed and trimmed sweet potato leaves. ③ Stir-fry so that all the leaves are heated evenly. ④ Add an appropriate amount of salt, you may add a small amount of water, then stir-fry for two to three minutes.
Steamed Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] Sweet potato leaves, flour, sesame oil, garlic juice, salt, chili oil.
[Method] ① Wash the trimmed sweet potato leaves clean, drain slightly. ② Add flour and mix evenly. ③ Put the flour-coated sweet potato leaves into a steamer and steam until cooked. ④ Let the steamed sweet potato leaves cool for about 5 minutes. ⑤ Add appropriate amounts of sesame oil, garlic juice, salt and chili oil, mix well and plate.
Cold Dressed Sweet Potato Leaves
[Ingredients] 2 garlic cloves, 2 spoons sesame oil, a little salt, a little MSG, 1 bunch of washed sweet potato leaves.
[Method] ① First boil a large pot of water, add a little salt to it. ② Before the water boils, crush the garlic cloves and chop into minced garlic, put into a large bowl, then add salt and MSG, drizzle with the prepared sesame oil, and set aside. ③ After the water boils, put the sweet potato leaves in to blanch, remove, place in the large bowl, then mix evenly with chopsticks.
Sweet Potato Leaf and Sliced Pork Soup
[Ingredients] 150 g pork, 100 g sweet potato leaves, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of chicken essence, appropriate amount of clear water, appropriate amount of sesame oil.
[Method] ① Wash and trim the sweet potato leaves and set aside. ② Slice the pork and set aside. ③ Put clear water in a pot and bring to a boil, add the sliced pork and cook until it boils. ④ Pour in the sweet potato leaves and cook until the sweet potato leaves are just cooked.