Nutrition and eating methods of sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato leaves are a kind of table vegetable that people love to eat. Let’s learn about its nutrition and eating methods.

Sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato leaves are the tender leaves on the top of the stalks of sweet potatoes after they mature in autumn. Studies have found that sweet potato leaves have health functions such as improving immunity, stopping bleeding, lowering blood sugar, detoxifying, and preventing and treating night blindness. Regular consumption of sweet potato leaves can prevent constipation, protect eyesight, keep the skin delicate, and delay aging.

Sweet potato leaf nutrition

Tests show that every 100 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves contain 2.28 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 4.1 grams of sugar, 16 milligrams of potassium, 2.3 milligrams of iron, 34 milligrams of phosphorus, 6.42 milligrams of carotene, and 0.32 milligrams of vitamin C. Compared with common vegetables, the content of minerals and vitamins is superior, and the carotene content is even higher than that of carrots. Therefore, the Asian Vegetable Research Center has listed sweet potato leaves as a high-nutrition vegetable variety and called it the "Queen of Vegetables."

In recent years, there has been a "sweet potato leaf fever" in Europe, America, Japan, Hong Kong and other places. Foods made from sweet potato leaves are even served on the tables of hotels and restaurants. In China, sweet potato leaves are not sold in urban supermarkets. After harvesting sweet potatoes, farmers throw the leaves and stems on the ground or use them as feed for livestock, which is a pity.

How to eat sweet potato leaves

There are many, here is a brief introduction. Select the fresh and tender leaf tips, boil them in boiling water, and then use sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, mustard, ginger juice and other seasonings to make a cold dish. Its appearance is tender green and can whet your appetite. You can also stir-fry sweet potato leaves with shredded pork, which is fragrant and sweet, with a unique flavor. In addition, you can also cook sweet potato leaves in soup or put them in porridge. There are canned pickled sweet potato leaves for sale in the Japanese market, and we can also add salt to make it into pickles and side dishes for consumption.