Garlic Yam Leaf Tips

番薯苗

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant

By Kathy Fang and Peter Fang

Published 2025

  • About

KATHY: Yam leaf is one of my favorite Asian leafy greens. Popeye had spinach; I have yam leaf. It’s the most underappreciated vegetable, in my opinion. I eat yam leaf anytime I find it in the Chinese markets. It has more protein than spinach, double the amount of fiber than kale, and the same amount of vitamin K and A as those greens. I find the texture of the yam leaf to be the most palatable and tastiest: soft, tender leaves with a crunchy stem and no bitterness. It’s sup