Huge and Delicious Super Low Calorie Stir Fry

finallychelle

How Many Calories Are In This Absolutely Delicious 2-Plus Pound Stir Fry?

Let’s add them up:

Shirataki Noodles (2 pounds): 0 calories
Cooked Salad Shrimp (2 ounces): 53 calories
Turkey Pepperoni (8 slices, diced): 35 calories
Butter Buds Sprinkles (3 tsp): 30 calories
Baby Bok Choy (1 ea): 9 calories
Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base (1 tsp): 15 calories
Olive Oil Cooking Spray (3 sprays): 2 calories
Fresh Basil (1/4 TBSP, chopped): 0 calories
Green Onion (1 stock): 3 calories
Onion Powder (1 tsp): 0 calories
Garlic Powder (1 tsp): 0 calories
Black Pepper (1/2 tsp): 2 calories

So if you could somehow eat this entire two-plus pound bowl of delicious noodles you would put away a total of 147 calories.

If you need to reduce sodium you should half the amount of shrimp, delete the Better Than Bouillon and use extra Butter Buds Sprinkles.

The Recipe:

1) Dry fry the shirataki noodles, on high, in a pan coated with olive oil cooking spray until nearly dry.

2) Reduce heat to medium, add chopped green onion, Better Than Bouillon and pepperoni, and fry for several more minutes, blending thoroughly.

3) Add chopped bok choy, onion powder, garlic powder and pepper and cook for a few more minutes.

4) Add Butter Buds Sprinkles and shrimp and stir fry for one more minute.

Enjoy!

For more low cal recipes please check out my MFP blog at:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/finallychelle/view/my-lo-cal-recipe-collection-195763

-stirfryqueenchelle

jamierizzo

Looks Yummy!

SueD66

interesting

Shimek87

This looks really good! I think I just have to make it this week!

emstgm

bump for later - looks yummy!

swaymyway

Never tried or even heard of Shirataki Noodles, will have to see if I can get some!!

Goosiesnougs

TWO POUNDS?? That's my kind of serving size

siobhanhannon

Def One I will be trying!!!!

Cheers x

HeidiRene

How are there no calories in a noodle? I am feeling skeptical but I hope I am wrong b/c I want to eat this!!!

sarahkatara

i love making this! just one note the shiritaki noodles have calories. per 8 oz package, there is 40 calories. not a huge difference, just a small note

finallychelle

How are there no calories in a noodle? I am feeling skeptical but I hope I am wrong b/c I want to eat this!!!

Shirataki noodles are made from a Japanese yam instead of flour. They come packed in water and need to be rinsed with hot water to get rid of the slightly fishy smell. After that you just dry-fry them on high with cooking spray and they taste (and smell) wonderful!

finallychelle

i love making this! just one note the shiritaki noodles have calories. per 8 oz package, there is 40 calories. not a huge difference, just a small note

Actually shirataki noodles have no calories. You are, apparently, using Tofu-Shirataki noodles which are a blend of tofu and shirataki, The tofu adds 40 calories per half pound serving.

If you want to save a few more calories try switching to the pure shirataki noodles!

-Chelle

mom2mozart

Shirataki noodles have 20 calories per 4 ounces... That would be 160 calories
for 2 pounds. Still very low, but certainly not zero.

BarbWhite09

BUMPBUMPBUMP

macylane4

do shirataki noodles taste like regualr pasta? If so could you use them for pasta dishes?

mom2mozart

Even the yam version of shiratki noodles contain calories, 6 calories per 1.7 ounce serving - which would
equate to about 113 calories for 2 pounds (32 ounces). It wouldn't make sense for 2 pounds of anything
we eat to contain 0 calories.

Katemorling

Does anyone know where i can buy Shirataki Noodles in the UK? Would love to try them!

macylane4

Just reading on these shirataki noodles as well, and has anybody gotten a really upset stomach from these? It says the people in the USA aren't used to the fiber in these and can cause severe upset stomach?!?

Anomalia

Bump!

finallychelle

Just reading on these shirataki noodles as well, and has anybody gotten a really upset stomach from these? It says the people in the USA aren't used to the fiber in these and can cause severe upset stomach?!?

I have eaten a pound of them every day for almost a year and haven't gotten an upset stomach even a single time.

-Chelle

finallychelle

Shirataki noodles have 20 calories per 4 ounces... That would be 160 calories
for 2 pounds. Still very low, but certainly not zero.

Actually shirataki noodles have no calories. You are, apparently, using Tofu-Shirataki noodles which are a blend of tofu and shirataki, The tofu adds 40 calories per half pound serving.

If you want to save a few more calories try switching to the pure shirataki noodles!

-Chelle

finallychelle

Does anyone know where i can buy Shirataki Noodles in the UK? Would love to try them!

You can probably get them in a health food store. Otherwise you can order the Zero Noodles brand online.

-Chelle

ValerieTheBohemian

Looks delicious, great calorie count, thank you.

finallychelle

Even the yam version of shiratki noodles contain calories, 6 calories per 1.7 ounce serving - which would
equate to about 113 calories for 2 pounds (32 ounces). It wouldn't make sense for 2 pounds of anything
we eat to contain 0 calories.

I understand your disbelief but each half pound package very clearly says 0 calories.

Here is a link to the MiracleNoodle brand. It shows that there are 0 calories:

http://www.miraclenoodle.com/p-74-angel-hair-pasta.aspx#back

-Chelle

QueenHanifa

Bump

finallychelle

do shirataki noodles taste like regualr pasta? If so could you use them for pasta dishes?

Shirataki noodles actually have no flavor of their own and the texture is not exactly the same as pasta, but it's pretty close (considering it's made from vegetable powder instead of wheat flour).

I find that the texture is improved greatly by dry-frying in a frying pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray (on high).

I then use them in Italian dishes as well as stir fries, Vietnamese dishes (Pho, for instance), etc.

They are very versatile.

I find that leftovers taste even better since the noodles get to spend the night in the 'fridge absorbing all that flavor that you added to the dish.

I also find that by adding bean sprouts to the pan at the same time as the shirataki noodles that the two work very well together. I fry them until the bean sprouts begin to brown. They have a very nutty smell and flavor, once that happens-- and I really enjoy that.

-Chelle

fteale

Does anyone know where i can buy Shirataki Noodles in the UK? Would love to try them!

You can, or could, buy them mail order from Japan, but after the tsunami they stopped being shipped. I don't know if they have started up again.

I love the idea, but I found shirataki made me feel really ill. They sit in your stomach literally doing nothing, so you feel starving hungry but physically full to bursting, which is not a pleasant combination. I use instead mung bean cellophane noodles, which have about 50 cals a cup once soaked and cooked.

MissOmi

Thank you for the link. I am going to order some and see how my family likes it. I think that it will really help my husband and I lose weight and fill the void from having to cut out pasta from my diet.

reneeramirez4christ

This is a great recipe, it's true the traditional noodles have zero NET calories, they contain NO FOOD ENERGY, which is basically what calories are. Because it's a water soluble fiber, it CAN cause people to have upset stomachs if they are not used to eating much fiber and are not drinking enough water, but this is typically in people who over consume the product. What is important to remember is not to focus on eating ZERO calorie foods, as our bodies do NEED calories to function. Also remember NET CALORIES simply means calories in vs calories out, ALL foods have calories but it's determined by how much energy the body requires to burn the calories of the food. If the body requires the amt of calories equivalent or close to the number of calories in the food, then the manufactures can place zero calorie labels on these foods. Some minor exceptions are manufactured products such as sugar substitutes.

finallychelle

Thank you for the link. I am going to order some and see how my family likes it. I think that it will really help my husband and I lose weight and fill the void from having to cut out pasta from my diet.

You can order several brands, online. ZeroNoodles and MiracleNoodles being two of them.

You can NOT order Tofu-Shirataki noodles online, however, since tofu needs to be refrigerated (plain shirataki noodles do not).

The very best place to buy them is in an Asian grocery store. Otherwise you can go to Good Earth or Whole Foods or any of the upscale health food groceries. Even Publix, Kroger and Harris-Teeter carry them (supermarkets in the U.S.).

The prices I usually pay for a 7 to 8 ounce package:

$1.29 (Asian grocery)
$1.49 (Harris-Teeter)
$1.99 (Good Earth)
$2.29 (Publix and Kroger)
$2.49 (Whole Foods)

As you can see, Asian groceries are, by far, your best bet. I usually buy 50 bags at a time, since I use two per day.

-Chelle

finallychelle

This is a great recipe, it's true the traditional noodles have zero NET calories, they contain NO FOOD ENERGY, which is basically what calories are. Because it's a water soluble fiber, it CAN cause people to have upset stomachs if they are not used to eating much fiber and are not drinking enough water, but this is typically in people who over consume the product. What is important to remember is not to focus on eating ZERO calorie foods, as our bodies do NEED calories to function. Also remember NET CALORIES simply means calories in vs calories out, ALL foods have calories but it's determined by how much energy the body requires to burn the calories of the food. If the body requires the amt of calories equivalent or close to the number of calories in the food, then the manufactures can place zero calorie labels on these foods. Some minor exceptions are manufactured products such as sugar substitutes.

Excellent post!

I find that if I am full-- really full-- at least once per day then I can do a great job of staying on my calorie budget.

I have about 30 different ways that I make shirataki noodles, so I keep things pretty well mixed up.

I always say, "Hungry people make lousy dieters."

-Chelle