Healthy homemade chinese food recipes?

manderson27

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NeuroticVirgo

Lomein & Egg Rolls on my blog here. I tried making it more low sodium, because even if I'm under calories I always gain about 10lbs of water weight after Chinese food.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/NeuroticVirgo/view/low-cal-low-sodium-chinese-food-attempt-2-111099

Mompanda4

Thanks for sharing!

lauren128m

Allrecipes.com has tons of recipes that I enjoy. The site also includes the nutritional info for each recipe so you know how much calories, sodium, etc are in each serving.

They also have an iPad app called 'RecipeBook' that can upload recipes from this site, this way you don't have to input the recipes and just use your iPad as a recipe card.

klakers3

Bump Love Chinese and would love to learn to make some dishes at home!

faithstephenson

I just started making these, and they are wonderful. Enough of the Chinese taste I love, but not anywhere near the levels of actually eating take out. I start w/ 1/3 T EVOO in a nonstick pan. Wash, chop and sautee 1/4 C baby portabello mushrooms, 1 thin slice vidalia onion, and 1 small leaf of bok choy (I'm growing it in my garden right now, and a leaf is only 3-4 inches long). Maybe spinach if you don't have the bok choy. Or chinese cabbage. The bok choy should go in the pan after the onion and mushroom are caramellized. Add about 3 drops of sesame seed oil, 118 g (3/4 C) cooked rice, and 1/2 T oyster flavored sauce. Today for lunch I added 1 oz cut up cooked chicken breast. Once heated through, empty pan onto a Flat Out Multi Grain w/ Flax flatbread. Roll, and eat. I loved it!

klakers3

I love fried rice, but I know how bad it is so I've been eating Cauliflower fried "rice".

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp soy sauce (Reduced sodium)
1 large egg
1 cup cauliflower, grated
2 tsps garlic
1/4 cup chopped scallions
Directions1.Grate the cauliflower using either the largest holes on a hand grater or with the grating blade in food processor. The results should almost resemble the size of cooked white rice.
2.Heat oil to cover the bottom of a small skillet on medium-high.
3.Quickly stir-fry the white of the onions and the garlic. Watch closely so as not to burn.
4.Add the cauliflower; fry about 4-5 minutes, stirring constantly until it begins to color a bit. Don't overcook or it might get mushy.
5.Stir in the soy sauce. Push the cauliflower to one side of the pan; pour in the beaten egg.
6.Lightly scramble the egg briefly then mix into the cauliflower.
7.Add the green onion tops and toss.


I added veggies to it, as well as a shredded chicken breast and it was fantastic!

Interesting idea to use cauliflower instead of rice! Thanks for sharing.

clairegogogo

 mark mark, so many great ideas!! I love Chinese food

Selah37

How funny, I was craving Chinese today!! Bump!!:happy:

DivaDiane

Made this tonight and it was delicious.

Sesame Beef Stir Fry
adapted from Cooking Light Magazine

2 servings, 348 calories each

1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
1 ½ teaspoons brown sugar
1 ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper (pretty spicy, reduce if desired)
1 tablespoon sesame oil
12 ounces thinly sliced flank or boneless sirloin steak
8 green onions cut into 1 inch pieces (white and light green parts only)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
4 cups bagged baby spinach leaves
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted

Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl.

Heat wok or large skillet over high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add beef to pan and cook for 3 minutes or until browned. Remove beef from pan. Add onions and mushrooms; cook for 1 minute. Add soy sauce mixture; cook 1 minute. Return beef to pan; cook 1 minute. Stir in spinach, and cook 30 seconds. Top with sesame seeds.

Serve with brown rice or whole-wheat orzo pasta.

fitforlife34

YUM!!! bump.

fitforlife34

YUM!!! bump.

You guys are just making me more hungry for chinese food! heehee. btw, the egg rolls look good, i could probably eat all of them.

CuteMonkeyGal

Mmmm looking good.

SMiller074

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torie079

Cellophane/ rice noodles... Sautée chicken breast, sliced carrots, celery, green onions, red pepper, and 2 cups shredded cabbage. Soak noodles in hot water till tender and add to Sautée mixture along with 2/3 cup of low sodium soy sauce and a teaspoon of ginger and garlic powder. So simple, but do delish, and my husband loves it.

pandafoo

If you like spicy food, my favorite Chinese dish to make at home is Mapo Tofu. Great served over rice!

INGREDIENTS
-Ground pork (or for less fat, you can buy pork loin and cut into tiny pieces)
-Soft tofu, cut into medium size cubes (around 0.5")
-Hot garlic sauce (Lee Kum Kee is a good brand)
-Garlic, minced
-Ginger, minced or grated
-Scallions
-Sesame oil
-Soy sauce, sugar, Chinese wine, black pepper
-Chicken broth
-Cornstarch

RECIPE
1. Marinate ground pork in soy sauce, sugar, wine, and pepper
2. Stir fry garlic and ginger.
3. Add meat and stir until browned. Add hot garlic sauce to your liking
4. Stir in tofu. Add enough chicken broth to make it saucy
5. Simmer until tofu becomes hot. Add a bit of cornstarch/hot water to thicken
6. Turn off heat, and finish with sesame oil and chopped scallion

rchupka87

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bathsheba_c

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rmhand

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amanda52488

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