Chinese food

I normally stick to a Chicken chow mien or something similar...now I fancy a Chinese!

I looked up the menu and calorie chart on my favorite Chinese place and decided based on my personal preferences that Mongolian Beef with brown rice, a lunch portion was only 640 calories. I skip the egg rolls but had to get the won ton soup...I don't remember that number but it's a small cup where they drop a few things in water and sell it for way too much money, but the calories are low. Sometimes I noted that if they charged just for calories, that sometimes the price is higher for lower calories...but that is just an observation. If you eat with the chop sticks and throw the food 3 feet into the area and catch it in your mouth, you might be able to deduct the amount dropped on the floor and of course the exercise expended.

The main calorie bombs will be your fried rice and noodles. Anything fried, heavy in oil, or served in a sugary sauce.

Load up on steamed veggies if they have them. They should have some proteins that aren't drenched in sauce. Wonton soup is usually served in a clear broth, so that should be decent too.

I had chinese food at the weekend and gained 6lbs of water from the sodium - so look out for that too! I felt 6 months pregnant, I peed out 4lbs yesterday according to the scale a shame salt and chilli chicken is so good haha

sgt1372 wrote: »

LW3380 wrote: »

I normally stick to a Chicken chow mien or something similar...now I fancy a Chinese!

Chow mein is NOT low cal in any form.

The oil and noodles alone send the cal count thru the roof.

oft! Unfortunately Chinese in the UK is different to the US, well the options certainly seem different. However last night I had a half portion of hot and spicy chicken chow mien and some din sum, weighed in this morning and no change so I'm happy with that.

I get the veg. elite all veggies, small white rice with grilled chicken. veggies zero, chicken zero cup rice 5 points.

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92joann wrote: »

I had chinese food at the weekend and gained 6lbs of water from the sodium - so look out for that too! I felt 6 months pregnant, I peed out 4lbs yesterday according to the scale a shame salt and chilli chicken is so good haha

I got a recipe to make this at home as it was so nice - now prefer it to take out as it doesn't cause the bloat

1tsp garlic salt
1tsp normal salt
1 tsp chilli powder - hot or mild depending on your preference
300g breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 chicken breast

cut a chicken breast into strips, dip in egg then roll in the bread crumb/spic mix

(the breadcrumb mix can be played with to get spice mix right for your own tastes)

grill for around 10mins each side til chicken is cooked and yum!
sometimes I fry some peppers and onions to go with it, or make egg fried rice with the egg left over from the dipping

eileenchristine wrote: »

The question was LOW CARB. And yet most of these answers say rice and noodles? Low carb choices would be some soups, meat/tofu and veggies. No sweet dishes or rice or noodles.

Which question was asking about low carb? To be fair if you want takeaway without rice or noodles Chinese isn't the best option is it really?