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Cantonese Chow Meain - help me!

JaimeBrown5
JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I got takeout Cantonese chow mein the other night - the place that makes it doesn't use much for a sauce, it's pretty light as far as that goes...but I have no idea if I'm calculating the noodles right.

I tried to break it down into individual portions, I measured the broccoli, how many shrimp etc..but I measured out a cup of noodles and it's like 1000 calories for that?! Is that real or am I inputing it totally wrong????

I looked online for some help and it seems like regular portions of chowmein are around 250 calories. I know I ate more noodles than I probably should have (and again today for leftovers) but seriously, it's that many calories?!

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  • ewong02
    ewong02 Posts: 22
    I'm afraid that those chow mein noodles are chock full of calories. Many of them are deep fried before they're cooked at the actual restaurant.
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    Guaranteed it's at least that many calories. Talk about cooking with lots of oil...
  • SwtKittN
    SwtKittN Posts: 176 Member
    Ohhh takeout I misunderstood XD haaa :(
  • JaimeBrown5
    JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
    :frown:

    I'm so disappointed now.

    But how would they be deep fried first and then cooked? Wouldn't that make them crispy?
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