Healthy homemade chinese food recipes?

Google is your friend:

http://www.food.com/recipe/extreme-low-fat-sweet-and-sour-skillet-chicken-78288
http://kitchensimplicity.com/healthier-general-tsos-chicken/
http://caloriecount.about.com/forums/recipes/cream-cheese-wontons-good-bad
http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2011/01/baked-coconut-shrimp.html

Haven't tried any of these, as I'm veg.

Homemade fried rice with shrimp:

2 cups cooked jasmine rice (cooled)
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 lagre carrot finely shredded
1 small onion finely shredded
1 clove of garlic minced
1/4 cup tyling sesame sauce/marinade
1/4 cup lower sodium soy sauce
12 large shrimp, steamed or boiled (tails removed)
Salt and pepper to taste

In a deep skillet or wok add oil and heat over medium heat, sautee onion and garlic until onion turns transparent. Add carrot and continue to sautee over med heat stiring frequently. once carrot begins to soften begin adding the rice 1/2 a cup at a time and stiring well to incoperate the rice and vegetables. Mix soy and sesame sauce and slowly add to rice still stiring to incorporate into the rice and vegetable evenly coating rice and turning it a brown color continue to cook for a few minutes stiring often so all the flavors can meld. Add shrimp and toss remove from heat.

Serves 2-3 people

If you are not a seafood fan you can easily substitute shrimp for chicken,beef or pork. or add additional veggies to make it a vegetarian meal

About the SESAME CHICKEN recipes submitted above.

I could not find the Nutritional info at Alida's Kitchen. At food.com the calorie for Sesame Chicken is 259 versus 195 calories at Calorie Count! The difference - food.com recipe includes 1/2 cup Honey and 1/2 cup Soy Sauce. Calorie Count does not have honey, and uses only 2 TBSP Soy Sauce not 1/2 cup.

http://caloriecount.about.com/sesame-chicken-recipe-r67896 has the SESAME CHICKEN for 195 calories.

Enjoy!

My brother and I made this. We are Chinese food connaisseurs haha. This recipe was great! The longer you marinate the chicken, the more flavourful it is. It makes six servings. Enjoy

INGREDIENTS:

1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp raw honey
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 1/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 4 breasts), chopped into 1-inch pieces
1 medium red bell pepper, cut into 1-inch chunks (about 1 cup)
1 medium green bell pepper, cut into 1-inch chunks (about 1 cup)
1 small yellow onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup)
1/2 fresh pineapple, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 1 3/4 cups)
12 sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice, optional

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger and pepper flakes. Place chicken in a large shallow dish. Pour soy sauce mixture over chicken, tossing gently. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 8 hours.
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and marinade and sauté for 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Add bell peppers and onion and cook for 5 minutes or until vegetables are slightly tender. Add pineapple and cook for 2 more minutes. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve immediately over rice for a complete meal, if desired.


Nutrients per serving (1 1/4 cups chicken mixture; not including rice): Calories: 161, Total Fat: 1.5 g, Sat. Fat 0.25 g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.25 g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5 g, Carbs: 17 g, Fiber: 2 g, Sugars: 13 g, Protein: 21 g, Sodium: 404 mg, Cholesterol: 48 mg

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There are several WALNUT CHICKEN recipes with varying calorie count on this site --

http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/search.php?searchpro=walnut+chicken&search_type=recipes

Enjoy from Chicago IL

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bump - I've been wanting some healthy Chinese food ideas too, thanks!!