How to Eat Chinese Food Without Feeling Guiltyby Michele Cheplic | More from this Blogger 24 Aug 2008 01:49 PM How many times have you ordered Chinese food since the kick off of the Summer Olympics in Beijing? I'm guilty or indulging in more than my share over the last 16 days. It's hard not to, after all, Chinese dishes are among the most popular in the world and with all eyes on China for the last two weeks it's no surprise that requests for regional recipes are at an all time high. Unfortunately, not all Chinese food is prepared the same and the cuisine sometimes gets a bad rap for offering unhealthy choices--many of which are loaded with sodium. I have posted a few of my favorite Chinese recipes recently with the majority of them featuring vegetables and other ingredients I consider healthy (chicken and shrimp). It just proves that there are ways you can dine at a Chinese restaurant without feeling guilty. The key is to order healthier options and stay away from the ones that are loaded with fat and calories. For example, high calorie Chinese dishes include: Pork Fried Rice (1500 calories per serving), Orange Crispy Beef (1500 calories per serving), Kung Pao Chicken (1400 calories per serving), Lemon Chicken (1400 calories per serving), and Sweet & Sour Pork (1300 calories per serving). Healthier options include: Shrimp with Lobster Sauce (400 calories per serving), Buddha's Delight (500 calories per serving), Moo Goo Gai Pan (600 calories per serving), Chicken Chow Mein (700 calories per serving) and Szechuan Shrimp (700 calories per serving). You should also know that every cup of steamed rice is 200 calories and steamed vegetable dumplings are 67 calories each. You can also cut down on the number of calories you ingest at a Chinese restaurant by doing the following: 路 Share a dish - this reduces the amount of food eaten. 路 Order extra vegetables and have them steamed or stir-fried to boost nutrients and lower calories. 路 Limit rice or noodles to 1 small bowl. 路 Eat with chopsticks - unless you are a pro this will slow down the pace of eating and help reduce the amount of food eaten. 路 Skip dessert. Related Articles: Hot and Spicy Singapore Rice Noodles with Shrimp Classic Chinese Cooking-Marvelous Mu Shu Chinese Shrimp and Noodle Salad Valorie's Leftover Pork Noodle Bowl Make Your Own Chinese New Year Dishes Learn more about Michele Cheplic  Michele Cheplic was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, but now lives in Wisconsin. Michele graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Journalism. Relevantfood tags baby | Kids | Coupons | Food | christmas | weight loss | holidays | children | Scrapbooking | ideas User Comments Samual (11722) 24 Aug 2008 03:45 PMUnless chicken is free range, bite for bite it contains as much fat as a mcdonalds beef burger. Restaurants that serve chicken are allowed to lower the calorie content by using free range chicken contents even when chicken is not free range, so they can suggest that the chicken disk is lower in calories, when it is infact not.  Michele Cheplic |
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