The Best Chinese Fakeaway Recipes - Slimming Eats - Slimming Eats (2024)

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What is the best Chinese to have on Slimming World? ›

Steamed Fish and Vegetables

Takeout menus tend to offer a mild-tasting variety of protein-rich white fish, such as sole, and it's paired with mixed vegetables. The veggies add fiber, a key nutrient for digestion and heart health. If you have the chance to choose or add Chinese eggplant as a veggie, go for it.

Some specific dishes that are particularly low in calories in Chinese cuisine include steamed vegetables, steamed fish, Buddha's delight (a vegetarian stir-fry), and moo goo gai pan (chicken with mushrooms and vegetables). These dishes are typically prepared with minimal oil and are packed with nutritious ingredients.

I looked up the syns of some of favourite chinese orders: BBQ Spare Ribs = 8.5 syns. Prawn Crackers = 1.5 syns for 5 and you can guarantee that I could eat 10/15 in a meal so you looking at 4.5 syns. Egg Fried Rice = 4 syns.

Broth-based soups, such as egg drop, wonton and hot and sour are lower-calorie choices. Opting for a serving of soup as an appetizer might also help you eat less at your primary meal.

Some Chinese herbal remedies are thought to help with weight loss, including ginseng, He Ye (lotus leaf), Fu Ling, and Huang Qi. Of course, there's plenty of non-Chinese herbs that have been shown to fight food cravings and boost fat burning, including fenugreek, ginger, oregano, cinnamon, and cumin.

Worst: General Tso's Chicken

One order clocks in at around 1,500 calories and 88 grams of fat, and it delivers more sodium than you should get in a day. Other fried dishes to watch out for: sesame, orange, and sweet and sour chicken.

Thicker, stickier sauces like sweet and sour and sesame are going to be very calorie-dense, so limit those as much as possible. Stir fry sauce, however, is largely made up of soy sauce, making it a much lower-calorie option. Speaking of soy sauce, if you are adding some to a dish, choose the lower-sodium option.

Popular Chinese Dishes. General Tso Chicken – According to Grubhub, this sweet fried chicken dish is the most popular Chinese food in America. It's also unhealthy, considering that it is deep-fried and the recipe demands tons of sugar.

Typical side dishes like fried rice, lo mein noodles, crab rangoon, and egg rolls are high in calories — and fat. Healthier choices include steamed brown rice, sautéed or steamed vegetables, spring rolls, or soups like egg drop soup or hot and sour soup.

Can you eat Chinese food on the Golo diet? ›

Eat healthy at Asian restaurants

Look for meals with lean proteins and veggies. And opt for brown rice over white rice and steamed items instead of fried. Asian food is sometimes served with unhealthy sauces or soy sauce. Ask for sauces on the side and then you can control how much you add.

Egg Fried Rice is a simple and easy-to-make recipe that is also helpful in weight management. The use of greens adds to the nutritional value of the dish that can be made in a jiffy.

Best of all, eggs are a Free Food, so whether you enjoy yours boiled, fried, scrambled or poached, you can fill your plate to satisfy your appetite and still crack your slimming goals.

Chinese Cuisine – Egg drop soup, hot and sour soup, egg foo young, mixed vegetables with tofu, chicken or shrimp, chicken and broccoli, chicken with snow peas, moo goo gai pan (chicken and vegetable stir fry), steamed vegetables.

At Slimming World, we don't believe in cutting out food groups. In fact, potatoes and dried plain pasta, rice, noodles and couscous are all Free Foods, which means that you can eat as much of them as you like! If you fancy some quick, comforting carbs, our healthy pasta and rice recipes will hit the spot.

Our Food Optimising eating plan is based around healthy everyday foods like lean meats, pasta and potatoes – the kind of thing you'll see on any menu – and that means eating out is perfectly possible for our members.