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

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

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.

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.

If you don't want your entree steamed, choose dishes that are poached, broiled, roasted, or barbecued, as they are usually lower in calories and fat than battered and deep-fried foods. Stir-fried and braised dishes are also usually diet-friendly.

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.

Nutritionally speaking, an egg roll could be considered a less healthy option. It is a salty, fried food, with oil absorbed into the wrapper and filling during frying. The oil absorbed can increase the calories and fat consumed.

Shirataki noodles are noodles that are high in fiber and low in calories. They may provide health benefits, including for your digestive system. Shirataki noodles are a unique food that's very filling yet low in calories.

What Chinese food can I eat on slimming world? ›

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.

If you add a few veggies, then you could absolutely eat this every day - even twice a day - and live healthy. If you use a lot of white rice, oil, and soy sauce, you might get too many carbs, fats, or salt to eat every day, but depends on the rest of your diet and physical activity.

Stir-fried and braised dishes are also usually diet-friendly. Focus on fish, shrimp, vegetable and tofu dishes to minimize your intake of saturated fat.

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.