Help with Chinese food

For lunch today I was thinking about having Vegetable Lo mein from the chinese resturant down the street.

My thing is, I kinda figure, you know, it's only vegetables and noodles- ofcourse stir-fryed in oil and such. I frankly remember the last time I had it, it was quite greasy in my opinion.

My question is, Is this a bad option? Should I op for maybe stir-fryed vegetables and fryed rice (discarding half of the rice or something)?

Or should I just forget about the chinese thing one time? I mean I know chinese food is sorta high in sodium.

Any suggestions or help will be appreciated.

Most Chinese restaurants offer steamed vegetables around here in NY. It comes with a side of white rice and a side of your choice of sauce and is pretty tasty.

Well I live in The Bahamas. And i truly doubt they offer steamed vegetables. But Ill check none the less. Is the white rice better than the fried rice? or does it matter at all?

lo mein is WAY high in calories. stir fried veggies and just a little rice would be a much better option. either way though, lots of sodium.

i definitely keep chinese food in the treat meal category.

When I go out for chinese the only thing I order is steamed chicken/shrimp/scallops & broccoli - they have an amazing way of steaming their foods that makes them taste just fantastic - I swear I cannot steam my food the same way!! ha ha!

I actually looked into this and found out that Beef with Brocolli is a very low cal option. Definately discard half the white rice and you are good to go!

Also, the steamed white rice is much better than fried rice for you.

To give you an Idea....

Dumplings

One pork steamed 40 calories

One pork fried 75 calories

One vegetable steamed 25 calories



Sides

Three mini Egg Rolls 100 Calories

1 rice paper roll 80 calories

1 ½ oz spring roll 100 Calories

1 steamed Wonton 55 calories

Crab Cake: 2oz 105 Calories

1 Cup (or ½ pint) 6 ½ oz plain Rice 240 calories

1 cup Chinese Noodles 200 Calories



Soup

One bowl clear broth 30 calories

One bowl clear broth with noodles 100 Calories

 1 cup Egg Drop Soup With Noodles 120

1 cup Egg Drop Soup Without Noodles 70



Main Dish

Beef Satay 17oz 760 Calories

Beef in black Bean Sauce 17oz 530 Calories

Beef with Broccoli 16oz 650 Calories

Chicken& Almonds 18oz 685 Calories

Chopped Suey Chicken 20oz 560 calories

Chopped Suey Pork 20oz 680 calories

Chow Main Beef/Chicken 24 oz 940 Calories

Crab Puff/ Rangoon, 1 Dumpling 80 Calories

Crispy Fried Chicken, 8 oz 485 Calories

1 cup of Egg Foo Yung With Sauce  225 calories

Lemon Chicken, 10oz 580 Calories

Sweet& Sour Pork , 18oz  950 Calories

Steamed Vegetables (No oil) 6oz 120 Calories

Steamed Vegetables ( oil) 6oz 250 Calories



Desserts

Fortune Cookie 25-30 calories each

Sauces

¼ cup soy sauce 34 calories

¼ cup Teriyaki Sauce 105 Calories

¼ cup Spicey Garlic Sauce 89 Calories

¼ cup Peanut Sauce 182 Calories

¼ cup sweet& Sour 107 Calories

¼ cup oyster sauce 29 Calories

¼ cup Black Bean sauce 67 Calories

Source: The Calorie King 2007 Color Edition Calorie Fat& Carbohydrate Counter

A restaurant Guide I came across, had Chinese food restaurants as well as many others.

http://calorielab.com/index.html

My work every Friday orders from the local chinese place...  and when i started here on CC i thought i would never get to eat my chinese food again... but then I looked at the menu...   They offer steamed veggies and chicken with white rice...   no sauce.  Its on their healthy menu part.  The first couple times I ate it it was horrible (felt like i was just eating a cooked salad very bland) but now i've gotten used to it...  i actually LOVE it now...  I get to order with my work buddies but I dont end up with all the calories.

I agree with the suggestion of steamed veggies and chicken. Another thing that is helpful is some Chinese/Asain restaurants offer a brown rice option if you ask. That'll cut some calories as well :)

These are all good ideas.  What if you asked them to put the noodles and veg into soup stock instead of stir-frying them?  More sodium, but...

 

If you are vegetarian this is probably an impossible option, though.