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Healthier Chinese Recipe Options

Without exaggeration, America is widely considered a quick cuisine nation. The fact is one in four Americans eat take out foods everyday and an overwhelming number of these junk food dishes are Chinese foods. Besides being appealing, the meals usually served on Chinese dining places are also scrumptious to the taste. The typical Chinese cuisine recipes that Americans love to eat are junk and need to be avoided if you want to lose weight. This article will discuss the much healthier Chinese recipe options.

In the US, when one considers Chinese cuisine, most people often just think about the sauce coated noodles, heavy meat chunks, and fried dishes served in US Chinese restaurants. This is entirely different to the genuine traditional type of recipes served in China. One can actually find a lot of nutritious Chinese food recipe alternatives that people are unaware of.

Nutritious Chinese Recipe Selections

Genuine traditional Chinese cuisines utilize a wide variety of rice and a large amount of vegetables. These cuisines are often served in bigger serving sizes; which implies that if you are eating by yourself, you need to order smaller meals. You can also request more vegetables that in no way compromises the nutritional balance of the meal.

Stir Frying Noodles

One of the healthier aspects of Chinese cooking is stir frying that minimally utilizes cooking oil. The noodles are basically made up of highly processed carbohydrates which mean you should not consume these noodles in abundance. Stir fried foods that are served with lots of vegetables and steamed noodles (as opposed to noodles that are fried) are much healthier options that will adequately meet your carb requirements. If you’re wondering if brown noodles are made up of brown rice, they are not, the strong oils that are used in the cooking of these noodles are the ones that give them their distinct brown color.

Steamed Rice

Rice is utilized in various forms in Chinese cooking. The healthier option is to select either steamed or brown rice. Compared to steamed rice that is composed of 1 gram of nutritional fibers, brown rice contains more than 3.5 grams of these nutritional fibers. An 8 oz meal of fried rice contains 14 grams of fatty acids. This means it is much better to avoid eating fried rice completely and instead opt for brown rice; order steamed rice in case the restaurant has run out of brown rice.

Lean Meat

If you are serious about losing weight, avoid ordering meats and instead substitute them with all-vegetable Chinese cuisine recipes. Chinese recipes tend to gravtitate toward nutritious liver organ because compared to pork, lamb, beef, and even chicken meat, the liver is very low in fats and cholesterol. If you find Beijing roast duck irresistible, then eat it only in small serving sizes and also limit your consumption to two to three ounces.

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