What to order at a chinese restaurant?

[brendae3]

Chinese food

I guess I'm very fortunate. Our local chinese resturants have a section for "dieters". There are probably 5-6 items that are prepared without sugar and corn starch. Try asking your favorite place if they have any similar options.

[LindaJay]

Many of the Chinese restaurants here will serve the sauce on the side. I finally went out for Chinese last week (I started on July 2, and went for the simplest thing I could think of -- Moo Goo Gai Pan (chicken with Chinese vegetables). Was great! They steamed the chicken and veggies and served the sauce on the side. I did dip the edges of my meat and veggies into the sauce -- total about a TBS of sauce ended up in my food. Of course I could have not had any, but since this is a WOL, not a diet, I dipped -- of course this is not a sauce that has sugar, either! Just a little oil, green onion, broth and cornstarch. I experienced no adverse side effects ( I didn't eat the carrots or little corn that came with it!)

I think it does help if you read a few Chinese (or whatever type of ethnic food you like) cookbooks, so you have a basic understanding of what typically goes into the dishes you like -- then you can always ask for specific ingredients to be omitted or served on the side.

[lottie63]

most chinese sauces have sugar in them, even stuff like broccoli and beef will have some sugar in it.

this is killing me since chinese is my fave food.

[wynter]

Alot of asian restaurants, particularly vietnamese, have a selection of steamed dishes with or without meats. They have no sauce, so I get a steamed dish with chicken, shrimp, or beef, say no to the rice, and use hot mustard, or soy sauce. Then I try not to look at my boyfriend's chicken fried rice and spring rolls

[Mindykins]

watch out for the bbq ribs. most have a lot of sugar in the bbq sauce. :newburn

[ARCHER]

what about mongolian beef it is probably my favorite chineese food, i know it has a sauce but anybody know if there is sugar in the mongolian sauce, i would kill to have that again, probably wouldnt be the same with out the fried rice thoe
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