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What to order from Chinese when trying to lose weight? ›

Best: Soups

Wonton, egg drop, or hot and sour? Take your pick. Each typically has fewer than 100 calories per cup. Plus, the broth helps fill you up, so you won't eat as much of the heavier dishes.

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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.

Traditional Chinese dishes often have healthy ingredients and involve low-calorie cooking techniques. However, Americanized versions of these dishes can include added fats and sodium that boost the calorie counts, making them poor choices if you are trying to lose weight.

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.

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.

For soups, try hot and sour, egg drop, or wonton soup. When you're in the mood for dumplings, reach for steamed or pan-fried veggie, shrimp, beef, pork, or chicken ones. Decide on your main. For entrees, explore steamed lean proteins like chicken or shrimp with vegetables or egg foo young with chicken.

It is difficult to say which type of cuisine is “more fattening” as it can vary greatly depending on the specific dishes and preparation methods. Chinese food can be high in sodium and oil, while Indian food often uses a lot of rich, creamy sauces and butter.

Shrimp fried rice is not necessarily the unhealthiest Chinese food in America, but its healthiness can depend on how it's prepared and the portion size. While shrimp is a good source of protein and some essential nutrients, fried rice can be high in calories and unhealthy fats if cooked with excessive oil.

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.

Can I eat Chinese during weight loss? ›

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.