Slimming World Chicken Chow Mein Recipe

I love Chinese food. It always feels like such a treat when we have a takeaway but over the years I have really noticed the grease on the food and that spoils it for me. Luckily, there’s a quick and easy way of recreating your favourite chicken chow mein at home as a fakeaway. This is my go-to recipe for recreating a healthy delicious Chinese inspired dish that the whole family will love. Save your syns for that treat and use this low syn version instead.

Ingredients 

• 4 garlic cloves (crushed)
• 2 teaspoons of ginger (chopped)
• 1 teaspoon of Chinese five spice powder
• 3 chicken breasts, diced
• 3 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons of rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce
• Low fat calories cooking spray
• 300g dried egg noodles
• 150g mangetout, sliced
• 225g can of water chestnuts, drained and sliced
• 225g can of bamboo shoots, drained and sliced
• 150g beansprouts, washed
• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
• 5 spring onions, sliced

Instructions 

• Dice chicken
• In a large bowl, add light soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger and Chinese five spice and mix together.
• Add the chicken and coat well, marinate for at least 15 minutes
• Cook the dried egg noodles for 4-5 minutes in a pan of hot boiling water, drain and set aside.
• Spray a large wok with 5/6 squirts of low fat cooking spray
• Once heated up, add the chicken mix and stir-fry for 5 minutes until chicken is cooked through
• Add all the chopped vegetables and stir fry for another 5 minutes
• With a pair of scissors, chop the cooked noodles into smaller pieces
• Add the noodles to the vegetables and stir well
• Add the sweet chilli sauce and dark soy sauce to the vegetables and chicken mix and stir through for 4-5 minutes until piping hot.
• Season to taste, serve hot. Enjoy!

This is a low fat version of a popular chinese chow mein takeaway dish. Always calculate the values for your particular diet.

Yield: 4

Chicken Chow Mein Fakeaway

Prep Time: 15 minutes

q5Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

A delicious low fat and low syn version of this Chinese favourite takeaway dish.

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Ingredients

• 4 garlic cloves (crushed) 
• 2 teaspoons of ginger (chopped) 
• 1 teaspoon of Chinese five spice powder 
• 3 chicken breasts, diced 
• 3 tablespoons light soy sauce 
• 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce 
• 2 teaspoons of rice vinegar 
• 1 tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce 
• Low fat calories cooking spray 
• 300g dried egg noodles 
• 150g mangetout, sliced 
• 225g can of water chestnuts, drained and sliced 
• 225g can of bamboo shoots, drained and sliced 
• 150g beansprouts, washed 
• 1 red pepper, thinly sliced 
• 5 spring onions, sliced
• Celtic Sea Salt Fine

Instructions

1. Dice chicken
2. In a large bowl, add light soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger and Chinese five spice and mix together.
3. Add the chicken and coat well, marinate for at least 15 minutes
4. Cook the dried egg noodles for 4-5 minutes in a pan of hot boiling water, drain and set aside.
5. Spray a large wok with 5/6 squirts of low fat cooking spray
6. Once heated up, add the chicken mix and stir-fry for 5 minutes until chicken is cooked through
7. Add all the chopped vegetables and stir fry for another 5 minutes
8. With a pair of scissors, chop the cooked noodles into smaller pieces
9. Add the noodles to the vegetables and stir well
10. Add the sweet chilli sauce and dark soy sauce to the vegetables and chicken mix and stir through for 4-5 minutes until piping hot.
11. Season with Celtic Sea Salt Fine and serve hot. Enjoy!

Notes

This is a low fat version of a popular chinese chow mein takeaway dish. Always calculate the values for your particular diet.

Chicken Chow Mein – the perfect fakeaway

This Chicken Chow Mein dish uses ingredients that are low in fat and have very low or zero syn values. The syn values of the dish are found in the sweet chilli sauce. Dried egg noodles are synfree and a great way to add texture to the dish.

Instead of Rice Vinegar you could also use White Wine Vinegar which makes it a versatile dish if you’re trying to pull a meal together out of the ingredients in your store cupboard. You could also add a bit of heat into the dish if that’s your preference with the addition of hot chilli sauce as well as the sweet chilli sauce. Of course, don’t forget to add the syns values to the dish if you use it.

Add more vegetables to bulk it out

You can use as many synfree vegetables as you like in the dish. Increase the portion size of the vegetables, you could use yellow or green bell peppers. You could also add baby corn and peas to the dish to bulk out the vegetables used.

You may also be interested in this Slimming World Mayflower Curry Recipe. It’s a delicious treat and the ultimate Friday night treat!

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