Chinese stir fry recipes with 500 or fewer calories

XO sauce

This recipe for XO sauce comes from Asian Pickles: China: Recipes for Chinese Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Pickles and Condiments by…

Lemon Chicken Stir-Fry with Ramen Noodles

Part of the fun of making this delicious dish is the time spent in the kitchen chopping veggies with my…

Chicken Almond (from The Nut Tree Restaurant)

My favorite entrée at the Nut Tree Restaurant (before it closed in ‘96) near Vacaville CA was Chicken Almond.…

Fried Rice with Shrimp

Mongolian Beef

Adapted from The Essence of Shangri-La

Eggplant Szechuan-style

Year of the Rooster ! A most Happy and Prosperous and Fortunate New Year to all my Chinese friends! Many years ago - too many - I got a recipe…

Kung Pao Chicken

As you may know, my spouse is Chinese and we cook a Chinese dinner once a week. So this week I thought I would highlight his version of the Kung…

Cabbage Stir Fry

This is a wonderful dish with light but complex flavors. We typically serve this along with another dish as part of a Chinese style meal.

Shrimp and Tofu with Black Bean Sauce

We're on a mission to create the ultimate black bean sauce. This recipe is getting pretty close I think. I…

Stir-Fry Celery with Ham

A quick, easy, crunchy and tasty vegetable dish. Just two main ingredients! Yes, that's right, just two ingredients. This dish is really, extremely,…

Chicken Fried Rice

Cashew Chicken

Healthy Celery Chicken In Lovely Lettuce Pouches

There’re many different ways to receive the health benefits of Celery. Eating Celery in its natural raw form is…

Crunchy Long Beans With Sesame Seeds

This is just a simple vegetable dish I'd discovered during my last Shopping & Dining Trip in Bangkok. I was…

Pineapple Crunch Stir Fry

The soft pineapple is a lovely contrast with the crunchy celery and carrots. You can easily make this with noodles instead of rice too, but the…