Asian main dish recipes with 500 or fewer calories

Chicken Biryani

This is a great Indian dish that I adapted from Cooking Light recipe. They recommend raisins which I leave out. I've also changed the proportions…

Easy Chinese Asparagus and Beef

This is so easy to make that I'm almost embarrassed to put it on. However, my Chinese friend Joyce said "I could eat this every night!" when she…

Bamboo Steamed Salmon with Sesame Oil

This dish came out great. Very healthy and easy because of the steaming. Drizzling the sesame oil over the…

Easy Chinese Green Beans with Pork

This is a very easy and healthy Wok meal that I often throw together with fresh green beans and extra pork…

Leg of lamb with Sesame and Ginger

This is a great recipe that I made recently and everyone loved it!

Asian Baked Salmon

Its delicious and easy to make, the portion can be easily adjusted for 2 or for 8. Enjoy!

Sesame Beef Lettuce Wraps

This dish combines Korean bulgogi, savory garlicky beef, with rice and kimchi in a lettuce wrap. Fun to eat and great flavors. Our kids love this…

Yakatori

This recipe is great with steak, chicken or pork. You will need to adjust the cooking time depending upon the meat or poultry you use for the…

Kung Pao Chicken

Singapore Chili "Tandoor-Style" Chicken

Probably the single best dish I had in Singapore - and a dish I'd never tried before. If you don't have a…

Ginger-Hoisin Seared Shrimp

This recipe for pan searing shrimp is tangy and flavorful. It's not as universally popular in our family as the Garlic Lemon Butter Shrimp I've…

Spicy Chipotle Peanut Chicken Tostadas

I love this dish! It's light, low calorie, low sodium, low fat and very easy to make!

Steamed fish on Tofu

This is a great dish we adapted from a Sunset recipe. It's subtle not powerful, but if you've ever had a steamed fish in Hawaii (Ono, etc.) and…

Japanese Teriyaki Chicken

Buy a bottle of Teriyaki sauce? NO!! It is amazingly easy to make teriyaki sauce at home. All you need is soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. The key…

"Tandoori" grilled chicken

While this dish isn't made in a traditional Indian clay oven, the yogurt marinade and spice blend can still yield a very authentic-tasting end…