Chinese food often includes stir-frying which can add substantial calories to foods, whereas steamed versions add no calories to the ingredients of your meal. Common steamed Chinese foods including white rice, scallops and vegetables.
White Rice
Rice serves as the base for many classic and modern Chinese dishes. Steamed white rice from a Chinese restaurant contains 151 calories per 100 g serving.
Scallops
Scallops are a commonly featured protein in Chinese cuisine. A 100 g serving of steam-cooked bay or sea scallops contains 111 calories.
Water Chestnuts
Chinese water chestnuts add crunch to any dish. A staple in almost any Chinese vegetable medley, a 100 g steamed serving contains 153 calories.
Soybean Sprouts
Soybean sprouts represent another staple vegetable used in Chinese cooking. Mature, sprouted and steamed soybean sprouts contain 81 calories per 100 g serving.
Taro Leaves
The Chinese have cultivated the taro plant for food in the central and southern regions of China for over 2,000 years. A 100 g serving of the cooked, steamed leaves that come from this aquatic plant has 24 calories.
References
- The Nutritive Value of Foods: Rice, White, Steamed, Chinese Restauran
- The Nutritive Value of Foods: Mollusks, Scallop--Bbay and Sea--Cooked, Steamed
- The Nutritive Value of Foods: Nuts, Chestnuts, Chinese, Boiled and Steamed
- The Nutritive Value of Foods: Soybeans, Mature Seeds, Sprouted, Cooked,Ssteamed
- The Nutritive Value of Foods: Taro Leaves, Cooked, Steamed, Without Salt
- Rutgers University: Wetland Taro and Lotus Root
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