Healthier Chinese food recipes

Chinese food is very popular and can be enjoyed as part of a healthy diet, if prepared properly.

We've put together a selection of recipes which can be used to create classic Chinese dishes but are lower in fat, salt and sugar and do not contain monosodium glutamate (MSG).

Healthier Chinese Cookbook

Our cookbook contains recipes for a range of Chinese dishes including szechuan king prawns, beef and black bean sauce, king prawn chop suey, chicken chow mein, ramen noodle soup and crispy smoked chicken.

Download Healthier Chinese Cookbook (PDF - 1.2MB)

Other recipes

This recipe makes enough for four people.

Download recipe for turkey with mixed peppers and black bean sauce (Word - 23KB)

The following recipes make enough for one person.

Download recipe for fresh fruit chicken (Word - 20KB)
Download recipe for honey chilli chicken (Word - 20KB)
Download recipe for pan-fried chicken with assorted vegetables and cashew nuts (Word - 21KB)
Download recipe for chicken and satay sauce (Word - 22KB)
Download recipe for crispy pork with sweet and sour sauce (Word - 25KB)
Download recipe for pan-fried beef with green peppers and black bean sauce (Word - 18KB)
Download recipe for shredded beef with carrots and chilli (Word - 22KB)
Download recipe for special vegetarian rice (Word - 18KB)
Download recipe for chicken curry (Word - 22KB)

Some of the recipes use abbreviations. The most common ones are:

g - gram
tsp - teaspoon
ml - millilitre
tbsp - tablespoon
oz - ounce.