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4 Favorite Takeout Recipes

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4 Favorite Takeout Recipes – four of the most popular Asian restaurant takeout dishes made with delicious and authentic ingredients lightened up and so much better for you. Perfect for Sunday meal prep!

When it comes to making delicious and healthy meals for you and your family, there are many days when time just gets away from you. Instead of eating something nutritious and tasty, you end up in the drive-thru line or throwing something together last minute.

Here you’ll find four of our favorite Healthier Than Takeout recipes compiled into one post. With these recipes in hand, you can skip the takeout line. Click on the titles to take you to the full recipe and directions:

Chicken Chow Mein is the perfect easy weeknight meal! Best of all, it comes together in under 20 minutes in just one pot! Forget calling restaurant takeout, this recipe is so much better with authentic flavors. Seriously the best!!

Chicken Chow Mein

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  • fresh chow mein or egg noodles
  • chicken
  • garlic cloves, minced
  • ginger
  • Napa cabbage
  • carrots

 

Chinese Fried Rice makes the perfect easy weeknight dish. With the most authentic flavors! My father was the head chef at a top Hong Kong Chinese restaurant and this was his specialty! So delicious and way better than any takeout!

Easy Fried Rice

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  • Day old rice
  • Peas
  • Carrots
  • Eggs

This Skinny Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry makes the perfect easy weeknight dish full of authentic flavors. Best of all, it's so easy to make with authentic flavors and way better than your favorite Chinese takeout restaurant. Great for meal prep Sunday and leftovers can be used for work or school lunch bowls!

Beef & Broccoli

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  • Beef
  • Broccoli Florets
  • Low Sodium Soy Sauce

A delicious Skinny Slow Cooker General Tso's Chicken coated in a sweet, savory and spicy sauce that is even better than your local takeout restaurant! Best of all, you can make this in your crock-pot or Instant Pot pressure cooker and it's full of authentic flavors and super easy to make with just 15 minutes of prep time. Skip that takeout menu! This is so much better and healthier! With gluten free and paleo friendly options.

General Tso’s Chicken

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  • Chicken
  • Dried Chilies
  • Low Sodium Soy Sauce

CLICK HERE FOR MORE ASIAN TAKEOUT FAVORITES:

More than 25 of the most popular Asian Takeout favorites made Healthier and into Meal Prep Recipes. Including Chicken Chow Mein, Fried Rice, Chicken and Beef Lo Mein, Cashew Chicken Chicken Pad Thai, Shrimp Teriyaki Zoodles, Beef Teriyaki Zoodles, Honey Lemon Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken, General Tso's Chicken + more. Perfect for Sunday meal prep for school or work lunchboxes or lunch bowls

 

If you want to find more easy & authentic Slow Cooker Asian recipes The Asian Slow Cooker cookbook is now available for SALE HERE. It was named one of the BEST Books of 2016 by The Washington Post with Ina Garten and Donna Hay.

You can find it at:

Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books- A- Million, Indie Bound, Indigo and wherever books are sold

The Asian Slow Cooker Cookbook

Or you can find me on PINTEREST for my {Slow Cooker} AND {Asian Inspired}Pinterest boards, and follow along for some more ideas!

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