chinese chicken with cashew nuts calories

Calories in chinese chicken with cashew nuts

Calories in chinese chicken with cashew nuts
How many calories in Chinese chicken with cashew nuts?

This tasty chinese dish has a bit of meat and crunch. It is a long standing chinese favourite and appears on most chinese menus.

So how does it stack up in the calories department?

Check out the Chinese nutritional chart below for listings of calories, protein and more nutritional values.

Calories in Chinese chicken with cashew nuts, average serving

CHINESE CHICKEN WITH CASHEW NUTS Per serving
Calories 500kcal
Carbohydrate 31g
Protein 45g
Fat 22g
Fibre 6g

Not a low calorie chinese dish is this one. There are plenty of other chinese meals lower in calories if you are watching your figure.

What boosts the calories in this chinese dish is a combination of the cashew nuts, the meat and the sauce which is rather high fat to give is a silky texture.

Having said that the dish in a high protein chinese meal if you are looking to increase protein intake however a lot of the protein calories are also contributing to the fat content due to the nut ingredient.

Best served with boiled rice which soaks up the sauce this is a chinese dish you will need to reserve for the odd treat if you are watching your figure.

 

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