Favourite Dishes....Chinese
Many of us enjoy Chinese food and cooking it from recipes at home. Chinese dishes can be healthy however the sauces used in Chinese cooking are often high in salt. Here are some favourite dishes with information on the salt content of sauces used in the recipes. Remember other ingredients in these recipes also contain salt e.g. salted cashew nuts and noodles.
Recipe
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Sauces in Recipe |
Average salt content of sauces in the recipe
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Chicken and Cashew Nut Stir Fry
(serves 4)
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2.5 tablespoons light soy sauce
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2.3g salt
=2.3g salt per recipe
=0.6g salt per person
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Beef in Oyster Sauce (serves 2)
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1 teaspoon light soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 teaspoon oyster sauce
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0.9g salt
1.3g salt
0.4g salt
=2.6g salt per recipe
=1.3g salt per person
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Chicken Chow Mein
(serves 2)
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A dash of dark soy sauce
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon chilli sauce
1 teaspoon of five spice powder (Bart)
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0.1g salt
5.2g salt
0.2g salt
0.0g salt
=5.5g salt per recipe
=2.8g salt per person
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Grandmothers Chicken Fried Rice
(serves 4)
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1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
3.5 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 teaspoon five spice powder(Bart)
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2.3g salt
9.1g salt
0.0g salt
=11.4g salt per recipe
=2.9g salt per person
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Singapore Style Noodles
(serves 2)
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2 tablespoons light soy sauce
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
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5.2g salt
2.6g salt
=7.8g salt per recipe
=3.9g salt per person
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Standards weights and measures: 1 teaspoon = 5g, 1 tablespoon = 15g
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