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Calories in chinese chicken chop suey

Calories for Chinese chicken chop suey from either the chinese take out or restaurants shop plus listings for fat, carbohydrates and protein for this tasty chinese dish.

Fancy some chicken, vegetables and a tasty chinese sauce? How many calories in chinese chop suey though? Will it spoil your well intentioned diet plans?

Find out with the nutritional values below.

Calories in Chinese chicken chop suey, average serving

Chinese chicken chop suey is a dish comprised with chicken added to the basic a vegetable chop suey.  @Chop suey’ in Chinese means ‘assorted pieces’.

A basic chop suey contains only vegetables such as cabbage, bean sprouts and peppers and other vegetables cooked in a thick starch based sauce.

There are different variants of the basic chop sueychinese dish. In particular meats and seafood are added to make the different variations. A special chop suey denotes a mix of vegetables, meats and seafoods.

Do not confuse chop suey with chow mein.  Chow mein is a stir fried noodle dish with vegetables and / or meats and / or seafood.

In terms of calories, chop suey with only vegetables is a low calorie dish. It is basically low calorie vegetables with sauce.  Adding meats obviously ups the calories but it also increases the protein value of the food.

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