Lean Cuisine Hunan Beef and Broccoli

May 30, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

Price: $3.29
Serving: 1 tray, 8.5 oz.
Calories: 230
Fat: 6%, 4g
Sodium: 26%, 630mg
Protein: 12g
Carbs: 12%, 36g
Fiber: 8%, 2g
WW Points: 4 Winning Points
Diet Exchanges: 1 Lean Meat, 2 Starch, 1/2 Veg

Lean Cuisine says: Tender pieces of slow roasted beef rib tips in an oriental-style soy and hoison seasoned sauce, with hand-picked broccoli florets, water chestnuts and long grain rice

Abi says: Have you noticed that there aren’t a lot of beef reviews on HeatEatReview.com? There’s a reason for that. Beef, when made in a microwave, is generally gross. Personally, I prefer the carcinogenic beef that comes off of a grill or the carcinogenic beef that comes in Costco hot dog form.

Lean Cuisine’s Hunan Beef and Broccoli filled the work kitchen with fumes of burnt oriental-style sauce. While pulling the plastic film off of the meal, my colleague Andrew laughed at me. Laughed. Seriously, right in my face and then made some comment about how I would probably die if I ate the whole meal.

Lean Cuisine Hunan Beef and Broccoli

Being one who enjoys tempting fate, I sat down to eat some of this beef with broccoli (one of my favorite Chinese takeout dishes). Ew ew ew. That is the proper term to describe this concoction of soft jerky-like beef, sauce, and rice with broccoli. Actually the rice and broccoli that had escaped the sauce was pretty freaking awesome. Ok, it wasn’t actually awesome. I was just trying to interject some positivity into this review. The broccoli was ok and I ate it because I know that broccoli is good for me and aside from pineapple and avocado, I haven’t consumed any other vegetables/fruits in the last 36 hours.

Thank God that Carolyn yelled over the cube wall ‘Anyone want to go to Baja Fresh?’. I called her over to show off my scary meal and let her know that I needed some Baja.

Today for lunch, I ate a chipotle glazed chicken salad. Here is the description from the Baja Fresh brochure I picked up during our trip:

Warm, grilled charbroiled chicken, drizzled with a chipotle glase atop a bed of romaine, roasted corn and chilies, sliced avocado and grilled fresh pineapple. Served with out own chipotle vinaigrette and flautas filled with melted jack cheese and roasted corn and chilies.

It was exactly and described and absolutely delicious. A ‘wow this is an awesome salad’ kind of salad. I would eat one for dinner too, but I am going to have thai food instead.

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6 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Hunan Beef and Broccoli”

tanya on May 31st, 2006

Wow - that salad looks amazing - a zillion times better than the beef.
Abi on May 31st, 2006

I have to admit that I did not take that picture of the salad. That said, it was a truly delicious and satisfying gustatory experience. I say that as a salad-lover, but I think it is an item that even salad-haters could enjoy. After all, it comes with a flauta (a deep fried tube of tortilla-encased cheese) and pineapple and a healthy (if not enormous) serving of freshly grilled chicken. Yum.
guest on March 5th, 2007

so we should stop reading these reviews, throw away or freezers and order out, eh?

haha. very helpful review, indeed.
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[…] the nightmare I expected. I’ll admit that I was caught up in the memory of the dreaded Hunan Beef with Broccoli. Meals like that don’t leave you for a long […]
April on March 27th, 2007

I must be crazy but I actually like the Lean Cuisine Hunan Beef and Broccoli.. although I doesnt even come close to filling me up!
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