Lean Cuisine Chicken Teriyaki Bowl

July 21, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

“Someone should send all of the frozen food manufacturers a little vegetables in the microwave continuum. A chart, if you will, because they need to learn that snap peas lose all snappiness when they’ve been microwaved in sauce for over 5 minutes…”

Price: $1.49
Serving: 1 bowl, 11 oz.
Calories: 320
Fat: 4%, 3g
Sodium: 29%, 690mg
Protein: 16g
WW Points: 6 Winning Points*
Diet Exchanges: 1 1/2 Lean meat, 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 other carbohydrate

Lean Cuisine says: Roasted chicken white meat in a flavorful teriyaki sauce with golden pineapple, snap peas, carrots and red peppers over a bed of long grain rice.

Abi says: While waiting in the microwave line at work and then heating this lunch multiple people commented that they had enjoyed the Lean Cuisine Chicken Teriyaki bowl. Not only had they enjoyed it, but Tanya over at Iateapie.net raved about the meal (minus the lack of a lovely white bowl).

They’re all wrong. Or maybe I got a bad Chicken Teriyaki bowl, though the whole point of frozen meals is that they’re the same EVERY SINGLE TIME. I don’t want surprises, I want consitency.

Yay: Delicious teriyaki sauce. In my reviews here, here and here I speak about the horrors of Lean Cuisine sauce. They need to find whoever made this chicken teriyaki sauce and give that person a promotion

Boo: The chicken and vegetables are frighteningly soft. You don’t even need teeth to eat this meal. You could just gum away at the whole thing. Is that appetizing? Certainly not.

Someone should send all of the frozen food manufacturers a little vegetables in the microwave continuum. A chart, if you will, because they need to learn that snap peas lose all snappiness when they’ve been microwaved in sauce for over 5 minutes. There, I’ve thrown down the gauntlet for all frozen food manufacturers out there.

*This meal is rated at both 5 and 6 Weight Watchers points. The meal as reviewed was 6 Points, but since then this meal has been reconfigured with fewer calories and the points value has changed. This review does not refer to the new, lower calorie version, but we just thought you should know what’s what.

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3 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Chicken Teriyaki Bowl”

Marvo on July 21st, 2006

Well it’s good to know that when I’m 93 years old and too lazy to put on my dentures, I can enjoy this.
tg on July 21st, 2006

“thrown down the gauntlet”… i bow to your wordsmithiness
Ace N. on July 21st, 2006

Using “gum” as a verb = awesomeness. I commend you.