Simply Enjoy Sesame Ginger Chicken

October 8, 2007 | Reviewer: Jess

Simply Enjoy Sesame Ginger Chicken Price: $2.00 on sale
Serving: 1 package, 10.58oz.
Calories: 360 per serving
Fat: 12%, 8g
Cholesterol: 7%, 20mg
Sodium: 28%, 670mg
Protein: 18g
Carbohydrates: 19%, 56g
Fiber: 8%, 2g
Sugar: 11g
Weight Watchers Points: 7 Per Serving

Simply Enjoy says: A delicious medley of vegetables - red peppers, sugar snap peas, and carrots, mixed with white chicken tenderloins seasoned in a honey ginger sesame sauce. Our Sesame Ginger Chicken is served over crisp and delicious Chow Mein noodles for a sweet and savory flavor. This is a meal bound to be a favorite with every member of your family.

Jess says: I’ve been pretty skeptical of the Simply Enjoy brand. For one, they are always dirt cheap. Well, not as dirt cheap as a Lean Cuisine on sale, but these things usually hover at about $2.50 a pop. Now I’m no economist but I think the rules of supply and demand state that no one else is eating these. Or maybe they are just trying to build hype? For two, the box is very unassuming. They make almost no bold, sales statements long the lines of “this meal will cleanse your soul” or “eating one of these meals a day will protect you from regret”. Staying true to their motto, they just seem to want you to Simply Enjoy. That’s weird. I’m just not getting their simplistic motivation.

Upon heating this particular sucker up, I noticed that the noodles were a frightening radioactive shade of yellow. Abi tried to assure me that I was just crazy and that the noodles were a standard microwavable hue but I was not convinced. You can be your own judge but I think that there is definitely some excessive amounts of yellow-40 up in that piece. But the sauce is so gingery delicious that once I got busy eating, I couldn’t care less about any of the dye toxins I may have been consuming. I’ve seen microwave meals try to flavor things with ginger and normally it just tastes slightly, unidentifiably spicy but in this meal the ginger flavor really does come through. Also there were plenty of water chestnuts and they were fun. So crunchy, but also chewy! So texturally interesting! And the water chestnuts pair nicely with the ginger sauce and day-glo noodles. The chicken was fine. I really can’t remember much about it because it didn’t add or take away much. I can safely say that its coloring was not alarming.

I was quite happy with this and will come back to it again. At this price, this may end up being one of my rotating staple items, until, of course, my skin looks jaundiced and the poison-induced facial ticks start. That’s when I guess I’ll have to move on to something new.

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10 Responses to “Simply Enjoy Sesame Ginger Chicken”

Crow on October 8th, 2007

“Now I’m no economist but I think the rules of supply and demand state that no one else is eating these.”

I’m close enough, certainly studied macro and micro, and I don’t get what you’re positing here. If no one was eating them, the price would steadily be driven downward until equilibrium is reach, or if production and distribution costs outweighs net income, the product would be discontinued, or reformulated/remarketed.
Jess on October 9th, 2007

Crow,

I was pulling things out of thin air as I tend to do 95% of the time about all things, not just microwavable food economics. I guess I was trying to say that the price was so low (and was being lowered) because no would buy them. Specifically, the price had gotten as low as $2.50 which it seems is the price point at which I am (and maybe others are) willing to risk stomach discomfort and give it a go.

My unclear supermarket economics should not deter you from trying this. Especially if you like ginger. Sorry for the confusion!
Nomie on October 9th, 2007

I don’t know if you checked the box or not, but it’s possible that the yellow comes from turmeric. That stuff turns everything yellow.
Julie on October 9th, 2007

“I’m close enough, certainly studied macro and micro, and I don’t get what you’re positing here”

Uhm helllloo? This is frozen meal reviews not a day at the freekin’ University. Cripe
Crow on October 9th, 2007

“Uhm helllloo? This is frozen meal reviews not a day at the freekin’ University. Cripe”

What, we have to be LCD here too? Poopie.
Crow on October 9th, 2007

For a good example of what happens when no one buys a mass-produced product, see the Timex/Sinclair debacle of the 1980s.
Abi Jones on October 10th, 2007

Y’all just need to chill. Also, since I am now surrounded by actual economists in training and people with PhD’s, I will ask one of them (probably the one I live with) for his opinion on this one.

And while I don’t think that HeatEatReview should be catering to the least common denominator, I do maintain that it must be accessible and easy-to-read.
Jill on October 17th, 2007

Wow, perhaps I’m the only one who wanted just to comment on the review… rather than the economics or any other business. (Though the tumeric comment is an excellent point, and now I’m curious and want to know if that’s the reason.) Mostly I’m upset these cheap meals have yet to be seen in my area. Why am I so stuck with healthy choice and smartones as the main options, it’s unfair, I say!
Thomas Hamilton on January 14th, 2008

Where Can I find this Item Simply Enjoy Sesame Ginger Chicken
I leave in Tulsa Oklahoma
mister noname on July 15th, 2008

While I generally agree with Jess, I think she was generous. The dish had more noodle than chicken, to the point where it should be called noodles with a smidgen of chicken and 1.2 grams of vegetables thrown in for color. The ginger sauce had a bit of a bite, was okay. Not great. I’m not rushing to get my next fix anytime soon. Two stars, maybe.