Lean Cuisine Chicken Fried Rice

April 1, 2008 | Reviewer: Becky

Lean Cuisine Chicken Fried Rice Price: $2.08 + tax
Serving: 10oz.
Calories: 280
Fat: 9%, 6g
Cholesterol: 16%, 50mg
Sodium: 29%, 690mg
Protein: 17g
Carbohydrates: 13%, 39g
Fiber: 14%, 3g
Sugar: 6 g
Weight Watchers Points: 6 Points

Lean Cuisine says: Rice & white meat chicken mixed with crispy vegetables & eggs in a sesame sauce.

Becky says: Normally, I’m a huge fan of fried rice, and I make it from scratch quite a bit (my secret ingredient is sesame oil). So during my last lunch shopping excursion, I didn’t object to this meal when my youngest stepdaughter picked it out for me.

I think she just lost that privilege.

When I took this out of the box, I noticed that it was just plain white rice in the bowl. That’s okay – I figured that the sauce was probably at the bottom. Once it was stirred, I realized the not-so-great truth – while there was sauce at the bottom of the bowl, it was not enough to make a difference in taste. I think a little low-sodium soy sauce would’ve gone a long way here, but that’s not in high demand in our office.

On a good note, I was surprised at the quantity of chicken, egg, peas and carrots – they were plentiful, and cooked perfectly. The chicken was tender, juicy, and tasted like chicken. There was more egg than what I had expected, but that wasn’t a bad thing!

As far as the nutritionals are concerned, the only thing that surprised me was the sodium count. I could not taste the 29% of my daily allowance of the stuff – in fact, I could’ve used more! It just goes to show how much salt we take in without knowing it . . . I’m sure that homemade toffee that I’ve been nibbling on all day is packed with that stuff.

I doubt I’ll get this meal again. The sheer lack of TASTE was enough to do it for me – there’s better ways to add flavor without compromising the nutritional value. Get to it, Lean Cuisine.

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5 Responses to “Lean Cuisine Chicken Fried Rice”

Jeri on April 3rd, 2008

Try Kahiki’s chicken fried rice. It’s 380 calories per box (150g serving, 2 servings per container, yeah, right!), 44% of your daily sodium, but well worth it…adding enough soy sauce to the Lean Cuisine to make it palatable would probably give you at least that much sodium and if that’s your lunch, 380 calories isn’t bad. A quick check of their site shows me that they may be changing the size of their small packages. The new ones are one serving, 11 oz., 460 calories, 46% of your sodium. Best frozen fried rice I’d tried by far.
Becky on April 3rd, 2008

Thanks for the tip, Jeri - I’ll remember that!!
Sal on April 7th, 2008

Whew! All I could taste was raw garlic!
katie on April 8th, 2008

this meal was really good!
Tracy on April 9th, 2008

I like this one! It’s a repeat for me. But to me, I just forget about the fried part and just eat it as yummy flavored rice, like asian rice pilaf. My old weight watchers roommate would stir scrambled eggs, microwaved frozen peas & carrots, soy sauce and cooked brown rice together in a bowl, not in a pan, so there was absolutely no frying going on. This meal reminds me of her non-fried fried rice.