The Chinese diet back home largely consists ofplant-based foodwith little meat.
Chinese-American cuisine, though often delicious, is almost the opposite; sweet, fried, and meat-heavy.
We rounded up the most well-known meals that would be completely unfamiliar in China.
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(Plus, check out6 ‘Mexican’ Dishes No One Eats in Mexico.)
This sweet and spicy fried chicken dish is perhaps the most quintessential of American Chinese dishes.
Today, unless you skip the sauce, you’re signing up for a ton of sodium.
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It’s not really a thing in China as there are many people living there who arelactose intolerant.
Another clue that these things aren’t exactly authentic?
The dish is also called Crab Rangoon.
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Rangoon is the former capital of Burma (now Myanmar), which is very much not in China.
That’s a much fat as one-and-a-thirdBig Macsand as much sodium as two orders of largefries!
That’s a technicality, but it doesn’t make the versions served in Chinese restaurants healthy.
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Instead, stay home and make recipes from ourguide to healthy Chinese foodthere are hundreds of possible combinations!
Fortune Cookies
“Your imagination is a great asset” So goes a popular fortune-cookie saying.
West Coast in the 1900s.
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The Chinese are more likely to eat slices of orange for dessert, which are considered good luck.
Perhaps that’s because of thevitamin Cthey contain.
The USDA says the typical fortune cookie contains almost 7 grams of carbs and 4 grams of sugars.
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That’s half of what’s considered one serving of carbsin one cookie!
A previous version of this article was originally published on September 26, 2017.
