Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry

Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry

Tender white meat chicken with long grain white rice, delicate snap peas, carrots and zesty red peppers in a sweet and savory teriyaki sauce.

 Lean Cuisine. Lean Cuisine. Lean Cuisine. It may be time to that we take a break. We need to talk about this "cook for 2 mins take off cover stir, and cook for 2 more minutes" business. We're eating lean cuisines because we want to minimize the amount of effort we put into the food. It's also about time we talk about these entrees. You make delicious appetizers and 'lunch' dishes. This Chicken Teriyaki Stir Fry wasn't satisfactory; not in the least.

Basic Nutrition Facts:

Calories:  250

Fat:  2g

Fiber:  2g

Protein:  12g

Sodium: 570mg

Carbs: 46g

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• Preferred Beverage: Let's be honest, whatever is in your liquor cabinet/ fridge and mix then together. Beer and orange juice? Rum and iced tea/ lemonade? If you're eating this then you probably really don't care about the flavor so much as getting the substance in your body.
• Proper Attire: After a hard day of work come home, put this in the microwave and take off all your clothes. 
• Appropriate Cinema: Iron Chef on the Food Network. No better way to highlight how depressing it is that you've microwaved a Lean Cuisine when these people are making amazing dishes in like 60 minutes. 

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             This dish was not much to write home about. It was boring and kind of gross and the worst part was that I had to actually touch (stir) it before it was done cooking. Like, I had already taken off my work clothes and didn't feel like doing much more aside from sitting on the couch and being an American. The added shame of watching Iron Chef was, really, the icing on the cake. The thing that got me through consuming this dish was the prospect of going to bed.

             When I'd rather go to sleep than eat, something is terribly wrong. The proportions were atrocious. I ate the whole dish in about 4 bites, not including the snow peas. Still ravenous I had to cook the pizza in the freezer. This Chicken Teriyaki dish is a really great way to realize that you actually eat way more than the people over at Lean Cuisine believe you eat. I'd suggest beginning by preheating the oven before you even fathom opening the box for this 'stir fry'. 

Ginger Garlic Stir Fry with Chicken

Ginger Garlic Stir Fry with Chicken

White meat chicken with snap peas,whole wheat pasta & ginger garlic sauce

Ladies and ladies it has finally happened. Lean Cuisine has failed us. This was one of the worst dishes I've ever had. Keep in mind, though, that I was completely sober and had just consumed some pizza; I wasn't starving which probably lead to it's downfall. This dish lacked flavor and that special Lean Cuisine touch not to mention the sucrose factor was nearing that of sweet tea. 

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Basic Nutrition Facts

Calories:                   280

Fat:             4g

Fiber:                5g

Protein:                19g

Sodium:            570mg

Carbs:              43g

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• Preferred Beverage: Normally I'd advise some amazing orange inspired cocktail. It's lunch hour and hardly time to be drinking, que laughter. Perhaps some of those wine coolers that come in handy 'travel' bottles...
• Proper Attire: A shameful shawl and oversized clothes: the usual. If you're at work you can pretend you're wearing less than desirable clothing; something to reflect the flavor of the dish.
• Appropriate Cinema: Sex and the City. It just seems to fit. 

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         Came home from class and was exceptionally starving. Ate the best: cold pizza and realized that I was still starving. Lone and behold there was a Lean Cuisine (6 were initially purchased as a packaged deal sent from the heavens; and yes all but two were consumed). It was time to try this garlic one.    

         Disappointment. It was the first Cuisine that brought shame to the Lean family. First of all; why is garlic in the title? I didn't taste it at all. Disappointment. Then the ginger came to play. It was exceptionally gingery and had some spice to it. As a fellow comparative ginger this was fantastic. 

        The vegetables were weird and the rice was equally mystifying. The amount of sugar in it was the most awe-striking. Whose idea was it to infuse so much sugar in a stir fry. Borderline dessert and wouldn't compliment any wine coolers available (who do they think is actually eating these dishes). Disappointment. 

       Ladies and gents, we have ourselves the first disappointing Lean Cuisine; a moment of silence, please.