Weight Watchers Stir-Fry to Szechuan: 100 Classic Chinese Recipes

by Weight Watchers

If you've been looking for a way to recreate the rich and exotic taste of your favorite Chinese restaurant dishes minus the fat, look no further. In Weight Watchers Stir-Fry to Szechuan, we've given those classic take-out gems--like Kung Pao Chicken and Five-Treasure Rice--a healthy, delicious makeover.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028617185
• ISBN13: 9780028617183
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Weight Watchers Stir-fry to Szechuan

A wonderful cookbook, full of recipes that anyone can make. A taste for everyone...ever wonder how to make a low calorie Kung Pao Chicken?...well it's in there. It's an excellent way to get vegetables into your meals too. Real Chinese food has Chicken and Beef as accompliments...veggie and rice/noodles are primary. This book has both ways to calculate your weight watchers needs, points and exchanges. I highly recommend this book. Nothing dull here!

Great so far!

My husband and I have tried 4 recipes out of this book so far, and all 4 were a big hit. One in particular -- curried shrimp with noodles -- was really good and we have made it 5 times already. You really wouldn't know it was "diet food" unless you saw the book title. I'm only giving it four stars just because I haven't tried most of the recipes yet. But so far, very good, and the format of the book is great too!

Single best cookbook I own

I usually consider a cookbook a success if I find a handful of recipes which I will continue to use. I have already tried 11 recipes from this (comparatively) small book and plan to or have already reused most of them. This is a real find for Chinese food lovers watching their diets, but it's also recommended for anyone who enjoys cooking Chinese food.

It won over this skeptic

This is a fabulous Chinese cookbook, not only for Weight Watchers members but also for those interested in the taste of Chinese cooking without all the extra fat and calories. Being a Weight Watchers member, I was a bit skeptical that the lower-point recipes would be flavorful and satisfying, but I am now a believer. The egg drop soup is so much more delicious than anything I've ever eaten from a take out restaurant. It is a light soup with some unexpected flavors, such as black mushrooms. The Kung Pao Chicken recipe was much better than many 'regular' recipes I've tried. I love to cook Chinese dishes at home but I've never succeeded in getting them to look or taste like something from a restaurant, until now. I would recommend this title to anyone looking for a good basic Chinese cookbook and would encourage any Weight Watchers members interested in moderate point, yet delicious recipes to buy this book!