Fakeaway healthy chinese Chicken and Mushroom Curry recipe (with Quorn option)

A favourite at the Chinese takeaway, this healthy Chinese chicken and mushroom curry recipe is also rather tasty. It’s a great way of having your favourite Chinese meal at home without all the calories! Easy to make and well worth giving a go!

Why fakeaways are great for weight loss

Instead of ordering a takeaway it is so much healthier to make your own version without the oil and fats of a takeaway.

Not only that but you are also less likely to have all the extras like naan bread or prawn crackers that you might have ordered from the takeaway!

If you follow Slimming World, Weight Watchers (WW), Noom or any other weight loss plan you can usually count the ingredients within this recipe in your allowances.

It is of course important to check yourself any plan you follow and remember all nutritional information and ingredients are found in the recipe card below.

Budget shopping tips

I try to ensure all of the recipes I make are accessible to everyone. By this, I mean that they do not use obscure or hard to find ingredients.

I also believe that recipes should use as few ingredients as possible and avoid expensive ingredients. We would all much rather spend money on holidays than expensive ingredients wouldn’t we?

Buying herbs and spices in bulk is something I really recommend. It can save a lot of money in the long term but it also means that you never run out! I find putting them on Amazon subscribe and save helps too!

Shopping around to see which shops have offers on your usual products can make a big difference to your weekly shopping bill. Additionally, don’t forget to check out the yellow sticker reductions and freeze what you can.

Frozen vegetables are nutritionally just as good as fresh so do keep an eye on those too to save money.

Do you have any particular frozen vegetables you love? Do share them with me as it is always nice to hear people’s recommendations.

Why you need vegetables to lose weight

Everyone knows vegetables are good for you, don’t they? They are healthy and filling for very few calories!

The best vegetables are those with low-calorie density. Basically, we are talking about the healthier vegetables – potatoes don’t count but butternut squash is much healthier for example!

This means if you eat 100g of spinach, for example, it is just 23 calories and obviously, 100g of anything would fill you up significantly. On the other hand, 100g of crisps, which would be just as filling, is around 536 calories!

Find more tips about the best vegetables for weight loss.

Using frozen chicken

Chicken for this Slimming World Chinese mushroom curry or any other chicken recipes should never be cooked from frozen.

There are so many issues with this that risk food poisoning. If you have just realised that you only have frozen chicken then I have lots of tips to safely defrost it for your chicken curry.

Check them out in my defrosting chicken guide.

Making this healthy Chinese chicken and mushroom curry with Quorn

It is really easy to adapt this recipe to use Quorn, as a vegetarian myself I do it often. It is always worth remembering that Quorn takes less time to cook when substituting it for chicken.

Check out my selection of Quorn recipes, all perfect for all the family whether vegetarian or not, some are vegan too.

More healthy recipes you may enjoy

If you would like alternative recipes to make with chicken then take a look at all my chicken recipes here.

If you found this recipe looking for ways to use lots of mushrooms check out my 21 healthy mushroom recipes and my nutritional information of mushrooms article.

Maybe you don’t fancy this healthy Chinese chicken and mushroom curry but would like another recipe with rice? Check out my huge selection of rice recipes here and check out my tips for cooking the perfect rice!

If you are a curry fan then do check out this post full of curry tips and recipes. Do you like tasty Chinese takeaway? Then why not check out my Chinese fakeaway selection here and create a whole menu full of takeaway alternatives? I even have an article on Chinese herbs if you fancy reading that!

Have you ever grown your own mushrooms? This kit is great if you fancy trying it.

Weight loss and Exercise Support

I have a lot of weight loss guides and support if you want to exercise including if you have a condition like fibromyalgia.

Have a good look around and see how I can help you achieve your weight loss goals. Request my free resources to get you started too!

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