13 May, 2009
Lean Cuisine Sesame Chicken
Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
Well, it took me 6 different Lean Cuisine meals to find this one and I don’t think any will ever compare now. I have been sludging through a warehouse club Lean Cuisine multi-pack and then today I tasted this.
This Lean Cuisine Sesame Chicken meal I must say is THE BEST LEAN CUISINE MEAL ON THE MARKET. There, I said it. Listen to how good this sounds: “Sesame breaded chicken tenderloins with pasta green beans & red peppers.” Sure marketing speak can make it sound like you are dining in a 5 Star restaurant but this time it delivers!
The chicken has a perfectly spiced sauce and ample breading to make me feel like this was bad for me. But at only 330 calories and 9g of fat, it isn’t. The pasta was a sort of angel hair shape with beans and peppers sprinkled in for color. I stirred up the pasta so that the sauce coated every noodle and it was a truly stellar experience.
If Lean Cuisine sold bulk packs of just this variety, I would be eating this every day for the rest of my life.
Nutritional Facts:
Calories: 330
Calories from Fat: 80
Total Fat: 9g
Saturated Fat: 1.5g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g
Monounsaturated Fat: 3g
Cholesterol: 25mg
Sodium: 650mg
Potassium: 240mg
Total Carbs: 47g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 14g
Protein 16g
Price: $2.50
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1 | Bear Silber
May 13th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Wowwaaahhweewahh…if it’s that good (everyday for the rest of your life), how come it’s not 5 stars?
That brings up a good question….if you had to eat one thing every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? I’d probably go with oatmeal…or cereal (too broad), maybe PB&J sangwiches….or Taco Bell bean burrito (extra cheese, extra onions & tons o’ Fire sauce!)
2 | Meg
May 13th, 2009 at 7:45 am
Yea!!! Finally a LC the FFM loves…it’s a sign
I like this one as well.
3 | Meg
May 13th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Bear, if you ate a Taco Bell Bean Burrito every day for the rest of your life, you won’t have any friends…except the dog. Everyone always “blames” the dog, if you get my drift.
4 | Jim
May 13th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Gotta try that one. Thanks for the review Greg!
5 | Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
May 13th, 2009 at 8:42 am
@Bear that is a very valid question. It did not get 5 stars in my book because it was not truly groundbreaking. It IS THE BEST Lean Cuisine meal I have ever tasted and I would eat it every day for lunch because I would feel like it was exciting enough to keep me interested day in and day out AND I would be eating something less in Fat and Calories.
To answer your question: if it is something that I had to eat everyday and every meal for the rest of my life it would be a Belly Buster from Pizza Party of course. No seriously, it would be pizza. Now if it was a a dish that I had to eat atleast once per day for the rest of my life it would be my favorite sandwich: a Grilled cheese sandwich with tuna and bacon.
Remember that as it WILL be a trivia question that will win someone a prize in the future.
6 | Bear Silber
May 13th, 2009 at 10:10 am
@Meg – haha, true.
@Greg – Ah, hah, makes sense.
Maybe my mother’s roasted roma tomato spaghetti
7 | Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
May 13th, 2009 at 10:16 am
@bear: Tuna salad (tuna with mayo and no celery/carrots/gourmet stuff). It goes buttered bread both sides. grill. Then put grilled side on inside, spread tuna salad, 2 pieces thick cut cheddar cheese and 4-12 pieces of bacon, grill both sides again.
As for last meal…I have thought about this: The now retired Mile Hile Meatloaf Sandwich from the Cheesecake Factory, a can of Vernor’s Ginger Ale, a can of Virgil’s Root Beer, and the now retired Blueberry pie alamode from Bennigans.
8 | Meg
May 13th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Hey Greg, off topic, but what kind of Freezer do you have? I’m envisioning a big ol’ walkin Viking? Maybe you should solicit freezer manufacturers for a “Freezer Fro down”… after all the freezer functionality and reliability plays a big role in the quality of the frozen foods before you nuke’em.
9 | Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
May 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Meg, the freezer in my kitchen is a Jennair Fridge with drawer freezer. I also have a Frigidaire stand up freezer in my garage. There is video of that freezer on the Fans of Freezerburns Facebook group
10 | Jim
May 13th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Does any one know where this is from?
“left hand washes the right don’t let your left hand know what your right hands doing one potato two
potato three potato four we got a refrigerator with a store-more door hahaha.”
11 | Bear Silber
May 13th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
WOW! I’m impressed. That is certainly something you’ve thought about
12 | Jim
May 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
It is not from a movie.
13 | Bear Silber
May 14th, 2009 at 8:59 am
@Jim – It’s from a Stephen King novel, correct?
14 | Jim
May 14th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Yes Bear! Man I cant believe you got it that quick.
Dam smart people….LOL
15 | Jim
May 14th, 2009 at 10:55 am
Kudos to Bear and Greg.
16 | Jim
May 15th, 2009 at 9:40 am
This Lean Cuisine Sesame Chicken is good , thanks Greg.
17 | Jim
May 15th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Stephen King: Survivor Type
18 | Laura
February 24th, 2010 at 5:07 pm
I had to comment. Try the Lean Cuisine Chicken with Basil Creme Sauce. That is the best lean cuisine in the market. No lie.
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