13 replies to this topic

[KellyR]

Does anyone know what can be eaten when we go out for chinese food?.....Thanks
kelly

[jaimek]

I don't know if you have one where you are, but PF Changs has a gluten-free menu. I was told that you can't get much as far as chinese food goes since they cook mostly everything with soy sauce. Hope this helps!

[Kim]

I actually get Chinese quite a bit.

I either order the dish without soysauce (so they make the sauce with everything but the soy sauce) (and I do tell them I have a food allergy and speak with someone in charge) or I bring in my own gluten-free soysauce and have them use that instead. It's worked fine for me. I think if you go to your "neighborhood" place enough, they'll accommodate.

[TeachK71]

Hi!
I usually stick to the white sauce dish, like Chicken and Broccoli. I always say no soy sauce or flour...just corn starch and I have never had a problem.
Good luck!
Kim

[flagbabyds]

I get Egg Drop soup which is just a broth based soup with eggs and veggies and then I get chicken and mushrooms with white sauce. Simple, easy, and it tastes really good.

[welshpaul]

I stay away from Chinese food due to Soy Sauce contamination

[hapi2bgf]

Another option is to order a Steamed meal (Chicken and Mixed Veggies, etc.) and bring your own sauce. I order the "Spa Meals" from Chin Chins. They are cooked and served in a bamboo container. I bring my own sauces - sweet N sour, bbq, or soy sauce. I get funny looks from other people, but the food tastes great and I get to be out with friends

[randbrod14]

I would agree with the person who mentioned steamed food. I avoided chinese restaurants but found that most chinese restaurants will be able to steam chicken with vegetables.

[XoHeatherxO]

To this day I cannot eat chinese food. When I was sick the past 2 years and I didnt know about celiacs, chinese was the thing that made me the sickest!! I hardly ever threw up but my sweat and sour chicken, egg roll would do it everytime!

[CoolCat1]

What about hot and sour soup? Also, there are soy sauces without gluten. Don't any Chinese restaurants use them? I love Chinese food and have been having Kung Pow Chicken and General Tso's without breading. When I asked the owner at one restaurant about if there was wheat he said he wasn't sure because the sauces are premixed. I'm puzzled.

[cynicaltomorrow]

Is fried rice okay if it's cooked with gluten-free soy sauce?

[GEF]

Heather,

I'm the same way.. Chinese is hard on me too! I'm not gluten-free (yet) and I'm usually laying on my stomach in pain when I eat it. I wonder if it's the MSG.... "Glutimate"

Gretchen

[celiacfreeman]

I would think fried rice would be fine. I have a local place made chicken fried rice for me with no soy sauce.
ps watch out for oyster sauce. after eating at a place i trusted they slipped oyster sauce into the regualr dish I eat. Too late, I had already eaten it. I should have know though, it had color to it. most white dish should be fine if you ask about the thickner.