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lols · #1 (**permalink**) 03-05-2004, 05:43 AM

does chinese seafood/veg contain cornstarch or similar in it or is it cooked in a fish broth?

#2 (**permalink**) 03-05-2004, 06:57 AM

A lot of chinese food has cornstarch. The sauce in some of the dishes is a mix of cornstarch and soy sauce.

lols · #3 (**permalink**) 03-05-2004, 08:39 AM

is that stuff really bad? the dish didnt actually state that it had a particular sauce..so im not sure

#4 (**permalink**) 03-05-2004, 11:08 AM

The cornstarch is the least of your worries, as a very small amount is used to thicken the sauces in many asian dishes. If you're in a good restaurant, you can have the fish steamed--that's the way to go--delicious and healthy. Watch out for the dishes with dark sauces which generally contain quite a lot of sodium via soy sauce. Lots of the vegetable dishes are stir-fried in sesame oil which isn't too, too bad--it's a heart-healthy polyunsaturated fat--within reasonable quantities, of course.