“This taste of the Far East features juicy cuts of grilled white meat chicken, mixed with delicious vegetables, fluffy white rice, and our authentic spicy brown sauce. A mix of exotic flavors with no preservatives.”
Hello, food lovers. It’s a rainy night atop the Ozark Plateau. A little chilly but not cold enough for snow. 290 calories awaits me. The microwave is beeping. Shouting out its plaintive wail to release the food within. I am the boss of this shack and it will wait until I decide the food has cooled enough to safely handle the mixing of the food with the sauce held in a separate container. The same bowl within a bowl that this Cafe Steamer stuff uses for heating with the blending coming after the heating.
As with the other Cafe Steamer varies tried the plastic film that stays on while heating was easily removed. I just thought of this… the plastic bowl holding the sauce that the contents of the other bowl is dumped into to mix and be eaten from might make a good bowl for cereal or other eating purposes. Unsure if it is dishwasher safe but I do not have one of those devices. Hand washing here so this bowl may be useful around the shack. Beats dumping it in the trash where it may take centuries or longer to decompose and worm its way into the biosphere.
Nine small but not minute chicken chunks. White rice that is ricey as rice should be. Not mushy. Its consistency is within the norms that sate me. A touch of spicy heat but, to me, FAR from being too much spice though others disagree as viewed in the reviews at the linked-to site.
I see peas, carrots and green and red things staring at me. The site has an extensive ingredients list. Just put a tiny red thing in my mouth. No idea what it is. The sauce hides the taste of the other ingredients, including the meat. The meat could be anything that provides texture. Hey… chewing on one of the larger chicken chunks and part-way through I tasted some chicken. Tastes like baked chicken. No gristle yet… a huge plus!!! I hate gristle!!!
Done eating. No residual spice heat. Wimps and weirdos MAY say this meal is too spicy. Not impressed with General Tso’s meal. Not unimpressed, either. I am neutral. As I would with the Pineapple Chicken Cafe Steamer I will likely try this again in 6-months or so. The ease of preparation is a big plus and the portion size assists with curbing calorie intake. If I worked in an office environment or locale with a freezer, microwave and place to sit and eat these meals would be attractive for lunches. I believe I paid $2.48 for these Cafe Steamer meals. A peanut butter sandwich is a lot less expensive but those get tiresome after awhile.
As with the other Cafe Steamer meals I am tossing the ball into your court, food lovers. YOU decide if this or the other Cafe Steamers I have tried are to your liking or not. I found nothing bad about them to warn you away from eating these easily-prepared meals. Perhaps you will think these are wonderful meals and will become addicted to them!!! That would make ConAgra very happy. If enough of you folks start shoveling these things down into your gullet the investors among us will consider buying their stock.
Happy eating!!!
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