Dining Out Guide: Slash the Fat of Your Favorite Meals

PF Chang's Mu Shu Pork

As ordered: 880 cal, 51 g fat
Marinated pork, bamboo strips, woodear mushrooms, egg, cabbage, scallion, soy and mushroom dark sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper; served with hoisin (Chinese barbecue) sauce and wrapped in four flour pancakes.

 

Better: 570 cal, 47 g fat
Omit the hoisin sauce and, at 90 calories each, leave two of the pancakes.

 

Virtuous: 390 cal, 43 g fat
Leave the other two pancakes—this dish tastes great as a stir-fry.

 

Total saved: 490 cal, 8 g fat!