This frozen pasta from Louisiana spice company, Zatarain’s, was the best high-protein frozen meal we tried in our taste test. But while its 21 grams of protein are impressive, that’s not what earned it a Runner-Up Sporked award. That would be its extremely creamy, extremely cheesy, deliciously decadent flavor. It tastes like some of the best microwavable mac and cheese mixed with blackening spice for kick and topped with chicken that actually tastes like chicken. Frozen pasta is tough to ace, but Zatarain’s did it.
Did you even know you could buy frozen soup dumplings? Well, you can. And these are some of the best frozen soup dumplings out there. They actually taste like pho—but in a dumpling pouch. They really blew our socks off, in terms of execution and innovation. They’re the kind of food you never even thought you needed but now you can’t get enough. You can eat these unadorned or you can dip them into a mix of sriracha and hoisin sauce with a squeeze of lime for a true pho experience. Want to truly experience the wonders of the frozen food aisle, get these dumplings.
Justine Sterling is the editor-in-chief of Sporked. She has been writing about food and beverages for well over a decade and is an avid at-home cook and snacker. Don’t worry, she’s not a food snob. Sure, she loves a fresh-shucked oyster. But she also will leap at whatever new product Reese’s releases and loves a Tostitos Hint of Lime, even if there is no actual lime in the ingredients.
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