need help with recipe input

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Ellaskat
Ellaskat Posts: 386 Member
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If I'm doing a dish like a stirfry, where you use a lot of oil, but the oil is left in the pan - not in the food; or a dish where I use a lot of flour, but the flour is used to drege a meat, and does not wind up in the food;

How do I accurately input a recipe to get a somewhat real cal count? Sure the 1.5 cups of flour I use to coat chicken pieces cat a lot of calories, but such a small amount actually coats the chicken and ends up in the dish.

Ideas?

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  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
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    Count it. More winds up in the dish than you may think.
  • Ellaskat
    Ellaskat Posts: 386 Member
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    Lizzy622 wrote: »
    Count it. More winds up in the dish than you may think.
    i need to count something, but it's compeletely inaccurate to count flour when i throw away the majority of it.

    looking for guidance on how to manage.

  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
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    Measure before throwing out and subtract. This however will not work with oil for stir fry since juices and water from what you are frying have mixed with the oil and you can't get anywhere near an accurate amount.

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