How to measure calories in marinades?

AshwinA7

Hello everyone,

A lot of times, I will marinate chicken overnight to cook or use it to fry chicken pieces for dinner.

If I marinate them, I'll put the pieces in a large ziploc bag overnight. I suppose I could measure the before and after to see how much has been absorbed by the meat.

But if I fry them in it then a lot of it is evaporating also.

Any suggestions?

crystalewhite

I would just add a tsp or two of the marinade to your calories. The amount that absorbs or remaings on through cooking is negligible. Measuring it before and after sounds like a pain and extra dishes to me!

lynndot1

One of the points of marinades is you can get a lot of flavor without adding too much to the meat. I think I've read somewhere before that it's about 1 tbsp of marinade per serving of meat (more or less, not precise though) that gets absorbed but really, unless you're doing some super heavy marinade or eating a LOT of it it's probably not worth worrying over. Now obviously if you use the marinade to make a sauce or pour it over the food you're eating it's a bit more, but otherwise meh, calories are probably negligible when compared to your daily total.

If you're really worried about it just put in 30-50 calories or something. Might be overkill, might be a little too low, but it's something.