Deep Fried items

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  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    I don't eat a lot of fried food. When I do, I approximate and know I can't be totally accurate.

    In theory you could weigh an item before frying and again after, and the difference is oil. BUT what if some of the moisture is cooked out? Then it would lose water weight and gain oil weight.
    kbxiii wrote: »
    How do you "measure" the oil in a deep fried food?

    Completely clueless on this one..

  • Charlot4444
    Charlot4444 Posts: 170 Member
    North44 wrote: »
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    I dont deep fry anything anymore. I use my oven.
    Like frys, i cut up some potatoes, do some PAM spray on aluminium foil and do them in the oven for 45 minutes. Same with chicken mushrooms, onion rings etc etc.

    They all come out nice and crispy

    Yes we do the Pam spray trick too. It works on chicken and fish too

    So you just spray some foil ? Then put the fish on it and bake it. I'll have to google when I get home. I love fish... But fried fish. Trying to find a healthier way

  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    If I oven fry anything, I prefer to coat in panko bread crumbs. They crisp better in my opinion.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Fentyman wrote: »
    So deep fried foods is bad food! (Just cause I want to be starting something)

    It's true. My cousin's friend was killed by deep fried food.
  • North44
    North44 Posts: 359 Member
    Charlot4444 wrote: »
    North44 wrote: »
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    I dont deep fry anything anymore. I use my oven.
    Like frys, i cut up some potatoes, do some PAM spray on aluminium foil and do them in the oven for 45 minutes. Same with chicken mushrooms, onion rings etc etc.

    They all come out nice and crispy

    Yes we do the Pam spray trick too. It works on chicken and fish too

    So you just spray some foil ? Then put the fish on it and bake it. I'll have to google when I get home. I love fish... But fried fish. Trying to find a healthier way

    You can spray the foil and also just a spritz to the actual food- not too much. That way it crisps up the top, not just the bottom. We really like the olive oil Pam.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    yes spray the foil and a bit on the top of the food.
    With frys i turn them after a half hour so they get crispy

    I make potato chips this way too with all kind of spices very yummie and low(er) in calories than store bought
  • slucki01
    slucki01 Posts: 284 Member
    I don't deep fry
  • NikonPal
    NikonPal Posts: 1,346 Member
    I have “almost” eliminated fried foods from my diet.

    BUT – I love my fried fish. So, I pre-plan 2 or 3 times a month for roughly 6 oz. of battered haddock and sometimes add a small order of fries / coleslaw .5 cup. If I have it all with a New England roll as a sandwich it becomes my most calorie intensive single meal in the month coming in at about 800 calories. Most meals I eat are less than 350 calories (excluding mid-morning or afternoon and/or night snack).

    I actually re-weigh everything when I get home from the fish fry place. I simply use the numbers available on MFP because of the minimal intake of fried food. I haven’t had fried chicken since 2013.

    There is no deprivation – I slowly changed my eating habits and don’t miss it. Best wishes.

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  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Just eat the deep fried mars bar and let your worries drift away.
  • MamaRiss
    MamaRiss Posts: 481 Member
    I've always wanted to buy a deep fryer. But am too scared. I was badly burned by one as a baby, so I can't bring myself to buy one while my kids are still little. But someday, I am totally making home made donuts
  • 970Mikaela1
    970Mikaela1 Posts: 2,013 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    and this is why I haven't dug my deep fryer out in almost 2 years except to make donuts.

    Did you say donuts?
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  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    I don't deep fry at home. On the occasions when I eat something deep fried at a restaurant, I'll just use a similar entry from the database from an American fast food chain for, say, french fries or onion rings or whatever it was that was deep fried.
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Just eat the deep fried mars bar and let your worries drift away.

    Are you Scottish by any chance?
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    I don't deep fry at home. On the occasions when I eat something deep fried at a restaurant, I'll just use a similar entry from the database from an American fast food chain for, say, french fries or onion rings or whatever it was that was deep fried.
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Just eat the deep fried mars bar and let your worries drift away.

    Are you Scottish by any chance?

    Nope. Australian. Not really sure why it seems that Scotland and australia are the only places that seem to have deep fried mars bars.


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