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Calories for frying in oil

Posts: 45 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How do you count calories for pan fried chicken? Do you simply add the oil and chicken calories together? Frying doesn't change the caloric content at all?

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  • Posts: 1,258 Member
    edited June 2016
    I add the chicken and oil calories separately. I weigh the oil before and after frying too to see how much exactly was used.
  • Posts: 1,390 Member
    I usually use butter for pan frying and I always weigh it out and log it by serving. If I use 15g for instance to cook dinner, I will log 5g as I'm usually cooking 3 breasts/chops.
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