Hairy Bikers Spanish Chicken Bake

Rich_18
Rich_18 Posts: 3 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I made this tonight (it was delicious!) but the recipe calls for 8 chicken thighs for 4 people. 8 chicken thighs is the best part of 1300 calories, so how can the calories for each serving possibly be on 370.

Has any one else found the calories count too low for this or other recipes. After inputting the recipe into MFP I reckon it's closer to 600!

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  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    This is why it's important to weigh the ingredients of any recipe and use entries based on weight when calculating. It still won't be exact, but it will be much much closer. "Chicken thigh" can have a huge range in sizes, therefore also in calories.
  • Rich_18
    Rich_18 Posts: 3 Member
    You're dead right there and that's what I'm doing - but to get the recipe to 370 per portion the chicken thighs would have to be less then 45 g - and that it NOT a chicken thigh by any calculation :smile: , a newly hatched chicken thigh maybe! :smiley:
  • giz1974
    giz1974 Posts: 1 Member
    I made this tonight too! I made it with chicken breast (as that was what i had in the fridge) so it came out as about 410cals per portion. They have great recipes, but do need the calories doubled checking. The book has lots of useful ideas.

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