UK people: Grams of frozen chips!

Woodsmoke

I have no scales (they've mysteriously gone walkabout) and I am not sure how many grams of Asda sweet potato fries I've been eating recently...

In general, how many oven chips would you say goes into 200g? What does it look like on a plate? (Also, if frozen, what difference does ice/water make before they go in the oven?)

I'm on Amazon right now, hunting down a decent set of kitchen scales...

comptonelizabeth

Hi - Argos do a decent set of digital scales for around £15 - I use them and will post the name for you.
200 grams of cooked (potato) chips is less than you probably think - I'm not sure about sweet potato ones. The ice/water is lost in cooking so I always weigh mine cooked. Sorry I can't be more helpful - the only accurate solution is scales I'm afraid

comptonelizabeth

Ps you could try working out what proportion of the packet you're using. - eg a half or a quarter - and do it that way?

comptonelizabeth

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5274831?store=117&cmpid=GS001&_

tinkerbellang83

Tesco also do some for about £10-15. A full baking sheet of frozen chips is probably around 350g. As @comptonelizabeth says you could just work out proportionally from the bag weight too. Water doesn't have any calorific content so it's not going to make any difference to your calories. The calorific content on the label is based on their uncooked weight unless otherwise specified. Similar to how rice and pasta are based on uncooked weight but will weigh twice as much once cooked.

mazdauk

I had a horrible shock as 165 g of Waitrose chips is less then 1/3 of a plate ( in other words a small portion - or am I greedy?)

comptonelizabeth

mazdauk wrote: »

I had a horrible shock as 165 g of Waitrose chips is less then 1/3 of a plate ( in other words a small portion - or am I greedy?)

Depends on how big your plates are!