Calories for frying food?

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Justamom410
Justamom410 Posts: 90 Member
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I'm usually really good at accounting for marinades, condiments and such...but my question is how you do calculate the calories for HOW you cook something...or does it matter?

For example, I am making fried shrimp at home tonight...I can account for the calories in the shrimp and in the "breading" (I only use a flour)...but since I'm pan frying them...does that add calories? How do I know how much? This is just an occasional meal...and I don't fry things often...but I'm curious.

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  • Piperx222
    Piperx222 Posts: 68 Member
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    It definitly adds to the calories of the food. I'm not sure if this is very accurate but what I do is measure (the best I can) the amount of oil / butter I'm using to cook in the pan and divide it by how many portions (since the majority is absorbed by the breading).

    Like I said, not sure how accurate I am by doing that but it makes sense in my head :smile:

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