Chicken Breast (dry frying on a non stick pan)- Does it chan

MoonIite

Stupid question, but do I log the chicken breast as raw since I didn't add any oil.

I'm using caloriecounter to track and there are two options: One for raw and the other for cooked,roasted.


Raw
Serving Size
91 grams (91g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
104
Calories from Fat
21
% Daily Value*
Total Fat
2.3g
4%
Cholesterol
58mg
19%
Sodium
106mg
5%
Protein
19.3g



Cooked, roasted:

Serving Size
91 grams (91g)
Amount Per Serving
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
29
% Daily Value*
Total Fat
3.2g
5%
Saturated Fat
0.9g
5%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.7g
Monounsaturated Fat
1.1g
Cholesterol
77mg
26%
Sodium
68mg
3%
Total Carbohydrates
0.0g
0%
Protein
28.2g

reese66

Log it as cooked. The reason for the increase in calories and all that is that when you cook it you cook out the water, making more dense. If you weigh the chicken before cooking and then after cooking, the chicken will weigh less after it is cooked.

bodyrocks365

uhh...who eats raw chicken????

aippolito1

I always log my chicken as it's in the database, which comes from the package on the chicken. ???

AdAstra47

If you're dry frying, I would log it as "grilled." That might be more accurate.
I think getting the portion size right makes a bigger difference than the cooking style, though, and in the end it's all estimates anyway. Just get it as close as you can!

MoonIite

Ah okay, thank you all for the help. I'll log it as grilled.

robin52077

the big question is, did it weigh 91 grams before or after you cooked it? If it was weighed before, you log the raw weight, as that's when it was weighed, it's 91 grams of raw chicken, which was subsequently cooked.
If you weighed it after you cooked it (91 grams of cooked chicken), then you would log it as whatever method you cooked it as.

I always weigh and log as raw, then IF you add any oil or butter or anything, log that separately.

SoCalSwimmerDude

uhh...who eats raw chicken????

gonna go home and try this tonight... wish me luck! :laugh:

MoonIite

Yes, I weighed it before and it came out 91g. I didn't add any oil so I thought of logging it as raw. I don't know why people are laughing, because the chicken is COOKED!

boopiejones

i don't think grilled is necessarily the same as dry frying. when grilling, you are likely losing a good amount of fat that drips down through the grates. anything in a pan is keeping those juices close to the chicken.

i once read somewhere that raw cookie dough has less calories than cooked. something about the heat increasing the calorie content. so it is possible that some of the calorie increase in the cooked chicken is due to this same reason. and this is also a good excuse to eat raw cookie dough.

SoCalSwimmerDude

Yes, I weighed it before and it came out 91g. I didn't add any oil so I thought of logging it as raw. I don't know why people are laughing, because the chicken is COOKED!

We're just having a little fun w/ the thought of the 'raw' comment... no offense whatsoever... hopefully everyone knows that you were cooking it. And by the way, I know that I also came across this issue because I would weigh my chicken raw and think to myself, "No way this sucker is 12 ounces!!".... but I'm slower than your average bear.

Rae6503

the big question is, did it weigh 91 grams before or after you cooked it? If it was weighed before, you log the raw weight, as that's when it was weighed, it's 91 grams of raw chicken, which was subsequently cooked.
If you weighed it after you cooked it (91 grams of cooked chicken), then you would log it as whatever method you cooked it as.

I always weigh and log as raw, then IF you add any oil or butter or anything, log that separately.

This is what I do.

tigersword

If you weighed it raw, then enter it in the database as raw. Food changes as it cooks. 91 grams of raw chicken will not be 91 grams of cooked chicken. That's why you always see restaurant menus say 8 oz* burgers! *precooked weight. You can't really measure it after it's cooked, as there is no consistency, since there are a thousand different variables for cooking. Unless you buy cooked chicken from the store, log it as raw.

kr3851

uhh...who eats raw chicken????

gonna go home and try this tonight... wish me luck! :laugh:

Don't do it!! My chicken wasn't cooked properly in the middle and two days later I had worms. And the worms didn't help me lose any extra weight either... Just sayin...