weighing meat/poultry

ohthatbambi

Am I supposed to weigh it before or after it is cooked. Four ounces of raw chx weighs more than 4 ounces of cooked chicken, so which do you use? Same thing with fish too.

ltlhmom

Great question! I weigh pretty much everything after it is cooked. The only thing raw I weigh is when I make hamburger. But I never really thought about it. I think I have seen somethings on the daily that say raw or cook.

willnorton

WEIGHT WHAT GOES IN YOUR MOUTH..

ITS WHAT YOU INGEST THAT COUNTS

sallymurph

It depends. 4oz cooked is approx 130cals. When I am creating a recipe and I don't know the caloric value I usually weigh it raw.