Oil Based Marinades- How many cals are we getting?

shametris

Ok I am trying to eat somewhat clean. However I do marinade my chicken breast in seasoning mix, oil and water. When I enter in the ingredients, 1/4 cup canola comes up as like I dont know 400 cals or something. Well when I bite into a piece of chicken I'm not getting 1/4 cup of canola oil. Even if you divided the 1/4 cup by the number of chicken breast that were marinaded in this mixture I'm assuming there is a super small amount of oil we are actually getting. I bake my chicken in this mixture, then remove the chicken from it to eat it. I dont want to cheat myself when logging in my diary, nor do I want to beat myself down and feel like I wont reach my goal because Im 200 cals over at the end of the day due to an oil based marinade. Can someone shed light on this?

CINDYRN33

I was just wondering this the other day....I am curious to see what others post.

alaskaang

I calculate it this way - total amount of oil used divided by number of servings. It's probably a bit high if there is some left behind, but should be fairly close. Also, if you use a ziploc bags for marinading, you can use significantly less overall.

omma_to_3

I generally don't count it. But then again, I don't cook it in the juice either - most of it remains in the ziplock. Some of my marinades are vinegar based instead of oil too. Why not look for those? IMO they taste better :-)

lewcompton

I try to go lighter on the oil in marinading meats and double up on some of the acids and spices... I also try to use oils that provide more flavor... EVOO, Sesame, Chili, etc... A little bit goes a long way. If you are grilling then make sure to clean and oil the grill well. I count it... I count everything. The ziploc bag and a good shake trick someone else mentioned goes a long way to cutting back on how much you need.

jaygreen55

I calculate it this way - total amount of oil used divided by number of servings. It's probably a bit high if there is some left behind, but should be fairly close. Also, if you use a ziploc bags for marinading, you can use significantly less overall.

It's way high!!! only a small fraction of your marinade is absorbed into the chicken. The rest goes down the drain or wherever you dispose of it.. It probably adds only a few calories per serving

alaskaang

I calculate it this way - total amount of oil used divided by number of servings. It's probably a bit high if there is some left behind, but should be fairly close. Also, if you use a ziploc bags for marinading, you can use significantly less overall.

It's way high!!! only a small fraction of your marinade is absorbed into the chicken. The rest goes down the drain or wherever you dispose of it.. It probably adds only a few calories per serving

Not the way I cook. My marinades provide a light coating and I cook the chicken/meat/fish whatever in it. There is very little waste.

adam1885282

Weigh what goes in, weigh what is left over. Of course, this will be somewhat off if you cook in the marinade since water will evaporate.