We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Calories from homemade stock/broth

raquel424
raquel424 Posts: 39 Member
edited January 17 in Health and Weight Loss
This WILL sound stupid but bare with me. I am planning on cooking chicken breast in water then pull the cooked meat apart to use in a dish. But I am also going to use the broth/stock in making the dish. I realize that whatever calories and fat in the final dish is going to be the same whether I included the broth with the chicken later in the dish or not. BUT, my question is:
How do you figure out the cals and fat content in broth that you make at home?

Replies

  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    When you boil a chicken breast most of the fat will come out of it. 1g of fat per ounce of chicken breast is generally a good estimate.

    So just to be safe I would probably count the broth as 9 calories per ounce of chicken breast used, assuming no skin. So, the whole pot (assuming you add nothing else with calories) would be 45 calories for a 5oz breast.
  • raquel424
    raquel424 Posts: 39 Member
    When you boil a chicken breast most of the fat will come out of it. 1g of fat per ounce of chicken breast is generally a good estimate.

    So just to be safe I would probably count the broth as 9 calories per ounce of chicken breast used, assuming no skin. So, the whole pot (assuming you add nothing else with calories) would be 45 calories for a 5oz breast.


    So what you are also telling me I can reduce the fat in the chicken by boiling it and tossing the broth? How do you figure end numbers like that???
This discussion has been closed.

Categories