How many cals in chicken chili?

SarahR1984
SarahR1984 Posts: 212
edited September 25 in Food and Nutrition
My husband made chicken chili and I do not know how many calories are in a cup. I was hoping someone could give me an estimate. It has 2 1/2 chicken breasts, a big can of diced tomatoes, 2 cans of chili beans, and corn. No added salt or anything. I do not have any cans laying around to figure it out. Just an estimate will do fine:) It made a crockpot full of chili. I figure it can't be too much. Is 250 a reasonable amount to record? Thanks!

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  • getsveltEagain
    getsveltEagain Posts: 1,063 Member
    You can use the recipe maker under the food section for it to tell you. Just enter the ingredients that you listed and it should work ;)
  • FatDoctor
    FatDoctor Posts: 40 Member
    You can use calculator in the MFP - very easy.. I can do it for you
  • MakingAChoice
    MakingAChoice Posts: 481 Member
    You can use calculator in the MFP - very easy.. I can do it for you

    If you have to 'guess' than 250 is probably good for 1 cup. Next time you should use the recipe maker in here though so you can get numbers. It will be high in sodium even though he did not add salt due to the canned beans being high in sodium.
  • SarahR1984
    SarahR1984 Posts: 212
    Thanks, I tried that recipe calculator and it gave me 1481 for the whole crockpot. I divided it by 6 to be safe and it gave me 246 per serving. I can't see how it could be too far off from that. I never knew that tool was there, it's pretty great! Thanks, I learned something today :)
  • LinaCook
    LinaCook Posts: 1
    how do you use the recipe calculator?
  • kdub67
    kdub67 Posts: 181 Member
    how do you use the recipe calculator?

    Click on the food tab, then click on Recipe tab...enter your ingredients, number of servings, and you're good to go! It will save in your recipe box. Also, you can choose to add it to the MFP database, but I wouldn't do it...
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