Calories added frying?

nisey8265
nisey8265 Posts: 6 Member
edited December 3 in Food and Nutrition
Opinions on how many calories are added when you fry something?

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  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    Don't fry. Saute and measure the oils sonyou can calculate it
  • Wolfena
    Wolfena Posts: 1,570 Member
    A lot

    It depends on what your frying as to how much of the oil it absorbs/holds on to

  • nisey8265
    nisey8265 Posts: 6 Member
    We are having breaded tenderloins later was just wanting to guesstimate added calories
  • Wolfena
    Wolfena Posts: 1,570 Member
    nisey8265 wrote: »
    We are having breaded tenderloins later was just wanting to guesstimate added calories

    When you bread and fry, for the most part you end up with all of the oil absorbed into the bread and served. I would take the amount of oil that you use to fry and divide by the number of chicken tenders and each chicken tender will have that much oil
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    If you deep fat fry, measure the oil going in and the oil left over. Subtract the two and that's the total fat added to your meal.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    jgnatca wrote: »
    If you deep fat fry, measure the oil going in and the oil left over. Subtract the two and that's the total fat added to your meal.

    This.
  • CaptainJoy
    CaptainJoy Posts: 257 Member
    ^This or you can weigh the tenderloin before and after frying. You'll be shocked by how much oil is absorbed.
  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
    It depends on any techniques used after frying the food. Like if you let it drain on a paper towel. The paper towel will absorb some of the fry oil, but there will still be quite a bit that soaked into the breading.
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