weighing chicken breast? Raw or cooked?
nab212
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I've read different schools of thought. Which do you ladies and gents do?
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AJ
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AJ
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Always raw2
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That's what I've always done. I prepped some for today and decided to check it after. It was roughly 4oz less after boiled.0
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a good friend told me to also try to use the USDA entries in the database. have to be careful what entries you use unfortunately.1
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Thanks. I'll look into that.0
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The database will say raw or grilled.
If in doubt - go raw1 -
I weigh everything raw. If I am making something that is multiple portions, I weigh it raw to prepare it, weigh it cooked and divide by the number of portions, then I write the grams on a piece of tape and stick it on the container.2
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You can weigh raw or cooked so long as you pick the right entry (package information if weighing raw and you have it, use the USDA otherwise) and the cooking method. I would do raw for boneless, skinless chicken breast, normally, since you can weigh it before you cook it. I mostly eat bone-in chicken, and so weight it cooked, using the cooked entry.1
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Thanks for the info.0
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I only eat boneless chicken breasts and always weigh them AFTER cooking. My original diet was set up that way2
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I always weigh boneless,skinless chicken breast cooked and log it as 35 calories an ounce.I hope that's right.
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bunnyluv19 wrote: »I always weigh boneless,skinless chicken breast cooked and log it as 35 calories an ounce.I hope that's right.
It depends on how it's cooked, but for dry heat (sauteed, broiled, roasted) I have 46 calories per oz cooked.
35/oz is the raw weight, I think. It shrinks (due to less water) when you cook it, which is why it is so important to match raw/cooked and the entry you use.
Luckily it's pretty low cal, so for 4 oz we are only talking a difference of about 44 calories total, but it adds up.1 -
I go raw weight for meat/vegies, or dry weight for grains/pasta ...I think it's more accurate.1
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Raw for everything0
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raw!0
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That's what I've always done. I may be over boiling.0
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But what do you do when you cook more than you plan on eating? Like what if Im putting a bunch of chicken in the crockpot?1
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But what do you do when you cook more than you plan on eating? Like what if Im putting a bunch of chicken in the crockpot?
Enter all of your raw ingredients in the recipe builder. Cook your meal and weigh the total finished meal, subtracting the weight of the pot. Set that number as the amount of 1g or 100g servings.
When you eat it, you can weigh and log what you're eating. 250g would be 250 1g servings OR 2.5 100g servings. It helps with variable serving sizes, like if everyone in your family eats a different amount and it's not portioned out into 6 or 8 equal portions.0
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