Fried Foods

jodie0520
jodie0520 Posts: 36 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering if anyone knows a general rule of thumb for figuring out how many calories I should add to account for the oil used to fry foods? I don't make them often, but my husband has been asking for fried chicken and I'm not sure how many calories it adds.

Thanks!

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  • mhanners127
    mhanners127 Posts: 3 Member
    you could measure the oil before you put the chicken in and then again after cooking & it has cooled? the difference would be how much was absorbed by the chicken i think. other than that you could just do a search for fried chicken and estimate it
  • jbug100
    jbug100 Posts: 406 Member
    I would just find a comparable item for fried chicken in data base.
  • puggleperson
    puggleperson Posts: 740 Member
    This sounds like to much of a pain therefore I would not do it. I would simply make the hubby his fried chicken or pick some up at KFC and then I would make something completely diff for myself.. Or you can make both yourself and hubby a healthy version of fried chicken. Even if you could measure the calories it would be a lot and prolly not worth it! Good luck!
  • SunshineKisses_2012
    SunshineKisses_2012 Posts: 471 Member
    There are some excellent oven fried chicken recipes on line that would give the hubby his fried chicken and you a lower calorie count. :smile: That's what I do when I'm jonesing for some fried chicken. Hungry Girl has a really good recipe for this (though I will admit I use more herbs/spices because I like a BIG flavor)
  • skinimin
    skinimin Posts: 252 Member
    you could measure the oil before you put the chicken in and then again after cooking & it has cooled? the difference would be how much was absorbed by the chicken i think. other than that you could just do a search for fried chicken and estimate it

    That's clever. I agree.
  • jodie0520
    jodie0520 Posts: 36 Member
    you could measure the oil before you put the chicken in and then again after cooking & it has cooled? the difference would be how much was absorbed by the chicken i think. other than that you could just do a search for fried chicken and estimate it

    I thought about this, but it would be too much work for me. lol
  • jodie0520
    jodie0520 Posts: 36 Member
    There are some excellent oven fried chicken recipes on line that would give the hubby his fried chicken and you a lower calorie count. :smile: That's what I do when I'm jonesing for some fried chicken. Hungry Girl has a really good recipe for this (though I will admit I use more herbs/spices because I like a BIG flavor)

    I usually do make us the oven fried version, but he starts asking for the "real" stuff.
    I may just add 100ca or so and hope that's a good estimate. I don't plan on making it often so hopefully it won't offset my progress. :ohwell:

    I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I'll have to check out that recipe
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Enter under "Recipes,” all the ingredients that you used to make the fry chicken, including the amount of oil that you used for frying, and specify the number of servings. The database will give you the breakdown of nutrients (calories, fat, protein, carbs, etc.) per serving.

    Yes, it is a lot of work, but so is making the fry bird!
  • Kikilicious84
    Kikilicious84 Posts: 312
    There are some excellent oven fried chicken recipes on line that would give the hubby his fried chicken and you a lower calorie count. :smile: That's what I do when I'm jonesing for some fried chicken. Hungry Girl has a really good recipe for this (though I will admit I use more herbs/spices because I like a BIG flavor)

    I usually do make us the oven fried version, but he starts asking for the "real" stuff.
    I may just add 100ca or so and hope that's a good estimate. I don't plan on making it often so hopefully it won't offset my progress. :ohwell:

    I appreciate everyone's suggestions. I'll have to check out that recipe

    Could you possibly use it as your "free meal" IDK...that's a tough one.
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