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Quick, before its done!

rchambers2072
rchambers2072 Posts: 227 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Should I be weighing my chicken breasts before cooking or after? Its boneless skinless. Frozen it weighed 7.3 ounces, defrosted, raw it was 6.4 ounces. I'm sure it'll be less cooked. There is an entry in the database for grilled chicken breast. I would think using that one, I'd weigh after. Right?

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  • BackTatJIM
    BackTatJIM Posts: 1,140 Member
    I normally guess with my serving sizes but defrosted would make more sense, i would assume it being frozen would just add water weight
  • MrsRawwwr
    MrsRawwwr Posts: 166 Member
    Should I be weighing my chicken breasts before cooking or after? Its boneless skinless. Frozen it weighed 7.3 ounces, defrosted, raw it was 6.4 ounces. I'm sure it'll be less cooked. There is an entry in the database for grilled chicken breast. I would think using that one, I'd weigh after. Right?

    Right :)
  • livinfitanfun
    livinfitanfun Posts: 122
    I weigh mine after it is done cooking and I log it under the grill chicken breast. If you have it in the grocery store I like using the thin slice boneless skinless chicken breast.
  • rchambers2072
    rchambers2072 Posts: 227 Member
    yay! Thanks... It was 5.1 ounces cooked, so it lost quite a bit...
  • llkilgore
    llkilgore Posts: 1,169 Member
    I weigh it raw, usually defrosted, because I don't always cook it the same way and its cooked weight is somewhat dependent on the cooking time and conditions. Raw or cooked, just make sure you use the right database entry.
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