Jambalaya calories?

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115perfection
115perfection Posts: 109 Member
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Hey all! I'm having Jambalaya for dinner tonight and I'm going to just estimate the cals.
It is sausage and shrimp Jambalaya, and I checked in the database on MFP - some say its 510 cals for 1 cup, some say 175-200, and some say 313, etc.

How many calories would you say are in 1 cup of shrimp and sausage jambalaya? On average

Thanks!

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  • 115perfection
    115perfection Posts: 109 Member
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    help!!
  • Merrychrissmith
    Merrychrissmith Posts: 238 Member
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    I love e'toufe (spelling?) which I think is similar and I use the higher end of estimates to be safe.
  • KateHill1981
    KateHill1981 Posts: 43 Member
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    I make "red rice" for my family. I used the recipe builder. 4 cups white rice, can of tomato sauce, 3 sausage links, 1 pound of shrimp, one packet of chili seasoning, and a can of whole kernel corn makes 16 one cup servings and equals less than 150 calories per cup. Maybe this helps?
  • Krystalmyth
    Krystalmyth Posts: 20
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    Problem is a cup of cooked rice is totes different than a cup of prepared rice in size and volume. :3 So do you weight everything prior to cooking? What if his jambalaya is already cooked? Oh how measuring calories sucks.
  • Bob314159
    Bob314159 Posts: 1,178 Member
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    I make "red rice" for my family. I used the recipe builder. 4 cups white rice, can of tomato sauce, 3 sausage links, 1 pound of shrimp, one packet of chili seasoning, and a can of whole kernel corn makes 16 one cup servings and equals less than 150 calories per cup. Maybe this helps?

    I don't understand how it can be that low

    Rice - White, medium-grain, cooked, 1 cup = 242

    Shrimp cooked 1 cup = 210

    133 calories in 1 cup of Yellow Sweet Corn

    Sausage is going to be at least 250

    I would think it would average out to 225
  • KateHill1981
    KateHill1981 Posts: 43 Member
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    I make "red rice" for my family. I used the recipe builder. 4 cups white rice, can of tomato sauce, 3 sausage links, 1 pound of shrimp, one packet of chili seasoning, and a can of whole kernel corn makes 16 one cup servings and equals less than 150 calories per cup. Maybe this helps?

    I don't understand how it can be that low

    Rice - White, medium-grain, cooked, 1 cup = 242

    Shrimp cooked 1 cup = 210

    133 calories in 1 cup of Yellow Sweet Corn

    Sausage is going to be at least 250

    I would think it would average out to 225
    I used the recipe tool on mfp. And remember- this makes 16 one cup servings.
  • KateHill1981
    KateHill1981 Posts: 43 Member
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    Recipe name

    Number of servings
    Serves people
    Ingredients Calories Carbs Fat Protein Calcium Trn Fat
    Rice - White, long-grain, regular, cooked, 4 cup 822 178 2 17 6 0
    Corn - Sweet, yellow, canned, whole kernel, drained solids, 1 can (12 oz) yields 171 39 2 6 1 0
    Great Value - All Natural Tomato Sauce, 1 container (427 grams ea.) 140 28 0 7 0 0
    Shrimp - Cooked, moist heat, 15 oz 421 0 5 89 17 0
    Mccormick - Mild Chili Seasoning Mix, 1 container (5 3/10 tbsp ea.) 120 20 0 4 0 0
    Rogerwood - Sausage, 3 link 630 6 54 24 18 0
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    Total: 2304 271 63 147 42 0
    Per Serving: 144 17 4 9 3 0
  • Xenastrah
    Xenastrah Posts: 36
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    I find the easiest way to log Jambalya and such is to input all of the ingredients you use yourself, then split it into however many portions it will serve and save your own. I use Bulgar Wheat instead of rice, just as tasty but lower in calories :o)

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