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Many of the nutrition books I have looked at lists 2-3 oz of chicken as having:
90 calories
20 grams of protein
0 grams of carbs
1 gram of fat.
My question is this: Are these values for the COOKED weight or the RAW weight? Meat loses alot of water and shrinks quite a bit after being cooked...almost depresses me...lol. When should I be weighing the meat??????
Thanks.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackedRabbit 06 [/i]
[B]When should I be weighing the meat?????. [/B][/QUOTE] BEfore you cook it.
So if a cooked chicken breast weighed 3 oz, what was its weight when it was raw? At school, I know all the chicken breasts are 3 oz. cooked...but I don't know the starting weight.
i dotn thinkk this has anything to do with ur thread but oo well..i have found that there is nothing better than a red meat (steak or w/e) i ahev read in many places that they are supposed to be better than the blah chickin..personally i like red meat more than chicken...i would like to see wat other people think of this..
peace
mike
I'm pretty sure a 200g piece of cooked chicken is ~60 or so calories
hmm...i still don't have an answer to my question.
i like steak too....BUT
If a cooked breast is 3 oz..what was it when it was raw?
I don't think the weight changes significantly when you cook it. Chicken doesn't tend to lose that much fat/water in the cooking process, from what i've seen.
Don't worry about it :D
Edit: on second thoughts....i guess it does lose a lot of water
Man just weigh it before you cook it, and keep these figures in mind
per 100g RAW CHICKEN:
110kcals
2.5g fat
22.5g protein
Does anyone else tear their chicken breasts down the side where the strip of fat is and cut the outside of the two strips off?
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Douche_Nutz [/i]
[B]Does anyone else tear their chicken breasts down the side where the strip of fat is and cut the outside of the two strips off? [/B][/QUOTE]
Yep.
You usually get about 200-300g raw weight per half this way, or less if you are picky and chop off every little bit of chewy stuff :D
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by JackedRabbit 06 [/i]
[B]When should I be weighing the meat??????
[/B][/QUOTE]
Even more importantly, since an object weighs less at a high altitude than it does at sea level... WHERE should we be weighing the meat?
And is a sherpa on the side of Mt Everest getting more chicken for his weight than the bloke on a low-lying Pacific atoll?
It worries me a lot, that one... :(
However, on a lighter note, I highly recommend "free-flow" chicken breasts... freeze them with each layer of chicken separated by 2 layers of plastic wrap - really easy to take and thaw, as and when you need them.
Here's yesterday's little effort... :)
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by xil [/i]
[B]I'm pretty sure a 200g piece of cooked chicken is ~60 or so calories [/B][/QUOTE]
When you guys say cooked, do you mean you boilded it in water(that wouldnt be sane), or is there no other word to say "healthly" fried on a pan with a little oil?
And i think that 200g of chicken breast are about 200-240 calories. I count them as that anyways.
well i usually boil them, or maybe use like, 1/8 of a teaspoon...lol...i try not to add any extra calories that are not in my meal plan. don't get me wrong tho, i do eat my good fats...mostly in the form of 4 tbs of nat PB before bed.
anyways, aitaronz, that's some nasty lookin' chicken you got there..way to show your dedication! i do that when i am at home...but damn, when you're away at school, your options are limited to the caf. (no cooking allowed in dorms...)
i'll just stick to weighing them after they are cooked for now, as there is no way to get raw chicken at school...haha.
2-3 oz. cooked is prob 100 cals, 20-30 grams of protein....oh well.
no, dont boil a chicken breast, thats stupid, try doing it on a forman, or just a normal grill. try that!