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Chicken Calories
December 4, 2008
Chicken Calories
Chicken calories are easily added to most diets. So if you like chicken, this is your lucky day! Chicken calories are also a healthier choice than other types of meat. So both healthier and tasty, chicken calories are the way to go!
Chicken Calories – The Skin
The skin of a chicken is very high in fat and with the fat come more and more chicken calories. If you are watching your weight, it is always a good recommendation to remove the skin and lower the amount of chicken calories you consume.
You realize how significant the skin (from a chicken calories point of view) when you read the numbers: 60 chicken calories difference in 3.5oz of chicken breast and 180 chicken calories difference in 3.5oz of chicken back! So off with the skin!
Chicken Calories – The Parts
Chicken parts can vary in all sorts of ways: size, meat vs bone content, fat and of course chicken calories. If you are looking for low chicken calories parts, recommended ones would be chicken breast, chicken drumstick or chicken thighs. You can see for yourself how less fat and less calories they have compared to other parts (for 3.5oz of chicken without/with skin):
- Chicken breast calories: 110/172 calories
- Chicken drumstick calories: 119/161 calories
- Chicken thigh calories: 119/211 calories
- Chicken wings calories: 126/222 calories
- Chicken back calories: 137/319 calories
Chicken Calories
Another good tip about lowering the chicken calories would be to avoid frying the chicken in oil. Stick to boiling or grilling and you’ll be just fine. Lucky for us, chicken can be tender and delicious and much as it can be low in chicken calories. Bon Appetite!
Calories in Chicken
August 31, 2008
Eating chicken is becoming more and more popular. So the question of calories in chicken interests more and more people. Let’s try and make some sense into all of that. So how many calories in chicken? Let’s find out.
Besides portions there are 3 things you need to take in account when calculating the calories in chicken:
- The chicken part
- The chicken skin
- The way you cook the chicken
Different chicken parts’ calories can vary: from 110 calories for 3.5oz (100 gr) chicken breast without skin to 137 calories in chicken back without skin. And from 161 calories in chicken drumstick with skin to 319 calories in chicken back with skin. That’s a very big difference. Parts like breast, drumstick and leg (without skin) would be a good choice if you are looking to lower the amount of calories in chicken you eat.
Now the amount of calories in chicken skin is a completely different story. There are no questions here. The chicken skin is very high in fat and very high in calories. 80% of the calories in chicken skin comes from the fat! And fat, of course, has other disadvantages. So I say, loose the chicken skin and the calories in chicken skin. You don’t really need it.
And for the cooking style: stewing or grilling is always better than frying. You are already consuming calories in chicken, why add the calories in oil? Grilling gives a good solution for that great taste without increasing the calories level.
