Chicken breast
- Thread starter lee1092
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Lol sorry just sounds kind of funny interesting to see what the answer is though. Is it good quality chicken ? I use to get that cheap shit in a bag and it would shrink alot when I cooked it
lee1092
New member
lol, I get the bag and the raw packs
The ones in the bag just seem like there super watery when they cook they shrink
Ridiculous87
Vitamin T
Basically what 49er said. If they're 4oz frozen (@24g protein) and only 3oz once cooked then you're basically only getting 18g of protein. The cheap, frozen stuff seems nice at the time, but it is usually supplemented with soy protein too which makes it even worse.
It's better to just buy the more expensive chicken. It's a staple, may as well spend the $$ on it.
It's better to just buy the more expensive chicken. It's a staple, may as well spend the $$ on it.
lee1092
New member
how do you know you are only getting 18g out of it? ive read that the shrink can come from the water coming out but the protein is still there, any thoughts?
Ridiculous87
Vitamin T
This was just me assuming the loss of weight was purely water weight and that the original estimate of 4oz = 24g protein was taken before the chicken was frozen and therefore doesn't include water weight.
If my above assumption is correct then the Chicken's packaging stating that 4oz of Chicken is 24g of Protein, I basically just assumed that 3oz of pure Chicken (after 1 oz of water was cooked off) would be 3/4th the amount of Protein (3oz/4oz) so I just divided the amount of Protein by 3/4 so 24 * (3/4) = 18.
Again, if my assumption is incorrect then disregard what I'm saying, but I am lead to assume weighing of food for nutritional stats is done in a foods purest form (not frozen).
If my above assumption is correct then the Chicken's packaging stating that 4oz of Chicken is 24g of Protein, I basically just assumed that 3oz of pure Chicken (after 1 oz of water was cooked off) would be 3/4th the amount of Protein (3oz/4oz) so I just divided the amount of Protein by 3/4 so 24 * (3/4) = 18.
Again, if my assumption is incorrect then disregard what I'm saying, but I am lead to assume weighing of food for nutritional stats is done in a foods purest form (not frozen).
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mrricco2012
Mini Rocky
If you cook a 4 oz chicken and it comes out to being 3 oz cooked, it still has its official nutrition. Meaning that 3 oz chicken breast cooked still has the 24 grams of protein.
meloyelo7337
FNG
interesting i usually cook down ten pounds of chicken and then weight out my 8oz portions (bag then freeze to eat when i want it)..... so some of you guys are saying that i should be weighting the uncooked portions to get my 8oz?
in short the nutritional facts include all the water weight into the measurements?
in short the nutritional facts include all the water weight into the measurements?
alinshoprep
New member
All this can be confusing, but does it really matter when we don't know how much protein we actually need.
theattrition
New member
i always weigh my chicken cooked. i also only buy raw boneless skinless chicken breast.
Animalized
New member
I used to buy these too but recently found out that the chicken with bones in it taste better. I just weigh it up after I've cut the meat away from the bones
