Chicken Skin anyone?
In the June 2009 issue of Runner’s World, Nutritionist Liz Applegate talked about chicken as an ideal source of protien for runners. I agree, and chicken is usually on my plate after a race. You can read the article here.
She also mentioned to remove the skin before cooking to reduce unneccessary fat. I reacted. I love eating chicken skin. But lately, I do remove the skin before eating them especially when they are fried and breaded. But removing the skin before cooking them is new to me. I can’t imagine my chicken wings and drumsticks skinless.
So how much fat does a chicken have? And how much fat is reduced without the skin? Here is a chart from eatchicken.com. It shows the nutrition facts for the different parts of the chicken. Unfortunately, the site did not include Pinoy favorite chicken parts like the adidas, helmet, and betamax.
The chart shows that chicken breats have less fat than the drumstick. If you don’t eat the skin, you reduce fat intake my more than 50%. And it also says that removing the skin before or after cooking does not really matter. Nice… That’s saves me the hassle. At the same time, keeping the skin when cooking retains moisture and adds flavor.
How about you? Do you prefer your chicken “dressed” or “undressed”?
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ManokanRunner
Jinoe Gavan is the founder of this award-winning blog Takbo.ph, The Filipino Running Community. Known as ManokanRunner, he is a computer addict on weekdays, a church leader on weekends and a runner in all days of the week. He wants to run and cover as many miles in many places as he could. Read more about his life in the urban jungle with all the distractions and the fun of raising his son in DaddyandtheCity(dot)com.
Great post! I’ve been a hardcore believer in that chicken breast is all the part of a chicken we need (to eat healthy). I’m also quite against chicken skin as street food here in the Philippines. It has too much cholesterol, an ungodly amount of calories, and it’s not the most sanitary of snacks.
Though chicken breast contains less fat than the rest of the chicken part, legs and wings is the tastiest part of the chicken.. for chicken lovers, just reduce fat by removing the skin, don’t deprive yourselves from this tasty protein source legs and wing just make sure you eat a right amount and eat fruits, vegetable or any food that is rich in fiber.. drink water then eat those before eating your tasty chicken then eat fruits after.. and lastly the right amount of liquid or H2O.