Raw vs cooked chicken breast

[wolfstriked]

Do you guys here count cooked chicken breast different than raw.What I mean is that I have no problem eating 8oz chicken but the other day I purchsed 8oz of cooked grilled chicken breast from deli and it was a huge amount.Seemed like twice as much.

Checked calorieking and it shows the difference to be 24gms to 35gms raw to cooked.Just an eyeopener to me and I thought Id post.

[bigsd67]

when you cook food it shrinks. 8 oz. raw chicken cooks down to 6 or so oz. yielding about 250 cals...give or take

[wolfstriked]

when you cook food it shrinks. 8 oz. raw chicken cooks down to 6 or so oz. yielding about 250 cals...give or take

I realize that now.When I opened up my next meal and saw a whole chicken I was flattened I will now ask ask the butcher to give me 2.5 oz to really upset him since asking for an exact half pound was sooooo hard on him.

[Kärnfysikern]

almost all meat loses 30% of it weight when cooked. I always go by the raw weight otherwise you will eat alot more kcal than you think.