Cooked vs Uncooked weight

[MistrJay]

I’ve been making my own meals lately with uncooked chicken. I will measure out the 1 pound bunch beforehand and then cook it all up, but it doesn’t seem like a pound when I get done with it. Will that effect how much protein is in that bunch?

 

[stock28]

Most of the loss is water that cooked out. But yes a pound of raw chicken will have x grams of protein while a pound of cooked chicken will be higher in protein because there’s more actual chicken. Hope that makes sense.

 

[MistrJay]

Most of the loss is water that cooked out. But yes a pound of raw chicken will have x grams of protein while a pound of cooked chicken will be higher in protein because there’s more actual chicken. Hope that makes sense.

Yeah it makes some sense. Thank you.

 

[AntM1564]

I’ve been making my own meals lately with uncooked chicken. I will measure out the 1 pound bunch beforehand and then cook it all up, but it doesn’t seem like a pound when I get done with it. Will that effect how much protein is in that bunch?

The nutrition facts you see on most chicken is for 4 ounces raw. Perdue has the nutrition facts for it cooked. a serving is 3 ounces versus 4 ounces.

I personally weigh mine cooked because it shrinks due to the water loss. However, some people will argue that if you measure it cooked, you are getting more than what the nutrition facts are. I would keep it simple and just weight meats either raw or cooked and stick with that method. Once you stick with a method, you will be able to consistently track it and establish if you need more or less depending on your goals.

The only things I measure raw are items that I have to add water to in order to cook them. For example, rice, oatmeal cream of wheat, pasta, etc.

 

[MistrJay]

The nutrition facts you see on most chicken is for 4 ounces raw. Perdue has the nutrition facts for it cooked. a serving is 3 ounces versus 4 ounces.

I personally weigh mine cooked because it shrinks due to the water loss. However, some people will argue that if you measure it cooked, you are getting more than what the nutrition facts are. I would keep it simple and just weight meats either raw or cooked and stick with that method. Once you stick with a method, you will be able to consistently track it and establish if you need more or less depending on your goals.

The only things I measure raw are items that I have to add water to in order to cook them. For example, rice, oatmeal cream of wheat, pasta, etc.

Okay. Thank you. I re-read the other comment coupled with this one make a whole world of sense to me. Thanks to you both.