While turkey itself isn't very fatty, it's actually one of the leanest meats out there. All things considered, I redid it anyway. Normal people for thanksgiving keep the skin on and pack it full of butter to keep it all moist and juicy. That adds nothing but fat sadly. So here is how I changed things up.
I used a mix of chicken breasts and thighs. Now their fat content is a little higher but our local store only was selling whole turkeys and the four guests I had, and all the sides it would be way too much food left over. I took the chicken and tossed it in a pan with some low sodium chicken broth. I seasoned it the same way I would have a turkey, poultry seasoning, paprika, black pepper, ect. I covered them up and put them in the oven.
Traditional thanksgiving fat content: 1g of fat for a serving the size of a deck of cards of white meat. 2g for a similar piece of dark meat. That by itself isn't bad, adding butter however can add up to 16 grams of fat for a serving!
Thanksgiving remade: Chicken thighs have 10 grams of fat in them total and that is for one thigh without skin. Already a larger portion. Where as half a breast (same portion) without the skin is only 3.5 grams of fat. No added butter but all the flavor.
So for the sake of experiment I'm going to keep a running total of fat content, of course there are many other factors in weight loss and diet plans, but for a side by side for someone who needs to be on a similar diet to Calico where fat content is what matters this might help.
Traditional: 18 grams fat Remade: 10 grams fat
Tomorrow we will tackle another one.
~Skadia, the food loving panther.
No comments:
Post a Comment