Those who like to feast on meat dishes, it is worth knowing that the best for a diet is a chicken cutlet, the caloric content of which is much less than that of pork or beef. In this case, it matters whether the breast or other parts of the chicken are used.
Benefits of chicken meat
Chicken meat is useful for eating people with a weak stomach, as well as those who have problems with the gall bladder and liver. Of course, if you watch your figure, then it is these cutlets that will be optimal. At the same time, you need to know that the use of chicken skins in minced meat is not desirable. Firstly - it increases the amount of fat and cholesterol in the product, and secondly - affects its taste. More dietary is the chicken breast, but the legs and other parts of the carcass will make the cutlets more caloric.
White chicken meat contains:
- protein and protein;
- vitamins PP and B5;
- phosphorus;
- magnesium;
- sodium;
- potassium;
- copper.
It is worth saying that poultry is more wiry and its meat contains less fat than a chicken grown on a poultry farm, so the caloric content of chicken from such chicken will be less, and the meat itself is more useful and nutritious.
Calories of chicken cutlets
If you use the classic recipe for chicken cutlets, then its calorie content will be no more than 190 -220 kcal per hundred grams of product. In this case, the recipe used only fillets, eggs, salt, pepper and a little bread. When adding semolina or cream to the recipe, the content of cholesterol and calories will increase significantly. The energy value of cutlets will be distributed as follows: proteins - 18.2 g, and fats - 10.4 g.
Caloric content of steam chicken cutlets
When using vegetable oil for frying, the content of fats and cholesterol significantly increases, therefore,
If you want a chicken cutlet to have a calorie content of not more than 120 kcal, then cook it for a couple and do not add extra ingredients to the stuffing, but use only the egg to fasten it.