Remember when we were young, adults always left chicken drumsticks for us to eat. Drumsticks seem to be the soul of the whole chicken. It can grow taller, grow stronger, and become smart after eating...
Is the drumstick really the most worthwhile part of the chicken?
We carefully compared the 9 parts and 7 important ingredients of the chicken body, and helped you to sort out the 6 key points of eating chicken. Let's follow along to see if you eat it right!
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Chicken feet have the highest calories
Eat less if you are afraid of fat
Don’t doubt, you Favorite chicken feet have the highest calories in chicken! Under the same weight, its calories are more than twice that of chicken breast.
The edible portion of chicken feet is 60%, and 1 medium-sized chicken feet is 45 grams, which means eating 4 chicken feet, but the intake of calories is 274 kcal (not counting the increased calories from braised). .
How high is this calorie? Help everyone calculate:
4 chicken feet calories ≈ half a catty of steamed rice
4 chicken feet calories ≈ 3 catties of half-shelled crayfish
4 Chicken feet calories ≈ 4 catties of small tomatoes
It’s just high in calories, right?
is not necessarily true. Although the protein content of chicken feet is close to chicken breast, it is a pity that its protein is mainly collagen, which is of poor quality and low utilization rate.
The data in the table of this article is calculated based on 100 grams of edible part, the same below.
Compared with chicken legs, chicken breasts, and chicken wings, it has the highest fat content. I originally hoped to eat some collagen to make the skin beautiful, but the effect of supplementation is not good, and it is easier for people to grow fat.
That chicken feet still have some nutritional advantages, right?
Seriously compare several nutritional ingredients, chicken feet really have no nutritional advantage. Although the iron and selenium content are relatively high in chicken legs, chicken wings, and chicken breasts, these trace elements are easy to supplement by eating some internal organs. In fact, Not an advantage.
In general, apart from the good taste, chicken feet are really not recommended!
Chicken butt is not uneatable
There are two kinds of glands on chicken butt that cannot be eaten. They are tail fat gland and supracillary sac. The former may secrete fat. Pollution of the meat, the latter is called the "lymphatic house", may leave viruses, bacteria or other harmful ingredients.
These two glands have to be removed during standardized slaughter, so the two glands of the chicken bought from the supermarket are gone and it is edible.
If you kill the chicken yourself, it is best to discard the chicken butt.
Eating chicken hearts does not have a long memory
Eating more is easy to grow meat
The energy of the internal organs is the chicken heart, which has 3.5 times the energy of chicken blood, this The energy is not only outstanding in the organs of animals, but also much higher than the energy of chicken breasts and chicken legs.
Mom, there is no way to remember the chicken heart, but if you eat too much, you will grow meat!
The high calorie content of the chicken heart is mainly due to the high protein and fat content of the chicken heart. If you usually eat one or two, it’s fine. The ratio of fat to protein makes the chicken heart very good.
But compared with it, the protein content of chicken gizzards is higher, but the fat content is too low, only 24% of the fat content of the heart, and the low-fat and high-protein in the viscera are excellent.
Add iron to some chicken liver
But don’t overdo it
IfTo supplement iron, chicken blood is the first and chicken liver is the second. However, chicken blood is sold less on the market. You can eat chicken liver to supplement iron. Although chicken liver has only about half the iron of pig liver, it is 1.6 times that of sheep liver.
But chicken liver is very high in vitamin A content, eating 7-8 grams can meet the daily vitamin A needs of white-collar workers, if you don’t consider other food sources of vitamin A, then eat 28 grams of chicken liver intake Vitamin A will reach the maximum daily tolerable intake, so it is safer to control it within 25 grams when eating chicken liver.
In addition, the selenium content of chicken liver is also very high, 9.4 times that of chicken heart. Eating 25 grams can meet 16% of adult's daily selenium requirement.
Chicken heart, chicken blood, chicken gizzards, and chicken liver are all animal internal organs. The Chinese Dietary Guidelines recommend eating 2 to 3 times a month, each time about 25 grams.
How much is 25 grams? The cooked chicken liver is just the size of a palm and a piece of a dollar coin. This amount is really small, so you might as well eat several kinds of internal organs in rotation. Eat one this week and another one next week.
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Fitness weight
Chicken breast is the first choice
In contrast, chicken breast is not only protein content The highest, the fat content and energy are also the lowest, the fat content is only 12% of chicken feet, and the energy is only 46% of chicken feet.
In addition, the potassium content of chicken breast is not low. Its potassium content is 1.5 times that of chicken legs, 1.6 times that of chicken wings, and 3.1 times that of chicken feet. This potassium content is not only higher than chicken legs, but also the highest content in the whole chicken.
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Chicken leg is a comprehensive scorer
If you add the taste standard, the excellent chicken leg will come out! Comparing chicken breast meat and chicken wings equally, the protein content of chicken thigh meat is not low, only 18% less than chicken breast meat.
and the iron and selenium content of chicken legs and the ratio of chicken breast and chicken wings are 1 times or more higher. Coupled with the appropriate fat content, it is about the same as the lean pork (6.2 g/100 g), which makes the taste of chicken thighs bursting.
is even more happily, chicken thighs are not much more calorie than chicken breasts, but much lower than chicken wings and chicken feet, only 72% and 54% of the energy of chicken wings and chicken feet, which is very good. Up.
If you care about taste, chicken thigh is definitely the best choice. It has both nutrition and taste. Its price is not expensive, but it is a bit more expensive than chicken breast.
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The dietary guidelines for Chinese residents recommend eating 280-525 grams of livestock and poultry meat per week, with an average of 40-75 grams per day, with 3 small wings Or 2 chicken drumsticks are 75 grams. If you eat too much, you will get fat, so you have to control the amount no matter how delicious it is.
Cherish everyone who gives you chicken legs, it is true love.
Summary version
Chicken feet have high calories, and the collagen inside cannot be beautiful;
Low-fat and high-protein chicken breast, the first choice for fitness and weight loss;
Chicken Remove the glands from the buttocks, it’s not that you can’t eat;
Chicken hearts don’t have long memory, long meat;
Add iron to some chicken blood and chicken livers, don’t overdo chicken livers;
The nutritional value of chicken legs and Both taste and taste, comprehensive first choice!
References
[1] Yang Yuexin. Chinese Food Composition Table 6th Edition Volume 2[M]. Peking University Medical Press
[2] Li Zhicheng. Chicken Butt Tip It is edible[J].Chinese Food (11):15-16
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