Many people know the dietary value of chicken meat - it is rich in protein, low-calorie, easy to digest. However, there is a product directly related to the chicken, which is often forgotten about remarkable nutritional properties, and completely in vain, because it has many useful properties, and the number of calories in it is only slightly higher than in chicken breast: it will be about chicken hearts.
Than useful chicken hearts?
First of all, this subproduct is rich in high-grade protein - 16 g per 100 g of product, therefore chicken hearts are especially necessary for athletes, children, adolescents - in general, everyone who has active building processes in the body.
In addition to protein, the chicken heart has a lot of iron, and it is in a form easily assimilated for the human body, which can be useful to people who have lowered hemoglobin.
In addition, chicken hearts contain potassium and magnesium - which is not surprising, because the heart muscle is the main "consumer" of these minerals. By the way, for the normal operation of the human cardiovascular system they are also extremely necessary, and their lack can lead to the development of hypertension and heart diseases.
How many calories are in the chicken hearts?
Chicken hearts belong to the products of average calorie content: so the caloric content of boiled chicken hearts is about 150 calories per 100 g. A little more they "weigh" in stewed form 160-170 kilocalories.
If you fry them in sour cream - as one of the most popular recipes suggests - their caloric content will be 115-120 kilocalories. Of course, provided that in the process of preparation for this by-product to join more onions and carrots, there will be very little oil, and sour cream - no more than 15% fat.
Of chicken hearts, you can
You can pamper yourself with a shish kebab from chicken hearts, marinating them in soy sauce, lemon juice, tomato paste and frying on the grill, or traditionally on charcoal, strung on thin skewers. Caloric content of this meat dish will depend on the marinade, which you choose, and will average about 170 kilocalories per 100 g.
The most low-calorie dish is a soup made of chicken hearts with potatoes and carrots - there will not be a lot of calories in it: 42 kilocalories per 100 g.