The most numerous fish of the gadfly is pollock. This explains its low price and availability. Alaska pollock is easily prepared and well combined with herbs and vegetables.
Like all cod fish, pollock is a fairly lean fish. But with the proper preparation and addition of sauces, you can get a delicious dish.
More than 80% of pollock falls on water. Fats are less than 1% of the weight of pollock, so you can immediately understand that a significant portion of calories in fried pollock will account for vegetable oil. Carbohydrates in pollock are not contained, and the amount of proteins reaches 16%. Therefore, a piece of pollock is suitable as a light protein breakfast and dinner during diets. If you add a garnish of stewed vegetables or porridge to the fish, you will get a hearty meal.
How many calories are in fried pollock?
In its raw form, pollock refers to products with low caloric content: 100 g of product accounts for only 72 kcal. However, during the preparation of the product, it can significantly increase.
The most common way of cooking pollock is frying. Caloric content of fried pollack fish in this case is significantly increased, therefore during diets it is not recommended to apply this method of food heat treatment. The caloric content of roasted pollock is in the range of 123-144 kcal. The exact figure depends on how much oil and what kind was added.
Usually pieces of Alaska pollock are cooked in flour or batter before cooking. The caloric content of pollock roasted in flour will be within the same limits as prepared without flour. In contrast, pollock cooked in batter, is a high-calorie dish. If the clay is made from eggs, flour and mayonnaise, the calorie content of such a product can exceed 250 units.
During diets fish pollock better to cook in other ways: boil, bake,
If you really want fried fish, then cook it better in a small amount of butter and without batter. If you have excess weight, it's better not to eat fried pollock more than once every two weeks. With obesity, the use of pollock is quite acceptable, but not in fried form. With a diet with a minimum of calories, you can eat only boiled pollock and without salt.