Chicken broth can become both an indispensable assistant in the matter of losing weight, and the worst enemy of a beautiful and slender figure. Not every chicken broth is low-calorie. Its energy value ranges from 20 to as much as 200 kcal per 100 g of product. How many calories in chicken broth depends, first, on the part of the chicken carcass from which it is brewed, the presence or absence of fat and skin on it, and secondly, on the ratio of the proportion of meat and water and cooking time. Another matter is whether the broth was cooked under the lid or without the lid, and whether the first water was drained.
The most dietary part of a chicken carcass is a breast without skins or fillets. The skin contains a large amount of fat, and therefore calories. The more fat in the meat, the more calories goes into the broth when it is cooked.
Caloric content of chicken broth with vermicelli, rice, potatoes and other ingredients depends on the caloric content of the added product and the total quantity of calories in the broth itself.
How to calculate the number of calories in a broth?
It is necessary to add the calorie content of all ingredients and their weight. Divide the total number of calories by total weight. Caloric content in water is absent. For example: (caloric content of water + calorie content of meat) / (volume of water + weight of meat) = quantity of calories in broth.
You can make it even easier. The caloric content of meat is multiplied by 0.9. For example, given the ratio of the proportion of meat and water one to one, the caloric content of chicken broth from the breast will be 101.7 kcal. While the raw chicken breast contains 113 kcal per 100 g of product. This formula shows the number of calories and meat and broth.
The amount of calories in pure broth is determined by another formula. To do this, the caloric content of raw meat must be taken away from the calorie content of cooked meat. The obtained data should be multiplied by the weight of meat and divided by the volume of water. For example: (113-95) * 700/700 = 18. Hence, the caloric content of chicken broth without skin from the breast is only 18 kcal. Therefore, for a dietary diet, you can take and broth from the more calorie parts of the chicken. Thus, the caloric content of broth, cooked only on chicken, does not exceed 40 kcal.
Rules for reducing the calories of chicken broth
First, after the first boil, you need to remove all the foam. It contains harmful substances that have accumulated in the meat. If you leave the foam, the broth will not be so useful, the taste will become worse, and the color will cloud.
Secondly, it is necessary to drain the first water. It draws not only harmful substances, but also the bulk of fat. After the first broth is drained and the meat is washed, the pan should be refilled with cold water and brought to meat until ready. In the broth will be less calories, if the amount of water at least twice the amount of meat. From the carcass you must first cut the skin and fat. If broth is brewed on bone, it can not be brewed too long.
Is chicken broth useful?
Useful properties of chicken broth depend on all the ingredients of this dish. This product is rich in peptides, amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Adding vegetables and spices to the broth further strengthens its useful properties. For example, onions in chicken broth will increase its prophylactic properties against viral and colds. Root crops such as carrots, celery root and parsnip also supply the broth with vitamins and nutrients.
Hot broth improves digestion, alleviates the condition of people with gastritis, improves well-being in diseases of the respiratory system.