Deep frying adds calories.

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Even if you use healthy oil, deep frying will add a lot of calories to food. So it’s best not to eat it too often. The extra calories typically come from coatings, including batter and flour. Plus the oil that sticks to the food after cooking.

For example:สมัคร UFABET 

  • Deep-fried chicken wing: 159 calories and 11 grams of fat.
  • Roasted chicken wing: 99 calories and 7 grams of fat.

A high consumptions of deep-fried foods is linked to weight gain, especially in people with a family history of obesity.

To minimize the extra calories, be sure to cook the food:

  • at the right temperature
  • for no longer than necessary

Oils for Frying

So, if pan-frying and deep-frying both add calories. What’s the difference between frying? The most significant difference in the number of calories lies in the amount of oils used. According to the USDA, calorie counts in conventional deep-frying oils include:

According to the same review, up to 75 percent of the calories in fried food come from fat, most of which it takes on in the frying process. Understandably, you may look to pan-frying as an alternative to deep-frying. For example, you may wish to pan-fry breaded chicken to get the crispness of deep-fried chicken.