How many calories ... in 10 chicken wings?
There's a pub near to me that offer thrice-weekly wing night. I have great memories of these wing nights, when my friends and I gather for drinks, laughs and some of the best chicken wings that have ever passed through my lips. They're perfectly seasoned and fried to perfection. Unfortunately, these wings night memories may have to be just that -- memories. Because animal skin deep fried and battered can't be good for you, right? At least they're low in carbs -- something I use to justify my indulgence even though I don't follow a low-carb plan. Anyway, I decided to do some investigating into the caloric and fat value of chicken wings. Now it's your turn to decide whether they have:
A) 750 cal, 45 g of fat
B) 1050 cal, 75 g of fat
C) 1590 cal, 107 g or fat
D) 850 cal, 67 g of fat
The answer is C) 1590 cal 107 g or fat. Oh. my god. That is more than an entires day worth of calories in 10 measly wings. I am shocked. Appalled. And a little sad that I have to give up my wing nights. I can't justify that much fat and calories.
But there is a bright side. Since I found this info out, I've been experimenting with alternative wing recipes, using whole wheat bread crumbs, seasoning and the oven instead of the deep fryer. The recipe is not perfected yet, but I'm working on it. Watch this space.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
12-13-2006 @ 8:19AM
Jan said...
I too love the chicken wings as you mentioned and have given them up for the same reasons. But I recently found a buffalo wing seasoning that you can use on skinless sliced breast meat and bake it instead of deep frying. Even though it isn't an exact match for the beloved wings, it satisfies the tastebuds.
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12-13-2006 @ 11:11AM
Jeff said...
I'm a huge wing fan, too, although I tend to enjoy the boneless variety more. My dieting over the last year has removed anything fried from my diet, so wings are already very much an indulgence restricted to cheat nights. Learning the calorie and fat count may have earned them a permanent place on my blacklist, though. In addition to being fried, traditional wing sauce is made with cayenne pepper sauce and melted butter. Lots of melted butter. So baking the chicken instead of frying is only half the solution. We need a good, low-cal, low-fat wing sauce!
And I guess your calorie count doesn't include the added ranch or bleu cheese, huh? haha
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12-14-2006 @ 11:35AM
Jan said...
As I mentioned previously about baking your chicken with the new buffalo wing seasoning, there is NO added butter to add extra calories or fat. The seasoning per 1 tbsp. of dry mix only has 30 calories, 0 fat, 5g total carbs, but the kicker is it has 710mg of sodium. But at this point in the game, I'll take the sodium over the calories and fat. You can even cook them on you grill! ENJOY
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1-15-2007 @ 4:47PM
benja said...
im a big wing fan and since dieting ive began using pure blairs death sauce to finish my wings this has basicly no calories, i also oven cook and use a low cal bleu cheese dressing from british supermarket tesco... i duno how u make bleu cheese low cal and fat but it dont taste bad and at 50 cals for a whole bottle it means wings can be a reasonbly healthy meal!!!
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