Olive oil question

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Ammadien

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Hello,

I've been lurking for a bit, and had a question about olive oil in cooking. I make skinless chicken breast on a regular basis, and I was wondering what if anything cooking the chicken in olive oil does. I use 1 teaspoon to cook a breast, so I usually just directly add the about of calories from the olive oil to the amount of calories in the chicken for a total calorie number. Is this correct or does cooking the chicken in the olive oil( only 1 tsp) change the makeup of the lean meat or something? thanks in advance!


Nate
 
No, it doesn't change the makeup of the meat. It can however change the makeup of the oil but only on extremely high temps. If you cook it on a medium-low to medium heat, you should be fine.
 
I'll change the taste of the chicken a little due to the chicken absorbing the oil, but it's nothing bad, just different if you're not used to it. As mentioned in the previous post, just don't burn the oil. All oils can release cancerous compounds when burned, and olive oil releases quite a few more than others, but as long as you don't overheat it, it actually fights cancer due to antioxidants and probably a bunch of other crap.
 
What they said is correct, However Monounsaturated oils (as is olive oil) does not quite need as much the worry that say Polyunsaturated oils(Safflower oil,Sunfloweroil and so on), These oils are VERY unstable to begin with, and can quickly turn carcinogenic even under relatively low heats.

None the less, Never Burn,Overcook,Fry any type of oil. Even foods can produce Carcinogenic chemicals under extreme heat (Such as chicken does on the grill).
 
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i put a tsp of oil in a bowl, put the breast in and coat the breast that way...i'd say about 1/2 the oil stays in the bowl doing it this way. big difference, i don't know, if the oil is applied directly to the meat maybe the excess drips off anyway. ((shrugs)) the oil also helps to keep the juices inside the meat, making it tastier assuming you don't overcook it.

--matt
 
thanks for all the replies. I think I was just under the impression that using any oil to fry a lean meat, even a little bit, was a bad idea. I am factoring the calories correctly by just adding the calories of the oil directly to my intake? plus the chicken of course. thanks again!


Nate
 
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