a question about cooked meat
 

When counting calories for your meat such as frozen chicken breast is the calorie count on the package 120 cals for 4 oz of the chicken as it's frozen or after it's cooked? because I have weighed it before and after and it weighs less after it's been cooked. everywhere I look basically says 4 oz of chicken is 130-140 cals. but what if i get one of those rotisserie chicken and weigh 4 ounces of that.. it is already cooked... i haven't found any difference for a calorie count that differentiates weight for chicken whether it's cooked, thawed out or frozen... :shrug:

As far as I've always understood the 4oz is when its raw and thawed.

Some calculators, like Fitday, give you options like raw, broiled, roasted, with skin, without skin, etc. That can help you narrow it down. It looks like the packaged raw chicken I buy gives the value for 4 ounces of raw chicken.

Jay

But if it's frozen, some of the weight might be water, to I'd measure it when it's trawed.

(BTW-I've heard that they add water to things like salmon when they freeze them so that they weigh more and therefore can charge more. Don't know if it's true, but last time I defrosted to pre-frozen salmon, I had to blot a TON of water out before cooking it.)

I have also heard they add water to prefrozen meat like fish and chicken...! greedy corporate companies!