Perhaps there is no such person who would not eat fast food. A hamburger, french fries, cola - this is the standard lunch for someone who likes to eat in a fast food restaurant. Not so long ago, a dish such as a chickenburger appeared on the menu of fast food establishments - this is a sandwich, where instead of the usual meatballs from beef or pork there is a tender golden chicken. In the article we will talk about the calorie content of Chickenburger, how fast food is harmful to health and how to cook a Chickenburger at home.
Chickenburger composition
This burger is cooked in many fast food restaurants. Consider the composition of Chickenburger in restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King.
The composition of the Chickenburger at McDonald's:
- toasted wheat bun;
- chicken cutlet;
- vegetable oil (used in the cooking process);
- McChicken sauce;
- iceberg lettuce.
The composition of the Chickenburger in Burger King:
- hamburger bun with sesame seeds;
- chicken nuggets;
- mayonnaise;
- ketchup;
- iceberg lettuce.
Chickenburger Calories
As you have already noticed, restaurants cook a chickenburger in different ways, respectively, and the calorie content of these burgers is different.
Calorie Chickenburger at McDonalds:
| Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| 339 | 12 | 17.1 | 37 |
The calorie content of this burger is 17% of the daily human diet (when calculating that a person should eat 2000 kcal food per day).
Calorie Chickenburger in Burger King:
| Calories | Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates |
| 270 | 8.3 | 16.2 | 22.6 |
The calorie content of this burger is 13.5% of the daily human diet.
Please note that the calorie content of the Chickenburger is indicated per 100 grams. The burger served in the restaurant is about 200 grams!
Chickenburger - good or bad?
Many visitors to fast food restaurants claim that if you sort any burger into its components, you will get the right food. Indeed, salad, chicken and a wheat bun - everything is useful!
But let's see how everything really is.
Iceberg lettuce contains many vitamins and minerals. This is where the benefit of Chickenburger ends.
Chicken is the most popular diet food. But if we talk about chicken, which is located in a chickenburger, then there can be no talk of benefits.
At Burger King, the chicken is fried in breadcrumbs with a huge amount of vegetable oil. At McDonald's, the chicken cutlet is deep-fried, which also does not bring any benefit to the human body. Calorie Chickenburger and increases due to the vegetable oil on which the chicken is cooked. Pay attention to how many fats are in this dish - so much simply cannot be in the chicken, which consists practically of proteins alone.
Sauce, mayonnaise and ketchup also add calories to the dish.
What do people usually eat a chickenburger with? With cola, milkshake and french fries. Such an amount of fat and calories can contribute to the development of various diseases - hypertension, disruption of the stomach and obesity.
In addition, the Chickenburger contains a large amount of salt, which contribute to the retention of fluid in the body.
As you can see, this dish does not bring benefits to the body. But if you really wanted to enjoy a chickenburger, then cook it yourself.
Cooking Chickenburger
Cooking a chickenburger is easy.
You will need:
- bran buns;
- minced chicken breast;
- egg;
- pepper;
- lettuce;
- mustard;
- sour cream;
- salt.
Cooking.
- Combine salt, pepper, egg and minced meat. Make small patties (the size of bran buns). Put the patties to steam. Tip: instead of cutlets, you can simply cook grilled chicken breast fillets .
- Cut the buns along. Fry them without oil in a non-stick pan.
- Mix salt, mustard and sour cream - this will be the sauce.
- Spread the sauce on a bun, put the finished cutlet.
- Add a little sauce to the cutlet, put a lettuce leaf on top.
- Close the bun. The burger is ready!
The calorie content of such a burger will be approximately 120 kcal per 100 grams. It does not have a single gram of excess fat. Homemade Chickenburger does not harm your figure and health.
Finally
Chickenburger is quite a hearty and mouth-watering dish, but you should not eat it more often than once a month. Sometimes it is better to cook a delicious burger at home than to harm your body by eating fast food.