Nutritional Benefits Of Baked Chicken You Should Know

Chicken can be prepared in several ways; it can be fried, roasted, grilled, and boiled. And still maintains it fleshy soft bites.

Preferably, every option seems to be the best apart from frying. because it can be too fatty as a meal. Chicken contains some fat already, choosing to fry it adds additional fat to it. So, by opting to baking serve as a better option to reducing the additional fat.

When food is fried it becomes more caloric because the food absorbs the fat of the oils. And experts say that eating lots of fat-laden can raise blood pressure and cause high cholesterol, which are risk factors for heart disease, weight gain and obesity.

 

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Nutritional Benefits of baked chicken
1. Chicken is high in low fat protein that is good for muscle development and growth.

2. Less of sodium is consumed in the process as too much of it can increase the arterial blood pressure. Due to the fact that one is particular about the taste and means to preserve it when it fried., baking the chicken gives it uniqueness and preservation as it can be refrigerated for days and frozen for about three months.

3. Baked chicken contains Vitamin B-12 or cobalamin, a vitamin found in only animal based foods. The cobalamin helps to make heme part of hemoglobin to combines with oxygen to carry nutrients to all part of the tissues. Vitamin-B-12 helps to keep the energy level of the body.

4. Baked chicken aids to increase the level of the iron .Iron helps in production of new cells. It also guild new and immature cells as they develop into functional tissues.

Ingredients:
. I to 2 Kilograms of chicken parts
. 2 tablespoon of olive oil.
. 1 teaspoon of salt.
. ½ teaspoon of black pepper

Direction:
. Pat and dry the chicken with paper towel.
. Ensure to preheat the oven.
. Pour to a deep bowl to allow proper mixing process.
. Pour in the chicken and add first one tablespoon of olive oil into the bowl containing the chicken.
. Coat each piece with the olive oil, add more if needed.
. Add salt and pepper and coat until the pieces of chicken are evenly coated and seasoned.
. Arrange the seasoned chicken on the baking sheet; arrange them skin-up in a single layer with a bit of space between each piece.
. Bake for about 20 to 3 minutes. The chicken is baked when opaque all round.
. For more crispy effect if you choose to; allow to bake further for about 2 to 3 minutes with proper monitoring to avoid being burnt.

By Naij.com Contributor – Oluremilekun Asubiojo

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