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Question on Marinades

ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/03/01, 11:39 AM Simple question - I have a marinade recipe that calls for 1/4 cup of olive oil. I marinade the chicken for about 1 hour then put it on the grill. I then pour over the rest of the marinade (alot runs off). The question is...when keeping track of my cal/f/c/p, how much do I add for the marinade. I have read not to consider the marinade but that seems like I would be cheating. Any opinions????
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/03/01, 02:50 PM Personally, I don't worry about the marinade, as long at it isn't full of sugar and/or fat. At least olive oil is a healthy fat. I guess it kind of depends how many breasts your marinating. Generally, I don't pour the remaining marinade over the chicken. I've recently discovered Knorr's marinades and they're excellent...teryaki, mesquite, louisiana red pepper, honey dijon and Chipolte and they only take 30min to marinade.
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/03/01, 03:53 PM I usually cook 5-7 boneless chicken breats on the grill. I have found McCormick marinade packets that you mix with oil (it states veggie oil but I use olive ). They are great and are easy. So I would be ok to not count the calories in the marinade or just count like 25% of them?
flyonthewall Posts: 1,823 Joined: 2005/01/18	2006/03/01, 04:10 PM I think you could go either way. Personally, I wouldn't bother counting it, but if you're being diligent in your counting I'd probably record 2gF and 50 calories for each breast. If you wanted to experiment, you could try cutting the amount of oil in half and just make it up with water or whatever acid your adding (lemon juice?) Another great marinade is kraft ff italian dressing. Again, I wouldn't worry about it since the end amount should be negligible.