"Why do I make a face pot every time I cook pasta? ”
This is a classic rollover that countless young people living alone in the kitchen have experienced. And I grabbed a dry pasta, and I looked at the tiny, pitiful weight, and I always said, "You're sure you're not gonna eat enough," and then I added one. When the noodles were cooked, they were filled with magic, and they could not eat more than three.
The principle of ingestion of dry foods.
Dry noodles, rice, beans, etc., were dried up to 10% when the plant produced the main staples. The following are for long-term storage. When boiled in boiling water, starch would happen. Pasting Response And madly absorb the water around.
- Pasta: Usually absorbs about 1.2 times more water than you. Which means... 100 grams of dry pasta, and then it'll turn into about 220. 。
- Rice: High water intake. 100 grams of raw rice boiled and it swelled into nearly 300 grams of rice.
That's why professional cooks have repeatedly stressed: We'll have to weigh it before we go down! The adult standard is a pasta. 80 grams to 100 grams. Even if you're very hungry, don't over 120 grams.
Why is it lighter to make a meat cut?
Contrary to the expansion of dry goods, all meats experience a lot of food in cooking. Water and weight reduction 。
About 70 to 75 percent of the weight of raw meat is water. During heating:
1. Protein fibres shrink with high temperatures and squeeze water out of the muscles like a sponge.
2. Fats mixed with muscles are melted and spilled to the bottom of the pot.
A 200-gram steak, which is usually left when it's cooked to the end of the table. 150 grams. Right and right weight (digration rate approximately) 25%）。 If you do it all-cooked or boiled meat (such as red roast, chicken gravy), the water loss is even more severe due to the long cooking time and high temperatures, and the water loss is even higher. 30% - 35% 。
When using the calories app to record diet, pay attention: the "chicken chest" (100 grams) in the APP database usually means Born 。 If you call it a 100 grams of cooked chicken chest, it's actually from 140 grams of raw meat is concentrated, and its calories are much higher than you think!