please someone tell me if we can eat fried foods on the atkins diet

[Chris]

Re: please someone tell me if we can eat fried foods on the atkins diet

Just gona throw my 2 cents in...

Personally I dont think we should eat ANY processed foods. The Atkins diet is focused on wholesome, natural foods. Anything that is processed or has added sugar is a no no. All the low carb cookies and ice cream are just full of additives and preservatives, just like the junk food that got us here.

Truly, a woman after my own heart!

[angelstar]

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Please can someone give me the link for the nuggets? I cant find them!!

you want your spinach fried crisp so don't ask for olive oil frying. we have a pst somewhere with the smoke points of all the oils if you want to fry your own. Rried Kale like tht is great too and not a brittle.

and somebody just posted a great pic in the recipe section of his induction legal fried checken nuggest with the recipe for any chicken nugget folk.


Cleo how on earth do you get any cjicken out of those bread wrappers? and remember if you do thast chicken isn't just ckicken as it has been treated to be moist and tender with added injected stuff.

[sallyseachange]

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I think olive oil is to be avoided for deep frying. It smokes at too low a temp, so becomes unhealthy. If used in lower temp cooking, it's better... and of course raw it's just wonderful!

I believe that raising the temperature of any oil makes them similar to any saturated fat...but don't quite know the science of it.

[cleochatra]

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I've been able to pick off the batter-crap from the chicken. You just do it carefully. Once the mcnoogies cool, they become a solid mass, and the batter scrapes off pretty easily. You just have to scrape it with one of their special-issue McDonald's sporks.

I agree with Sally. I avoid olive oil for the frying and use canola oil instead. It's how I make my mozarella sticks!

[sallyseachange]

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Oh my! Mozzarella sticks! Yummmmmm. Mozzarella cooked any way is divine!

[angelstar]

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Mozzarella sticks? Oh please tell me how to make them!

[cleochatra]

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I use string cheese (full-fat)

Then I crush pork rinds in a ziplock bag until they're a fine crumb. I toss in a little basil for flavor and then mix up the bag.

I dip the string cheese fully into a beaten egg yolk (not the whole egg, just the yolk), and then immerse the cheese in the ziplock filled with crushed rinds and work it around until each stick is fully covered with pork rind crust. Then I heat the oil in the pan and immerse the string cheese pieces in just until the batter is golden brown. Drain, and serve!

They're awesome!

Also, you want to make sure the whole piece of cheese is covered with crumbs or some of the cheese oozes out.

[Chris]

Re: please someone tell me if we can eat fried foods on the atkins diet

May I add one more suggestion, Cleo? Freeze the cheese sticks before coating and frying. Makes the whole thing a bit easier, somehow.

[cleochatra]

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That's even better! I'll try that next time. {{{{{Chris}}}}}}}

[abstractillusions]

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falls over laughing... okay do you see how much i actually KNOW abouit cooking lol. I thought since olive oil is good for you and lol its oil i could deep fry stuff in it. (Not that i've tried it yet lol) Good thing this thread came up! So if its a pretty high class restuarant am i pretty safe ordering the fried spinach? There really isn't anything "bad" as long as its just them frying the spinach? last time i had it it was awesome and the only place i have ever had it is at this restuarant i am going to Friday for lunch.

Hey i never thought of getting the chicken nuggets and taking the skin off. but i think since i am lazy lol i would just get a grilled chicken sandwhich and cut it into pieces.

[2big4mysize]

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http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...hlight=chicken the recipe and pics of the breaded chicken strips

[angelstar]

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Thank you 2big and Cleo. I might try that idea with Brie... I love deep fried Brie...mmmmm

If anyone from the UK knows which brand of pork rinds to get let me know, I'm off to Tesco 2mrw!

[2big4mysize]

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oh you guys have those scratchies which have the skin and the fat

look ofr one that has just fried pork skin without any fat attatched ir if you can't find it you could seperate the chrunchy skin from the soft fat as you want the crisp texture.

I'n not sure bit if you put your porkskin fatside down you shoulkd be able to render off the fat and make it crunch all over. rendered pork fat remains are called cracklins.

[Adena]

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I am so excited to try these fried mozzerella sticks -- YUM!! Thanks Cleo, and thanks, Chris, for the tip about freezing them sticks. With a little low carb marinara... what an awesome treat.

I swear, the longer I follow this WOE, the more great things I discover I can eat that I might have thought would be illegal. I'm planning to make coconut shrimp tonight. As long as I'm doing some frying, I think I'll throw some of those mozz sticks in...!

[julirama723]

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I totally need to buy a deep fryer. I am missing out on the finer foods of atkins! <drooling over mozzarella sticks>