food

  • Does anyone know if chicken thighs are ok to eat?  I know the recipes call for chicken breasts, but fast food restaurant usually

    serve chicken thighs instead of breasts.

  • what worries me in your question isn't the 'thigh', but you said 'fast food'.  What fast food were you planning on eating?  'cuz the only fast food I know of that uses chicken thigh is deep-fried places like KFC, or ground-up and formed like a chicken patty sandwich (also deep fried.)  Both of which are not BFL-approved.

    On the occasion I have chicken thighs, it's from a whole chicken I roasted or bought a rotiserrie one from the store.  There is more fat on the dark meat.  White meat is leaner.

  • No, chicken breast is the leanest part of the chicken, and since lean meats are the only meats approved for BFL, I wouldn't do thighs.

  • The food list explicitly says chicken breast and the book only mentions white meat chicken, so I consider that the only acceptable part of the chicken to eat.

    If you compare the two, one boneless, skinless thigh has 13g protein and 6g fat. A boneless, skinless breast (one half of the entire breast technically) has 27g protein and only 3g fat. BIG difference.

    If you are eating fast food, I would suggest looking for other options. Fast food restaurants are also most likely serving dark meat chicken with the skin, which increases the fat to a whopping 10g (or more) per thigh!

  • If you must do fast food - you can get grilled chicken breasts at KFC.  Also El Pollo usually has breasts.