George Forman Grill and cooking Chicken.

shoutman

Just a quick question regarding cooking Chicken Fillets on a George Forman grill.
Do you lose any of the nutrients from chicken when cooking it on a george forman? Basically just cooking it for the protein etc and am looking to do it on a very regular basis as I am starting to go to the gym and train properly at least 4/5 days a week so am looking into my dietry needs as well. The stickies are absolutely brilliant and have helped me a lot already.

cheers
LT

I know this is the fitness forum and not the cooking forum but I thought people here might know the answer better as it is to do with fitness.

Superdub2

dont cook it in the geogre foreman, i cook about 3 fillets in the morning in the oven and stick them in the fridge. then when im hungry for a snack i make three layered toasted wholegrain brownbread sambos with chicken tomatos and onions on it! really HOT and fukin delicious! and full of goodness

Kinetic^

Yeah cook it in the oven dude, 220 degrees for 40 minutes should do it.

shoutman

cheers for the replies guys.

fletch

Would steaming the chicken not be more healthy? I steam chicken fillets in the microwave (using some steamer thingy my mam has) only takes 5 mins, very handy

Superdub2

i doubt it wud be any healthier than the oven and just to clear it up i make my sambos on the george foreman

Supercell

Nothing wrong with the George Foreman grill, its fast, drains away the excess fat and is easier to clean than an oven !

Definately more pro's than con's that I can think of to use it.

Supercell

Keyser Soze 5 wrote:

Yeah cook it in the oven dude, 220 degrees for 40 minutes should do it.

If you are using a cyclotherm oven (most are these days) , adjust temp to 190c and reduce cooking time to about 25-35 mins max (depending on size of fillet).
The juices should run clear with no sign of pinkness, any more and your fillet will be dry and taste like rubber!

cousin_borat

George Foreman grill is superb, rub some garlic/pepper/poultry seasoning on your chicken, lash it on the grill. compare 5 minutes to 25 waiting for the cooker to heat up, etc. Plus its better for the environment, turning on an oven to cook some chicken breasts is a bit of a waste IMO.

LegacyUser

I say a microwave would be the worse way to cook them. Microwaves just take the goodness out of food don't they?

Dragan

Longfield wrote:

Nothing wrong with the George Foreman grill, its fast, drains away the excess fat and is easier to clean than an oven !

Definately more pro's than con's that I can think of to use it.

Actually, consumer product checks have shown that the Foreman does nothing to reduce fat content of food.

And this is covered in the companies disclaimer.

It does make stuff tasty though, if that helps.:)

Dragan

cheesedude wrote:

I say a microwave would be the worse way to cook them. Microwaves just take the goodness out of food don't they?

No, thats just silly.

Supercell

Dragan wrote:

Actually, consumer product checks have shown that the Foreman does nothing to reduce fat content of food.

And this is covered in the companies disclaimer.

It does make stuff tasty though, if that helps.:)

Well I did say drains away excess fat, its far better than frying obviously, and faster than an oven, (and less messy) , a win win imho!

On another note, microwaves were designed for reheating not cooking, the huge temperatures that liquids reach as part of their "cooking" process must be less healthy (vitamin destroying) than natural oven, griddle etc based methods which give more uniform but slower (lower temps) used since stone age times.

Kinetic^

I've got a microwave oven which is pretty damn good. You throw some tin foil in the dish you're cooking with, a small dab of olive oil, some herbs if needed and you leave it for 40 minutes to cook. It comes out scrumpcious. Then you throw the tin foil in the bin and the dish into the dishwasher.

Do you put your georgie foreman in the dishwasher? Can you leave the georgie unattended for 40 minutes?

Supercell

Don't have a dishwasher, dont need tin foil, and cooking only takes about 10 minutes ..
Can i leave it unattended for 40 minutes?, yep, am usually snoozing off the dinner by then!!

cousin_borat

Generally it takes 5 minutes to cook Chicken Fillets and Steaks. TBH I only clean mine once a week (scummy I know.. but it hasnt killed me yet )

Of Course you can leave George Foreman unattended for 40 minutes (just don't plug it in)

Supercell

Imho the Foreman grill is the most convienient basic natural way of cooking we have today and is fast and easy to clean up afterwards.

Seraphina

i dunno, i've done chicken on it a few times before, and it was just horribly dry! the outside especially was quite chewy
am i missing something?

Kinetic^

Seraphina wrote:

i dunno, i've done chicken on it a few times before, and it was just horribly dry! the outside especially was quite chewy
am i missing something?

Nope, that's how everything tastes off it unless there's fat in the meat to give it flavour. It's good for hamburgers, sausages and rashers(all the stuff you want to stay away from), anything else you want cooked try a different method.

Try frying it in some olive oil slowly or else in the oven as I suggested earlier.

LegacyUser

Dragan wrote:

No, thats just silly.

So is it just a rumour then that microwaves take nutrition out of food?????