Which is healthier — white or dark meat chicken?
White meat chicken is lower in fat than dark meat. Skinless white meat is the leanest choice for poultry, followed by skinless dark meat and white meat with skin. Here are a few tips for making your chicken healthier: • Remove the skin, either before or after cooking, to reduce the fat content by almost half. Leaving the skin on during cooking will keep the meat juicier. But keep in mind if you remove the skin after cooking, the fat that was under the skin will have melted, and some of it will have been absorbed into the meat — which is also why it is juicier. • Trim all excess fat from the chicken before cooking. • Rather than using fat such as butter and oil to enhance the chicken’s flavor, try other flavoring ingredients such as flavored vinegars, wines, herbs, spices or citrus fruit. • Cook chicken without added fats by baking, roasting, broiling, grilling or poaching it. Stir-fry in olive or canola oil, or better yet, use a fat-free nonstick cooking spray. • Chicken breast, skinle
