How to Make Fried Chicken Healthier (Page 2)

How to Make Fried Chicken Healthier

Can you do a better job of making your own version of a crispy “Bucket o’ Chicken” without leaving the house, without using a deep-fryer and without blowing your calorie allotment for half the day on only one meal? Yes! In fact, you can do it for only half the calories and just one-fifth the fat and sodium of the fast-food classic. Here’s how EatingWell’s healthier fried chicken compares against the Colonel’s:

Kentucky Fried Chicken “Extra-Crispy” (2 pieces)	EatingWell Oven-Fried Chicken (2 pieces)
490 calories	224 calories
34 grams fat	7 grams fat
1,140 mg sodium	237 mg sodium