Potatoes. Carbohydrates per 100 grams

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

In Russia, almost every family eats at least 2 kg of potatoes a week. But this product is not recommended for people who are losing weight. So, let's figure out how many carbohydrates are in potatoes and is it so bad for the figure?

Potatoes

Potato - tubers of a plant belonging to the Solanaceae. His homeland is South America. It has been eaten for ten thousand years, because it is nutritious and satiates well. This product is unique: it can be boiled, fried, and baked. That is why his mistresses love him so much.

The product is wildly popular. You will not find a single cafe, restaurant, fast food establishment where you would not be offered to try french fries, country style, mashed potatoes, etc. Moreover, the root crop has long migrated to fast food.

By the way, it is rich in carbohydrates, which make up about 30% of the total mass of the potato.

Nutritional and energy value

The most interesting part of the article for people who want to lose weight, right? So, consider the KBJU (calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates) of boiled potatoes per 100 g:

• K - 82 kcal;
• B - 2 d;
• F - 0.4g;
• Y-16, 7

CJU fried potatoes are as follows:

• K - 192 kcal;
• B - 2.8g;
• F - 9.5g;
• Y - 23, 4

KBJU baked potatoes:

• K - 89.8 kcal;
• B - 2 d;
• F - 1.6g;
• Y-17, 8

You can probably see for yourself how many carbohydrates are in fried potatoes -23.4 g, 6.7 g more than in a boiled root vegetable.

Please note that the best option for cooking a vegetable is boiling. For 100 grams of potatoes, carbohydrates are 16.7 g, which can easily be entered into the daily intake.

It is during cooking that you will get more useful substances from the product. And what else is useful for potatoes, we will find out now.

Benefits of potatoes

Of course, this product can give us a lot of useful things, for example:

1. If you are afraid of the amount of carbohydrates in an ordinary potato, it is better to choose a young one. The carbohydrate content there is reduced (12.4 g of carbohydrates per 100 g of potatoes). At the same time, the amount of useful substances is increased. Has the ability to strengthen blood vessels.
2. And also able to lower blood cholesterol levels.
3. The root vegetable contains a large amount of vitamin C, which improves immunity.
4. Phosphorus, which is part of the product, maintains the acid-base balance in the body.
5. Potatoes also contain folic acid, which forms new cells and makes them he althy.
6. Keratin contained inpotatoes can make your hair and nails even more beautiful, he althy and strong.
7. Vegetable tones and exfoliates the skin well. Often used in cosmetology.

To get the most nutrients from potatoes, eat them boiled or baked, as fried potatoes are high in cholesterol, which negatively affects our he alth.

About the nutritional value of french fries

Fats, proteins, carbohydrates in McDonald's potatoes are 17 g, 5 g and 42 g, respectively. Pay attention to one of the options. Namely, look closely at the amount of carbohydrates in french fries. It's a real carb bomb! The fat content per 100 g of the product is also impressive. Think twice before buying goodies in the food court, is a serving of potatoes harmless to your figure or not?

Potato Dishes

What can be cooked from potatoes? All, of course, cannot be listed. There are a million or more recipes and dishes that include this product. To name a few:

• pancakes;
• stewed potatoes with vegetables;
• rustic;
• free;
• sausages in dough with potatoes;
• puffs with potatoes and mushrooms;
• patties with potatoes, eggs and onions;
• vegetable soup;
• baked potato with cheese and chicken;
• fried eggs with potatoes;
• chicken potato pie;
• casserole with vegetables and meat;
• pork with puree;
• sausages with puree;
• herring with boiled potatoes;
• Olivier salad, etc.

And this is just a small part of the dishes in which you can use this wonderful vegetable.

Let's look at some recipes.

Puff pastries stuffed with potatoes and mushrooms

What do we need? Ingredients:

• puff pastry packaging;
• four potatoes;
• three hundred grams of champignons;
• two onions;
• vegetable oil;
• one hundred grams of cheese;
• any greens;
• s alt, pepper.

Cooking:

1. The dough package must be defrosted in advance. If you did not have time or forgot? The microwave will help. Set for 2.5 minutes on the "Defrost" mode.
2. Rinse potatoes, peel and put in cold water. Boil until ready. Now you need to ceiling it to make a puree.
3. Mushrooms are washed and cut, if large. We also chop the onion. Fry in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Season with s alt and pepper.
4. Mix mashed potatoes with mushrooms and onions. Add grated cheese, finely chopped greens, s alt and pepper.
5. Roll out the puff pastry and cut it into ten to twelve squares. We lay out 1, 5 tbsp. spoons of potato-mushroom filling and fasten the edges with a fork.
6. Cook pies on baking sheets at 180 degrees for about twenty minutes.

Due to the fact that we added grated cheese to hot mashed potatoes, itmelted. Therefore, the filling turned out to be viscous and very tender. Be sure to cook these pies for dinner or a snack for your household!

Potato and Chicken Casserole

Great option for a delicious and satisfying dinner. If you don't know what to cook for the evening, use this recipe.

What we need:

• half a kilo of chicken fillet;
• four potatoes;
• one hundred grams of brisket;
• two hundred and fifty grams of cheese;
• any greens;
• half a cup of cream;
• pepper, s alt.

Cooking the casserole:

1. Rinse and peel potatoes, cut into cubes.
2. Do the same with the fillet.
3. Then you need to grate the cheese, chop the brisket.
4. Peel the onion, chop arbitrarily.
5. The baking dish should be oiled. We collect the casserole: put half the potatoes, a layer of fillet, s alt and pepper. Then spread the chopped brisket, grated cheese and onion. Add potatoes, cheese, brisket and onion again. S alt and pepper.
6. Now all this must be poured with cream, and the mold covered with foil. Cook the casserole at 180 degrees for about thirty minutes.
7. After twenty minutes have passed, remove the foil.

100 g of this dish contains 155 kcal, 15.3 g of protein, 7.9 g of fat and 5.1 g of carbohydrates. The dish is quite dietary.

Potato soup with meatballs

Treat the whole family with rich andfragrant soup.

Ingredients:

• half a kilo of potatoes;
• three carrots;
• two stalks of celery;
• bulb;
• five tbsp. spoons of rice;
• eight cups of chicken broth;
• four glasses of water;
• s alt, pepper, spices.

For meatballs:

• kilogram meat fillet;
• half-onion;
• greens;
• s alt, pepper.

Cooking:

1. Onion must be peeled and chopped. Fry in oil, s alt and pepper. Remove from stove.
2. Add minced meat to it, mix and form meatballs.
3. Chop celery for soup. Peel the onion and chop finely. We rub the carrots. Fry everything for about five minutes in a pan.
4. Pour water into chicken broth, bring to a boil. Cut the potatoes into cubes, add to the soup and bring to a boil.
5. Add rice. After a few minutes, put the meatballs.
6. Cook until tender.
7. Add finely chopped greens when serving.

Remember to eat soups at least a few times a week. It is very beneficial for the digestive system. Bon appetit!