Yes. Fried foods are bad for you. Most people and restaurants fry food in vegetable oil, and this will kill you. That being said I ate fried chicken yesterday and enjoy it.
However...
The fat and skin of chickens (and fowl in general) are maybe the worst foods one could possibly find. Removing them is a huge step towards health and should always be observed.
Skin side up on a chicken means that it should be cooked where the skin is facing upwards. This is done so that the skin gets crispy when it is cooked.
What do you do? You throw it away! Bad chicken is bad news!
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No, but if cooked right you can get nice crispy chicken skin.
A cooked chicken thigh is typically browned on the outside with juicy, tender meat on the inside. The skin may be crispy, and the meat should be fully cooked and no longer pink.
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With skin removed before eating there are:328 calories in 200g of cooked chicken breast (plain roasted, grilled, etc).
Chicken properly cooked and without the skin is very good for you, a good source of protein and fairly low fat.
It is not the chicken meat that adds to high cholesterol, but the skin. Eat skinless chicken.
No Not Cooked Chicken Bones!!!!
Calories in a 5 oz chicken breastThe breasts can cooked with the skin on and then removed or not before eating. Here are examples for plain cooked (roast, grilled, steamed, poached) both with and without skin. This does not include any sauce, glaze or marinade.approx 275-280 calories in a 5 oz cooked chicken breast, with the skin left onapprox 230-235 calories in a 5 oz cooked chicken breast, with skin removed before eatingFor the calories in vegetables or fruit to serve with chicken, and fruit and vegetable calorie charts, which you can use as daily guides, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.
In one very small plainly cooked chicken breast without skin there are approximately 145 calories.