Does frying add calories to the food you cook?

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My husband makes what he calls "frog bellies" and i'm trying to determine the calories.

I googled the term and nothing similar came up, but based on the few times i've watched, this is his procedure: He takes a can of bisuits (the ones like pilsbury, there you pull a tab, knock it on the counter, and it pops open) cuts them up, then he puts them into preheated vegetable oil until they puff up (is that 'frying'?), then coats them in powdered sugar.

Would the calories for the "frog bellies" just be the calories listed on the biscuit can + the calories of the powdered sugar? Or does the preparation (frying) add a certain number of calories?
Perhaps I should rephrase the question: how many calories should I add when calculating it? However much oil we use to fry it in? There's usually a lot let over...should I measure it before we fry and then after we fry and use the difference to determine how many "servings" of calories to add?
 
1 teaspoon of oil has about 40 calories. When you fry something, it soaks up a lot of oil. You can leave them on a bit of paper towel to drain some of the oil, but you'll still be left with approximately 1 teaspoon of oil per 1 square inch of biscuit. So yes, frying will double or tripple the fat count, and that's only if you drain it on a paper towel. Lord only knows how much fat you've added if you don't drain it. And then covering it in powdered sugar will add another 10-20 calories per biscuit. Sound lovely to eat, but also a recipe for clotted arteries!
 
It id placed in hot oil and you cannot decide if it is frying or not? REALLY?

YES that is frying. Add at least 1 tbsp per piece. YES it adds calories. Do you not realize the extra fat that you have to drian off, and that you feel on your fingers?
 
Yes it does because when you fry foods, it absorbs some of the oil used, causing the bread-like layer. This not only adds calories, but it also adds fats, cholesterol, etc. Hope I helped ;)

~Fabz
 
Actually it depends on the type of oil used and the way the frying is done.

Most of the previous answers were right that frying may add calories besides cholesterol and fats and other matters.

But if you fry using olive oil at a very low heat, and let the fried food drain over hot oil on a draining rail, the excess oil would have drained off leaving you with minimal oil content or calories and fat.

I do not bother with calorie calculations as it would have caused me and my family a heart problem calculating it before it even become a problem. What we do is start with a fruit entree, follow it up with a fresh vegetable appetizer (usually a salad with a vinegar instead of a mayo dressing), then a main course of lean meat (fish, chicken, pork or even beef) of around 250 oz. in weight at most; about the size of a matchbox. You don't need to count, it works.
 
Actually it depends on the type of oil used and the way the frying is done.

Most of the previous answers were right that frying may add calories besides cholesterol and fats and other matters.

But if you fry using olive oil at a very low heat, and let the fried food drain over hot oil on a draining rail, the excess oil would have drained off leaving you with minimal oil content or calories and fat.

I do not bother with calorie calculations as it would have caused me and my family a heart problem calculating it before it even become a problem. What we do is start with a fruit entree, follow it up with a fresh vegetable appetizer (usually a salad with a vinegar instead of a mayo dressing), then a main course of lean meat (fish, chicken, pork or even beef) of around 250 oz. in weight at most; about the size of a matchbox. You don't need to count, it works.
 
You will notice that these "frog bellies" suck up some of the oil. However you can tell how much oil has been sucked up by measuring how much oil he uses before he heats it and cooks with it. Then when he is finished cooking and the oil is cooled measure it. Whatever the difference is is how many tablespoons of oil you need to count as a "calorie addition" (different oils contain different amounts of callories/Tablespoon so check the Nutrion Info on the back of the bottle).
To calculate how many calories in each one of these add up the calories of a whole package of the dough, used oil, and powdered sugar used. Then count howmany he makes and divide by the total calories.
 
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