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Post by Silver on Aug 13, 2023 14:43:23 GMT 1
1.5 metric cups of Almond Flour = ~150 grams 1.5 metric cups of AP Flour = ~200 grams 150 grams of Almond Flour = ~31 grams of Carbohydrates 200 grams of AP Flour = ~147 grams of Carbohydrates
31/147 x 100 = 21%
Almond Flour coated chicken (based upon 1.5 cups = ~150 grams) should have roughly 1/5 the Carbohydrates of AP Flour, on a volume to volume basis.
Is it possible to substitute 150 grams of Almond Flour for 200 grams of AP, Cake, or Pastry Flour? Will Almond Flour adhere well to egg washed Chicken throughout the deep frying process?
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Post by deepfriednew101 on Aug 13, 2023 15:07:26 GMT 1
My understanding is If KFC used Almond Flour there would be a Listing for NUT Allergy, But if they used Coconut Flour No Allergy Listing is required.
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Post by Silver on Aug 13, 2023 15:09:48 GMT 1
I'm not saying that KFC uses (or ever used) it. I'm saying that it has only about 1/5 of the carbohydrates.
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Post by Silver on Aug 13, 2023 15:28:06 GMT 1
If 200 grams of regular wheat flour has 147 grams of carbs, and it can coat ~18 mixed pieces of chicken, then each piece has about 8.2 grams of carbohydrates on average.
If 150 grams of almond flour has about 31 grams of carbs, and it can coat ~18 mixed pieces of chicken, then each piece has about 1.7 grams of carbohydrates on average.
That's a big difference when trying to eat only 20 grams or less of carbohydrates per day.
With regard to human metabolism, eating 5 grams of carbohydrates is the equivalent of eating 4.2 grams of sugar.
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Post by Silver on Aug 13, 2023 15:31:41 GMT 1
1 cup of rice = 45 grams of carbohydrates = 9 teaspoons of sugar. No difference as far as the body is concerned.
1 large baked potato also contains 45 grams of carbohydrates...
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Post by Silver on Aug 13, 2023 15:38:46 GMT 1
My understanding is If KFC used Almond Flour there would be a Listing for NUT Allergy, But if they used Coconut Flour No Allergy Listing is required. On a gram for gram basis Coconut flour has more than twice the carbs of Almond flour. |
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Post by Silver on Aug 20, 2023 18:36:59 GMT 1
Just a heads up. We tried using Almond Flour breading on Air Fried Fish yesterday, and it wouldn't brown up. The fish cooks way too fast for browning to occur within an Air Fryer. A Deep Fryer and longer cook times (as for Chicken) would presumably work better as to achieving a nice Maillard reaction darkening.
Another negative is that the Almond taste highly masked the spices that I admittedly merely pinched into it. To overcome that a lot more spice than I added would appear to be required.
If I can't come up with a workable very low carb means of breading/coating Chicken, I fear that I may be out of business.
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Post by smallgree on Aug 20, 2023 19:20:53 GMT 1
Chickpea flour
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Post by Silver on Aug 20, 2023 19:57:48 GMT 1
I just discovered that Vital Wheat Gluten is cup for cup less than or equal too Almond Flour in terms of grams of carbohydrates. So cup for cup Vital Wheat Gluten has about 1/5 the carbs of regular wheat flour. Looks hopeful. Skip to 1 minute and 20 seconds.
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Post by deepfriednew101 on Aug 21, 2023 4:04:46 GMT 1
Just a heads up. We tried using Almond Flour breading on Air Fried Fish yesterday, and it wouldn't brown up. The fish cooks way too fast for browning to occur within an Air Fryer. A Deep Fryer and longer cook times (as for Chicken) would presumably work better as to achieving a nice Maillard reaction darkening. Another negative is that the Almond taste highly masked the spices that I admittedly merely pinched into it. To overcome that a lot more spice than I added would appear to be required. If I can't come up with a workable very low carb means of breading/coating Chicken, I fear that I may be out of business. Did you spray a little Oil on the outside prior to cooling Almost all air fryer flour item need external Oil sprayed on it |
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