Is Rice Turkey Stuffing and Less Healthy?

Is the rice used to stuff a turkey any less healthy than normal turkey? If so, by how much?

depends on the type of rice, the other ingredients, and what you're comparing it to (not to mention what you consider "healthy").

relax.  it's one meal.

Well I'm just wondering if it absorbs fat from the turkey or whatnot. And the question is it LESS healthy. I'm just wondering if it gets worse from being cooked in the turkey.

so your question is this: is stuffing cooked inside the bird less healthy than stuffing cooked in a casserole?

if that's the question, then yes, the stuffing will absorb fat from the turkey, and that will be saturated fat. 

but still, if the stuffing cooked in the casserole is prepared with a lot of butter or other sat fat, then it might be a six-of-one situation.  again, it depends.

No.

The two things up for debate are:

plain rice cooked on its own in water

and

plain rice that has been stuffed inside a turkey

So do you know of a calculation for the nutrition info on rice taken out of a turkey?

Well if you do cook the rice inside the turkey, make sure to heat it through after taking it out. If it's not fully heated (I think it's 170 inside the stuffing?), it will have uncooked turkey juices inside. You don't want to be spending the next day in the bathroom.

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Original Post by bmx9279:

No.

 

The two things up for debate are:

 

plain rice cooked on its own in water

 

and

 

plain rice that has been stuffed inside a turkey

 

So do you know of a calculation for the nutrition info on rice taken out of a turkey?

 

 

instead of getting all huffy about it, why don't you go back and read your original question?  because, trust me, it's ambiguous.

both your original questions are ambiguous, actually:

Is Rice Turkey Stuffing and Less Healthy?

Is the rice used to stuff a turkey any less healthy than normal turkey? If so, by how much?

huh?

I meant to say normal rice instead of normal turkey.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by bmx9279:

No.

 

The two things up for debate are:

 

plain rice cooked on its own in water

 

and

 

plain rice that has been stuffed inside a turkey

 

So do you know of a calculation for the nutrition info on rice taken out of a turkey?

 

 

instead of getting all huffy about it, why don't you go back and read your original question?  because, trust me, it's ambiguous.

 ...owned.

who cooks plain rice inside a turkey anyway?

This question can't be answered because there are too many variables. It really does depend on what you put in your stuffing.  There are as many recipes as there are families in the USA.  I don't stuff the turkey because by the time the stuffing is at a safe temperature the turkey is overcooked and dried out. 

If you're that worried about how healthy it is, just make brown rice on the side and skip the stuffing altogether.  You could add celery, onion, sage and thyme to the brown rice to make it tasty. 

Not to change the subject much, but yesterday as my friend was checking the turkey temperature I asked her to also check the stuffing temperature.  She asked what for, and I tried to explain about the safety issues involving stuffing.  She just shrugges and said "whatever"   There happened to be a pan of leftover stuffing cooked as a casserole (now called dressing), and I chose to eat that instead of what came out of the bird.

meh.  it's a very new thing to worry about the internal temperature of the stuffing.  my family has always stuffed the bird and has never worried about the stuffing (other than to make sure to remove it all the same night), and nobody has ever gotten sick.

the last decade or so we've brined the bird, which makes it cook even faster; it still hasn't been an issue.

we've all been exposed most of the common food-poisoning organisms hundreds of times and have good immunity.  that's why we get sick when we travel rather than at home.