How Many Calories in Chicken Chili

Chicken chili is a famous chicken dish which is served and made with chilies and is very spicy in taste. Chicken chili can be eaten as a side order and even as a main course dish and is available at most restaurants that serve chicken. This dish can be prepared at home as well and can be made in a lot of different ways. The calorie content of chicken chili depends upon the type and quantity of ingredients that are used to make it. If you wish to find out about the exact number of calories in chicken chili and its nutritional value, then you can read the following article.

Calories in Chicken Chili

Au Bon Pain is a popular company which makes chicken chili with beans. This dish from the company has been tagged at B+ grade as far as the nutritional value of it is concerned.  8 oz of chicken chili with beans contains 180 calories out of which 5% of the calories come from total fat, 5% are contributed by saturated fat, 3% are contributed by cholesterol, 39% come from sodium, 9% come from total carbohydrates and 16% come from dietary fiber content. The good points about this dish are the fact that it has low amount of sugar and low amount of cholesterol content. But the high amount of sodium in it makes it unhealthy.

Wal-Mart makes white chicken chili and 1 serving weighing 247 grams of this dish contains about 240 calories. Out of these 240 calories, 12% of the calories come from total fat, 20% come from saturated fat, 17% come from cholesterol, 41% come from sodium, 7% come from total carbohydrates and 20% come from dietary fiber content. C grade has been given to this dish as far as the nutritional value is concerned. The only negative thing about it is the presence of large amount of sodium.