Chicken is one of the most popular meats in the world. It is cheap to produce, taste well and can be cooked in many way. Chicken can be found in most fast foods menus.
To know How many calories in chicken please go to the table below.
Chickens as food
The meat of the chicken, also called "chicken", is a type of poultry meat. Because of its relatively low cost, chicken is one of the most used meats in the world.
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Nearly all parts of the bird can be used for food, and the meat can be cooked in many different ways. Popular chicken dishes include roasted chicken, fried chicken, chicken soup, Buffalo wings, tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and chicken rice. Chicken is also a staple of many fast food restaurants.
How many calories in chicken. Fried chicken with skin
Fried Chicken. With breast, meat and skin with breading
CHICKEN fried w. skin
100 g (3,5 oz)
%
1 oz (28,35 g)
KCal
221 KCal
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62.6 KCal
KJ
925 KJ
-
262 KJ
Fat. g.
12
12 %
3.4
Protein g
22.5
22.5 %
6.4
Carbohydrate total g
5.5
5.5 %
1.6
- sugars g
-
-
-
- starch g
-
-
-
- dietary fibers g
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-
-
Water g
57.5
57.5 %
16.3
Dry matter g. incl. fat
42.5
42.5 %
12
calories in chicken. Meat only
Fried Chicken. Meat only. Skin and breading removed
CHICKEN meat only
100 g (3,5 oz)
%
1 oz (28,35 g)
KCal
146 KCal
-
0 KCal
KJ
611 KJ
-
41 KJ
Fat. g.
4.3
4.3 %
1.2
Protein g
26.7
26.7 %
7.6
Carbohydrate total g
0.1
0.1 %
0
- sugars g
-
-
-
- starch g
-
-
-
- dietary fibers g
-
-
-
Water g
66.7
66.7 %
18.9
Dry matter g. incl. fat
33.3
33.3 %
9.4
chicken Nuggets
CHICKEN nuggets
100 g (3,5 oz)
%
1 oz (28,35 g)
KCal
334 KCal
-
94.6 KCal
KJ
1398 KJ
-
396 KJ
Fat. g.
23.1
23.1 %
6.5
Protein g
15.9
15.9 %
4.5
Carbohydrate total g
15.3
15.3 %
4.3
- sugars g
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-
-
- starch g
-
-
-
- dietary fibers g
-
-
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Water g
43.1
43.1 %
12.2
Dry matter g. incl. fat
56.9
56.9 %
16.1
info on chicken as domestic fowl
Chicken as domestic fowl
The domesticated fowl chicken, in latin Gallus gallus domesticus, originates from the Red Junglefowl and is the most common domestic animal in the world with around 25-30 billion animals. The domestic fowl is kept as an important source of food as meat and eggs.
Most likely chicken as the domestic animal originates from India from the wild Red Junglefowl and spread from India around the world.
The male adult chicken is named cocks (UK) or roosters (US and Canada), the female adult bird is named hens while babies are names chicks. Young females are called pullets and young males cockerels.
Hens kept for meat production are known as broilers. The chickens they produce are used for meat and slaughtered at the age of 6-14 weeks
Hens kept for egg production are known as egg laying hens or broodies. A hen lays around 300 eggs in their first year and is then slaughtered as soup hens or used for processed chicken meat.
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