Chicken leg: weights & conversions
One weighs about 270 g. 100 g is 187 calories and 17.1 g of protein.
Also written as: chicken legs, chicken leg quarter, chicken leg quarters.
A recipe states what you buy, not what you eat. About 72% of the purchased weight of chicken leg reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. Every figure below is per 100 g of edible portion.
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1 chicken leg of chicken leg is about 270 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts chicken leg instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 chicken leg | 270 g | 9.52 oz |
| 2 chicken legs | 540 g | |
| 3 chicken legs | 810 g | |
| 4 chicken legs | 1080 g | |
| 6 chicken legs | 1620 g | |
| 12 chicken legs | 3240 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 187 | 17.1 g | 12.5 g | 0 g | 0 g | 79 mg |
| Per chicken leg (270 g) | 505 | 46.2 g | 33.8 g | 0 g | 0 g | 213 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 212 | 19.4 g | 14.2 g | 0 g | 0 g | 90 mg |
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Common questions
- How much does one chicken leg weigh?
- One chicken leg weighs about 270 g (9.52 oz), so a pound is roughly 2 of them.
- How many calories are in chicken leg?
- Chicken leg has about 187 calories per 100 g, so one chicken leg is roughly 505 calories.
- How much protein is in chicken leg?
- About 17.1 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 19.4 g in a 4 oz portion.
- Does all the weight on the package of chicken leg get eaten?
- No. About 72% of the purchased weight reaches the plate — the rest is bone, skin and trim. The figures on this page are per 100 g of edible meat, so every pound you buy yields roughly 327 g to eat.