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Cooked chicken: weights & conversions

A US cup of cooked chicken weighs about 140 g. 100 g is 189 calories and 28.9 g of protein.

Also written as: cooked shredded chicken, rotisserie chicken, diced cooked chicken.

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1 cup of cooked chicken is about 140 grams.

Cups to grams

What each measure of cooked chicken weighs, from the cup weight above.

cooked chicken volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup140 g4.94 oz
3/4 cup105 g
2/3 cup93.3 g
1/2 cup70 g
1/3 cup46.7 g
1/4 cup35 g
1 tablespoon8.75 g
1 teaspoon2.92 g

Ounces and pounds

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cooked chicken weight conversions
WeightGramsOunces
1 oz28.3 g
4 oz (1/4 lb)113 g
8 oz (1/2 lb)227 g
1 lb454 g
100 g100 g

Nutrition

Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.

Nutrition for cooked chicken by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)18928.9 g7.4 g0 g0 g82 mg
Per cup (140 g)26540.5 g10.4 g0 g0 g115 mg
Per tablespoon (8.75 g)172.53 g0.65 g0 g0 g7 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)21432.8 g8.39 g0 g0 g93 mg

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Common questions

How many grams are in a cup of cooked chicken?
One US cup of cooked chicken weighs about 140 g (4.94 oz). A tablespoon is about 8.75 g and a teaspoon about 2.92 g.
How many cups is 100 g of cooked chicken?
100 g of cooked chicken is about 0.71 cups — near enough to 3/4 of a cup in a measuring cup.
How many calories are in cooked chicken?
Cooked chicken has about 189 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 265 calories a cup.
How much protein is in cooked chicken?
About 28.9 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 32.8 g in a 4 oz portion.

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