How many calories in a chicken leg and thigh?

Answer:
In plain cooked (grilled, roasted, boiled, steamed) chicken legs (drumstick and thigh) there are:
  • approx 265 calories in 1 slightly larger (4 oz or 114g) leg including the skin
  • approx 181 calories in 1 average (3.4 oz or 95g) chicken leg with the skin removed before eating.


In plain cooked (grilled, roasted, boiled, steamed) chicken thighs there are:
  • approx 59 calories in 1 ounce, 28g, of thigh meat (excluding the skin)
  • approx 109 calories in 1 average size thigh (excluding the skin)
  • approx 153 calories in 1 average size thigh including the skin
  • for comparison, approx 112 calories in 1 average size drumstick including the skin.
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