Calories in raw chicken breast with skin.
172 kcal per 100 g.
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat and skin, raw · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 171474
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 172 kcal | 172 kcal |
| Protein | 20.8 g | 20.8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 9.25 g | 9.25 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.66 g | 2.66 g |
| Sodium | 63 mg | 63 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.16 g | 0.16 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 24 ug | 24 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.4 ug | 0.4 ug |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.27 mg | 0.27 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 0 ug | 0 ug |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.06 mg | 0.06 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.09 mg | 0.09 mg |
| Niacin | 9.91 mg | 9.91 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.53 mg | 0.53 mg |
| Folate, total | 4 ug | 4 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.34 ug | 0.34 ug |
| Potassium | 220 mg | 220 mg |
| Calcium | 11 mg | 11 mg |
| Phosphorus | 174 mg | 174 mg |
| Magnesium | 25 mg | 25 mg |
| Iron | 0.74 mg | 0.74 mg |
| Zinc | 0.8 mg | 0.8 mg |
| Selenium | 16.6 ug | 16.6 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.04 mg | 0.04 mg |
Energy comes from USDA nutrient 1008. Salt is calculated as sodium × 2.5, with unit conversion to grams. It is not a separately measured salt value.
Preparation
The skin is the whole difference: 172 kcal per 100 g against 120 for the same cut skinned, and 9.3 g of fat against 2.6. Roasting takes it to 197 per 100 g, because water leaves while the fat stays. Removing the skin after cooking rather than before keeps some of what rendered into the meat — less than the skin held, more than nothing, and no row can tell you exactly how much.
Logging this food
USDA lists two half-breasts here and they are not the same thing. 87 g is the yield from a pound of ready-to-cook chicken; 145 g is a half breast as sold. At 172 kcal per 100 g that is 150 against 249 — a hundred calories from picking the wrong line. Weigh it if you can, and weigh it in the state you intend to log.
Swaps and alternatives
Skinning the breast before cooking is the cheapest change available here: 120 kcal per 100 g instead of 172, for the same meat and almost the same protein. If the skin is the point, the roasted-with-skin row at 197 is the honest one to log rather than this one. Thigh with skin is 221 raw, so breast with skin is still the leaner half of the bird.