Calories in a fried chicken drumstick (skinless).
195 kcal per 100 g.
Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat only, cooked, fried · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 172375
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 195 kcal | 195 kcal |
| Protein | 28.6 g | 28.6 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 8.08 g | 8.08 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | Unknown | Unknown |
| Saturated fat | 2.13 g | 2.13 g |
| Sodium | 96 mg | 96 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.24 g | 0.24 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 18 ug | 18 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.08 mg | 0.08 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.24 mg | 0.24 mg |
| Niacin | 6.15 mg | 6.15 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.39 mg | 0.39 mg |
| Folate, total | 9 ug | 9 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.35 ug | 0.35 ug |
| Potassium | 249 mg | 249 mg |
| Calcium | 12 mg | 12 mg |
| Phosphorus | 186 mg | 186 mg |
| Magnesium | 24 mg | 24 mg |
| Iron | 1.32 mg | 1.32 mg |
| Zinc | 3.22 mg | 3.22 mg |
| Selenium | 19.6 ug | 19.6 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.08 mg | 0.08 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
This row is drumstick meat with the skin and bone already removed, fried: 195 kcal per 100 g and 28.6 g of protein, because frying drives off water and concentrates both. It is barely above the roasted-with-skin drumstick at 191, which is the surprise — most of what people picture as fried chicken calories is the skin and the batter, and neither is in this row.
Logging this food
One drumstick with the bone and skin removed is 42 g here and 82 kcal, which is small: two or three is a portion. Batter, flour and crumb are not included, so a piece of takeaway fried chicken needs the coating logged separately, and the coating is usually the larger half. If you fried it at home in measured oil, log the oil that stayed in the pan as well as the oil that did not.
Swaps and alternatives
Roasted drumstick with the skin on is 191 kcal per 100 g against 195 here, so the frying itself costs almost nothing once the skin and coating are gone. The saving is in the coating. Roasted skinless breast is 165 with more protein per calorie; roasted skinless wing is 203 with more again. Within this family the choice of cut matters less than what is on the outside of it.