Calories in a roasted chicken drumstick with skin.
191 kcal per 100 g.
Chicken, broilers or fryers, drumstick, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 173612
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 191 kcal | 191 kcal |
| Protein | 23.4 g | 23.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 10.2 g | 10.2 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.74 g | 2.74 g |
| Sodium | 123 mg | 123 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.31 g | 0.31 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 12 ug | 12 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 0.1 ug | 0.1 ug |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.19 mg | 0.19 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 3.2 ug | 3.2 ug |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.09 mg | 0.09 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.2 mg | 0.2 mg |
| Niacin | 5.4 mg | 5.4 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.38 mg | 0.38 mg |
| Folate, total | 4 ug | 4 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.39 ug | 0.39 ug |
| Potassium | 247 mg | 247 mg |
| Calcium | 11 mg | 11 mg |
| Phosphorus | 195 mg | 195 mg |
| Magnesium | 22 mg | 22 mg |
| Iron | 1.11 mg | 1.11 mg |
| Zinc | 2.36 mg | 2.36 mg |
| Selenium | 26.9 ug | 26.9 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.07 mg | 0.07 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
Roasting a drumstick with the skin on takes it from 161 kcal per 100 g raw to 191: water leaves, fat stays, and the meat gets denser rather than fattier. The skin is a smaller share of a drumstick than of a wing, which is why this row sits well below the roasted wing's 254. What the oven does not account for is basting or a glaze, and a barbecue glaze can add more than the skin does.
Logging this food
USDA's drumstick here is 105 g and 201 kcal, and that is the yield from a pound of ready-to-cook chicken rather than a supermarket drumstick, which can run heavier. The bone is not in that weight. If you weigh the whole piece before eating, subtract roughly a fifth for the bone, or weigh what is left on the plate and log the difference. A 3 oz portion of the meat is 85 g and 162 kcal.
Swaps and alternatives
Pulling the skin off after roasting is worth about 8 kcal per 100 g here — much less than on a wing, where the same move saves 51. The bigger step is the cut: roasted skinless breast is 165 per 100 g against this row's 191, with more protein. Drumsticks are cheap, hard to overcook and eaten with the hands, and none of that shows up in a calorie figure.