How much protein is in fried chicken thigh (skinless)?

Fried chicken thigh (skinless) has 28.2 g of protein per 100 g and 23.9 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 12.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Should chicken thigh be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the cooked row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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Chicken thighUSDA SR LegacyFDC 172387

Calories in fried chicken thigh (skinless)

USDA FoodData Central record for “Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, fried” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other chicken thigh rows.

The short answer

Fried chicken thigh (skinless): 218 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 185 kcal with 23.9 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 172387, "Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, fried".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	218 kcal	100%
Protein	28.2 g	52%
Fat	10.3 g	43%
Carbohydrate	1.2 g	2%

Fried chicken thigh (skinless) is 218 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 52% comes from protein, 43% from fat and 2% from carbohydrate. That works out to 12.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs
100 g	100 g	218	28.2 g	10.3 g	1.2 g
3 oz	85 g	185	23.9 g	8.7 g	1 g
1 unit (yield from 1 lb ready-to-cook chicken)	31 g	68	8.7 g	3.2 g	0.4 g
1 thigh, bone and skin removed	52 g	113	14.7 g	5.4 g	0.6 g

Compared with other chicken thigh

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
Raw chicken thigh with skin	221	16.5 g	427 kcal · 1 thigh with skin
Roasted chicken thigh (skinless)	179	24.8 g	208 kcal · 1 thigh without skin
Roasted chicken thigh with skin	232	23.3 g	318 kcal · 1 thigh with skin
Fried chicken thigh (skinless)	218	28.2 g	185 kcal · 3 oz

The chicken thigh rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the cooked row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Other tables in poultry products

The same numbers for the foods this one usually shares a plate — or a shopping list — with.

Questions about fried chicken thigh (skinless)

How many calories are in fried chicken thigh (skinless)?: Fried chicken thigh (skinless): 218 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 185 kcal with 23.9 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 172387, "Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, fried".
How much protein is in fried chicken thigh (skinless)?: Fried chicken thigh (skinless) has 28.2 g of protein per 100 g and 23.9 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 12.9 g of protein per 100 kcal — a solid protein-per-calorie ratio for a whole food.
Should chicken thigh be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the cooked row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “fried chicken thigh (skinless)” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, fried” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read Calories in chicken breast: raw, cooked, skin on and off.