Calories in raw ground chicken.
143 kcal per 100 g.
Chicken, ground, raw · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 171116
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 143 kcal | 143 kcal |
| Protein | 17.4 g | 17.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0.04 g | 0.04 g |
| Fat | 8.1 g | 8.1 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 2.3 g | 2.3 g |
| Sodium | 60 mg | 60 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 0.15 g | 0.15 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 0 ug | 0 ug |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.27 mg | 0.27 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | 0.8 ug | 0.8 ug |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.11 mg | 0.11 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.24 mg | 0.24 mg |
| Niacin | 5.58 mg | 5.58 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.51 mg | 0.51 mg |
| Folate, total | 1 ug | 1 ug |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.56 ug | 0.56 ug |
| Potassium | 522 mg | 522 mg |
| Calcium | 6 mg | 6 mg |
| Phosphorus | 178 mg | 178 mg |
| Magnesium | 21 mg | 21 mg |
| Iron | 0.82 mg | 0.82 mg |
| Zinc | 1.47 mg | 1.47 mg |
| Selenium | 10.2 ug | 10.2 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
Ground chicken is not a lean cut by default: 143 kcal per 100 g raw with 8.1 g of fat, because it is made from mixed meat rather than breast. Pan-browning takes it to 189 per 100 g as water leaves, and some fat renders out into the pan — whether that fat is drained or stirred back into the sauce is a real difference this row cannot see.
Logging this food
A 4 oz portion is 113 g raw and 162 kcal. A pound browned loses roughly a quarter of its weight, so 450 g of raw mince becomes about 340 g cooked with the same calories in it. Decide whether you weigh the packet or the pan and stay with it — for mince stirred into a sauce, weighing the raw packet is usually the only workable moment.
Swaps and alternatives
Raw ground turkey at 93% lean is 150 kcal per 100 g, close enough to be interchangeable here. The larger step is grinding your own from breast, which lands near the 120 of raw skinless breast. Draining the pan after browning removes fat this row already counted, so the honest log for drained mince sits somewhere below the cooked figure of 189.