How much protein in an average chicken breast?

[DanielBishop]

The chicken breasts I buy have a nutrition label, but it only tells how much protein per 100g.... and I don't have a scale so I don't know how much they weigh.

And average sized chicken breast, how much protein do you think?

 

[HarmsWayBC]

depends on the chicken breast.....

here's what mine are:

182 g SKINLESS Chicken Breast (roughly 6.4 ounces)

180 calories
33 g of protein
4.5 g of fat

however, if u have skin on it, or don't remove the skin, it doubles the calories!
so remember to remove the skin, since they are bad fats anyhow.....

 

[2ordinary]

If you don't have a scale like me you can usually guestimate by looking at the total weight of the package (undoubtedly written on there somewhere). 16oz=1lb and 1oz~=28.3 grams. So just look at the total weight of the package and find out how many grams of protein and grams of fat that entire package provides. Then cook it all up and then divide it according to your needs. So say the entire package provides 160 grams of protein and 22 grams of fat. Then maybe you want to take in 40 grams of protein per serving so divide all of the chicken into 4 equal portions which will consist of 40 grams of protein and ~5 grams of fat each.
I see this as acceptable because it seems pretty accurate and there's always going to be variation among the meat anyway. But then again, you could just get a scale.

later bro

 

[diamonddiceclay]

close to 30

 

[DanielBishop]

We'll say 25-30g.... thanks.

 

[asone]

I believe its every ounce of meat and fish =7grams of protein, give or take a gram or two. Every gram of protein and carbs =4 cals.
1gram of fat =9 cals.
As for the average size of chicken breast it verys, is it skinless, boneless, or both?

 

[MWB]

Just get a diet scale man. It makes figuring this stuff out so much easier. WAL-MART has them for under $10 and they measure up to 16 oz.