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How much does cooking chicken with the skin change the calories?

A portion of 80 grams of oven-baked chicken thigh is 186 calories with the skin and 143 without it; with the breast the difference falls to 26 calories.

Published: 22 August 2026

According to the records of the American food database, a portion of 80 grams of oven-baked chicken thigh is about 186 calories with the skin and 143 calories once the skin is removed. With the breast the same portion comes to 158 against 132 calories; the difference is 43 calories in the thigh and 26 in the breast.

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  • USDA FoodData Central 173625 100 g (Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, cooked, roasted); 1 but derili = 137 g accessed: 2026-08-22
  • USDA FoodData Central 172388 100 g (Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat only, cooked, roasted); 1 but derisiz = 116 g accessed: 2026-08-22
  • USDA FoodData Central 171075 100 g (Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted); yarım göğüs kemiksiz = 98 g accessed: 2026-08-22
  • USDA FoodData Central 171477 100 g (Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted); yarım göğüs kemiksiz ve derisiz = 86 g accessed: 2026-08-22
  • USDA FoodData Central 2705975 100 g (Chicken breast, fried, coated, prepared skinless, coating eaten, from raw); karşılaştırma accessed: 2026-08-22
  • TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.1.3, s. 264 1 standart porsiyon pişmiş tavuk eti = 1 orta boy baget / 1 el ayası kadar et / 80 g (porsiyon tanımı) accessed: 2026-08-22
  • TÜBER 2022 — Türkiye Beslenme Rehberi Ek 2.3.1, s. 283-284 tavuk but pişmiş 80 g = 172 kkal; tavuk göğüs eti pişmiş 80 g = 88 kkal (ölçülen enerji içeriği) accessed: 2026-08-22

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