Calories and macros in chicken skin

lithezebra

I ate the delicious crispy skin only (because I'm using the meat and bones in a stew) and I can't find an entry for chicken skin.

Could this be right, that a chicken thigh with skin is about 279 calories, a thigh without skin is 236, and therefore the skin is 43 calories, with 5 grams of fat? It tasted like a lot more calories than that.

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-chicken-roasted-chicken-thigh-with-skin_f-ZmlkPTE0NjU4Nw.html

http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-chicken-roasted-chicken-thigh-without-skin_f-ZmlkPTEzMzE1NQ.html

baconslave

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/658/2


According to that, an oz of chicken skin is 102cal, 9g fat. I imagine a chicken thigh has about a half ounce or less of skin when it's cooked. Which is good news for me as my chicken cracklins are less calories than I thought.

lithezebra

baconslave wrote: »

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/poultry-products/658/2


According to that, an oz of chicken skin is 102cal, 9g fat. I imagine a chicken thigh has about a half ounce or less of skin when it's cooked. Which is good news for me as my chicken cracklins are less calories than I thought.

It's excellent news. Chicken cracklins are my new favorite snack. I feel stupid that I was throwing away the skin all those years to save a measly 50 or so calories.

glossbones

Even when I thought I ate healthy, I could never pass on the chicken skin! And if there were leftovers we always ate the skin before packing them up, since it never crisped the same way after refrigeration!

lithezebra

glossbones wrote: »

Even when I thought I ate healthy, I could never pass on the chicken skin! And if there were leftovers we always ate the skin before packing them up, since it never crisped the same way after refrigeration!

I crisp it back up in the toaster oven!