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confused about chicken

fitpal02020
fitpal02020 Posts: 193 Member
in Food and Nutrition
My daily protein goal is 120 grams. If I want to get it only from chicken breasts, then how much chicken should I cook everyday?



Does raw and cooked chicken have same amount of protein?

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  • Babeskeez_
    Babeskeez_ Posts: 6 Member
    You weigh it by raw weight. A chicken breast raw has the same amount cooked. The amount doesnt change just because of cooking.
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    edited April 2021
    Chicken breast (raw) has about 27 grams of protein per 100 gram, so to get 120 grams of protein from chicken breasts only, you'll need (120/27=4.44 X 100) 444 grams of chicken. At an average of about 150 grams per breast (raw weight), this works out to about ~ 3 chicken breasts (444/150=2.96).

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