How many calories in a chicken breast?

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UrbanLotus
UrbanLotus Posts: 1,163 Member
edited January 16 in Food and Nutrition
I don't know why this is so hard to figure out, but there is so much conflicting info out there - I have gotten 250, 368, and 460 calories, all for the same thing! Does anyone know what the accurate calories are for this?

A split chicken breast, bone-in, skinless. I didn't weigh it before baking, but after baking it was 10oz - then I weighed the bone which was 2.2oz. So net 7.8oz, cooked. But are calorie counts for raw or cooked meat? How many calories please? Thanks!

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  • smichelle65
    smichelle65 Posts: 45 Member
    I'm going by the USDA /Calorie King guide. A boneless skinless roasted chicken breast is 140 cals. per 3 oz serving. Rounding your piece up to 8 ounces, I came up with 140 x 2 = 280. Add 2 more ounces @ 46.6 cals per ounce = 93.2 cals.

    280 + 93.2 = 373.2 cals per 8 oz of roasted breast meat.
  • UrbanLotus
    UrbanLotus Posts: 1,163 Member
    Perfect, thanks so much!
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