How much protein is in chicken breast?

One large boneless skinless chicken breast (272 g, raw) has 61 g of protein (326 kcal); 100 g has 22.5 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g raw

PER 100 GProtein

22.5g

Calories120

Carbohydrate0g

Fiber0g

Sugars0g

Fat2.6g

Saturated0.6g

Sodium45 mg

18.8 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictLean protein source

18.8 g of protein per 100 kcal (75% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale.

25 g of protein from chicken breast alone takes 111 g (about 3.9 oz) and 133 kcal.

#4 of 24 in Meat & poultry for protein per 100 g, #4 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in chicken breast per portion, raw weight
Portion (raw)	Protein	kcal	Fat
100 g	22.5 g	120	2.6 g
1 oz (28 g)	6.4 g	34	0.7 g
4 oz (113 g)	26 g	136	2.9 g
1 lb (454 g)	102 g	544	12 g
1 large (272 g)	61 g	326	7.1 g

One large boneless skinless chicken breast (272 g, raw) is 51% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Weights are raw. Cooking drives off water, so cooked meat has more protein per 100 g, but each piece keeps the protein it started with.

Cooked: cooked chicken breast has 31 g of protein per 100 g, so 100 g raw cooks down to about 73 g (an estimate that assumes cooking keeps all the protein).

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, it has more protein than Canadian bacon and chicken thighs and less than ground turkey breast (99%) and deli turkey.

chicken breast compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Ground turkey breast (99%)	23.6 g	112	21.1 g
Deli turkey	21.8 g	109	20.0 g
Chicken breast	22.5 g	120	18.8 g
Canadian bacon	20.3 g	110	18.5 g
Chicken thighs	19.7 g	121	16.3 g

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Recipes with chicken breast

39 recipes in the Feast Mode library use chicken breast, macros computed the same way.

Across the 39 library recipes that use it, a serving has 162 g of raw chicken breast on average, which brings 36 g of protein: 69% of the dish’s protein. It carries the most in Sesame Chicken, at 81% of the protein.

62G
PROTEIN

Creamy Green Chicken Enchiladas

80 min · 537 kcal

60G
PROTEIN

Cajun Chicken Alfredo

35 min · 603 kcal

59G
PROTEIN

Creamy Cajun Tomato Pasta with Crispy Chicken

45 min · 637 kcal

58G
PROTEIN

Air Fryer Chicken Parmesan

50 min · 595 kcal

58G
PROTEIN

Balsamic Chicken Caprese

30 min · 515 kcal

57G
PROTEIN

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

40 min · 560 kcal

57G
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Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Orzo

45 min · 609 kcal

56G
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Chicken Caesar Wraps

30 min · 501 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in one large boneless skinless chicken breast?

One large boneless skinless chicken breast (272 g, raw) has 61 g of protein and 326 kcal, with 0 g of carbohydrate and 7.1 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of chicken breast?

100 g of chicken breast has 22.5 g of protein, 120 kcal, 0 g of carbohydrate and 2.6 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 171077).

Is chicken breast a good source of protein?

Lean protein source: 18.8 g of protein per 100 kcal (75% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from chicken breast alone takes 111 g (about 3.9 oz) and 133 kcal.

Which has more protein, chicken breast or cooked chicken breast?

Cooked chicken breast, with 31 g of protein per 100 g against 22.5 g for chicken breast. Per 100 kcal: chicken breast 18.8 g, cooked chicken breast 18.8 g. One is weighed raw and the other cooked, which changes the protein per 100 g, not the protein in a portion.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 171077: “Chicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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