How many calories are in fried chicken?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 400 to 1,400 kcal. Which pieces, whether the skin stays on and what comes with it decide a fried chicken meal. Here are four real ones, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Two pieces with sides
Fried chicken meal (1 fried chicken breast + 1 fried thigh) with mashed potatoes and gravy and coleslaw
Fried chicken meal (1 fried chicken breast + 1 fried thigh) with mashed potatoes and gravy and coleslaw
Three pieces, skin on
3 pieces of fried chicken (drumstick + thigh + wing), skin on
3 pieces of fried chicken (drumstick + thigh + wing), skin on
Four tenders, honey mustard
4 fried chicken tenders with honey mustard sauce
4 fried chicken tenders with honey mustard sauce
Two pieces, skin taken off
2 pieces of fried chicken (1 breast + 1 drumstick), I took the skin off
2 pieces of fried chicken (1 breast + 1 drumstick), I took the skin off
What moves the number
In the two-piece meal, the chicken is about 60% of it. The mashed potatoes, gravy and coleslaw add 516 kcal.
Where these numbers come from
Each meal above was typed into Kallo once, on November 1, 2026. Kallo split it into ingredients, estimated the grams, and took calories and macros from USDA FoodData Central and FAO/INFOODS.
More meals
- Fish and chips400 to 1,100 kcal
- Chicken wings400 to 1,300 kcal
- Chicken and rice400 to 900 kcal
- Chicken noodle soup0 to 500 kcal
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “two pieces of fried chicken, a breast and a wing, no sides”, and Kallo works out the rest.