What percentage of chicken is bone?
Raw Meaty Bone | Bone % | Meat % |
---|---|---|
Chicken Foot | 60% | 40% |
Chicken Breast | 20% | 80% |
Chicken Leg Quarter | 30% | 70% |
Chicken Leg | 27% | 73% |
Hereof, how much of a chicken weight is bone?
5 Answers. 27% is the percentage of raw bone in a chicken leg. The table assumes you start with 1 pound of the chicken product, and the quantities in the raw column are the weight of the meat&skin (or meat) that's edible.
Also question is, is bone in chicken cheaper than boneless?
Bone-in chicken thighs are fantastic, and we'll say it: They're better than boneless. Straight-up, bone-in chicken is a better deal. Priced per pound, bone-in chicken is always cheaper. Sure, those bones add a little bit of weight, but they're much lighter and less-dense than the chicken's meat.
A package of four split chicken breasts (with bone and skin) weighs about 2 1/2 to 3 pounds, and each will yield about 6 to 8 ounces of meat.