How many ounces is a quarter chicken?

  • Im getting peruvian chicken for dinner, how many ounces is in a breast and leg?
  • Scale??? Everyone on this plan should have one, if you are at the grocery store they are all around...

    If at the store, the Gross WT should be on the chicken...
  • We have a peruvian restaurant by my job and i wanted to get their plain chicken for dinner. They don't have scales at the to-go counter lol

    Quote: Scale??? Everyone on this plan should have one, if you are at the grocery store they are all around...

    If at the store, the Gross WT should be on the chicken...
  • Quote: We have a peruvian restaurant by my job and i wanted to get their plain chicken for dinner. They don't have scales at the to-go counter lol
    Oh...lol

    Well...more info next time haha...Sorry but I dont have anything relevant then...Other than maybe guess? Maybe just guess then if you are taking home weigh at home then at least you know for next time...?? I got nothin, sorry lol
  • I can definitely do that next time longhorn lol...I figured a chicken breast would be enough...my coach wants to have 8 oz
  • Normally a breast is 1/4 to 1/2 a pound. 1/2 pound = 8 oz if that helps?
  • It depends on the size of the chicken. I've weighed a lot of chicken over my decades of dieting, and I'd say that 7 to 10 ounces of meat would be a pretty good guesstimate.

    I know it's a pretty wide range, but chicken piece sizes really vary a lot. I've had breasts that barely yielded 3 ounces of meat, and others more than twice that.

    If you can't weigh, a decent visual guideline is that one ounce is the size of your thumb, and 3-4 ounces is the size of your hand without the fingers.
  • Thanks everyone!! Their chicken breasts are pretty big so i should be fine with one
  • i always heard that 3-4 ounces was about the same size and thickness of a regular size deck of cards....maybe that can be used as a gauge for you to decide.
    sounds delicious anyway, enjoy!!
  • it's slightly bigger than that. it's thick but has bones. looks lie a good size to me i suppose
  • Quote: Im getting peruvian chicken for dinner, how many ounces is in a breast and leg?
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