Chicken Skin
Fatty skin rendered or crisped as a garnish.
About Chicken Skin
Chicken skin is the edible skin of a chicken, used with poultry meat or separated as a culinary ingredient. It contains a substantial layer of attached fat, and cooks use it to add richness, flavour, and browning to roasted, fried, braised, or grilled dishes.
Raw chicken skin is pliable, fatty, and pale, while cooked skin can become tender, chewy, or crisp depending on moisture, temperature, and cooking time. Rendered fat has a savoury poultry flavour and can be used for cooking. Crisped skin becomes brittle and intensely savoury.
It may be sold attached to chicken pieces, trimmed into sheets or strips, or collected for rendering. Preparation includes roasting, pan-crisping, frying, drying, or slow rendering. Rendered skin separates from liquid fat; fully crisped skin can be crumbled over rice, vegetables, soups, or salads.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Local names for chicken skin
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chicken skin
Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), cooked, braised
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Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), cooked, roasted
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Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), raw
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Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), with added solution, cooked, braised
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Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), with added solution, cooked, roasted
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Chicken, skin (drumsticks and thighs), with added solution, raw
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Chicken, skin, casseroled
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Chicken, skin, composite, baked, no added fat
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Chicken, skin, composite, casseroled, no added fat
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Chicken, skin, composite, raw
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Chicken, skin, raw
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Chicken, skin, roasted/grilled, dry
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Chicken, skin, roasted/grilled, moist
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raw chicken skin
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Chicken Skin nutrition & diet
Chicken Skin nutritional value
Chicken, skin, raw
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.
- Calories
- 474kcal
- Protein
- 9.7g
- Carbs
- 0.0g
- Fat
- 48.3g
Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. CoFID 2021 food code 18-292. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
Portions & preparation
Define whether the portion is raw skin, rendered fat, or crisped skin with attached meat. Rendering removes liquid and concentrates the remaining material, while frying or seasoning can add cooking fat, salt, coatings, or sauces. A usable reference must match the edible preparation and whether drippings are retained.
Compare the right form: Match references to chicken skin alone, skin with attached meat, rendered fat, or crisped skin, specifying raw or cooked preparation and retained drippings.
Diet considerations
Chicken skin is animal-derived poultry tissue. Plain skin differs from crackling-style products or garnishes prepared with flour, starch, seasonings, or other fats. Compatibility depends on those additions and the portion used alongside the main dish. Rendered drippings may also be included or discarded, changing the food represented.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Chicken, skin, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.
The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.
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