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Chicken wings

Chicken wings are poultry portions commonly baked, fried, grilled, or coated in sauce.

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About Chicken wings

Chicken wings are the wing portions of a chicken, commonly divided into drumettes, flats, or whole wings. They contain skin, bones, connective tissue, and relatively small amounts of meat, and are used as a poultry portion in cooked dishes.

Their flavour is savoury. Texture can range from crisp-skinned with juicy meat to tender and yielding after longer cooking, depending on whether they are baked, fried, grilled, roasted, or braised and whether a coating, spice rub, or sauce is used.

Wings are sold fresh, chilled, frozen, whole, or separated into portions. Raw wings may have pale, smooth skin; dry or high-heat cooking browns and crisps the exterior, while braising softens the skin and connective tissue.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for chicken wings

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Chicken wings

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BONELESS BREADED CHICKEN WINGS

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Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from other sources

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Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from precooked

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Chicken "wings" with other sauces or seasoning, from other sources

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Chicken "wings" with other sauces or seasoning, from precooked

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Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from other sources

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Chicken "wings", plain, from other sources

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Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked

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Chicken wings, marinated, meat and skin, barbecued

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Chicken wings, marinated, meat and skin, barbecued, weighed with bone

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Chicken wings nutrition & diet

Chicken wings nutritional value

Reference: Chicken, wing, lean flesh, skin & fat, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
219.2kcal
Protein
16.1g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
17.4g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F002852. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Specify wing section, skin-on or skinless status, and whether bones are included in the purchased portion. Baking, frying, grilling, and saucing change moisture, retained fat, and edible yield. References should distinguish plain wings from breaded, glazed, marinated, or seasoned preparations and account for discarded bones.

Compare the right form: Match references to chicken wing section and edible skin status, with bone, raw or cooked state, coating, and sauce specified separately.

Diet considerations

Chicken wings are animal-derived poultry. Plain wings differ from versions coated in flour or starch, fried in added fat, glazed with sweet ingredients, or served with dairy-based sauces. Portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns arise mainly from coatings, glazes, and accompaniments. Recipe and serving details determine dietary compatibility more than the cut alone.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Chicken, wing, lean flesh, skin & fat, 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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