How many grams of protein are in....

[gbrice75]

a 4oz portion of COOKED chicken breast?

I'm curious to see the answers as this is always debated...

[Damienm05]

I'd say 32.

[gbrice75]

If i'm on the right track here, then that sounds about right to me. Can I ask how you arrived at that number?

[PC650]

24-26

[gbrice75]

24-26

Another number I sort of expected - i'd also like to know how you arrived at this number...

[Damienm05]

My old culinary textbook says 8 oz. cooked is 54g protein, I halved that. Haha.

EDIT: 64g

[PC650]

because i used to try and memorize proteins by weight for diff food

[gbrice75]

Here's where i'm going with all of this. We know that meat in general has about 6g of protein per oz. As I understand it, that's RAW weight. Take a 4oz portion of raw chicken breast - 24g of protein. Cook it and it will yield approx. 3 - 3.5oz. Do you still have 24g of protein? I would say yes. In my experience (and this is VERY loose), For every 4oz cooked you lose about an oz... so 4oz raw = 3oz - 3.5oz cooked.

It's just very frustrating trying to get protein macros right - like most of you I cook my food in bulk, so I cannot measure raw. I try and eat a portion of chicken breast that's 36g of protein - if all above is correct that means it would have to have been 6oz when it was raw. Hmm... it's close.