A chicken leg contains about 60 grams of protein. Every 100g chicken leg (with bones) contains 26.8g of protein, and the weight of a chicken leg is about 200-250g (with bones), so the protein content of a chicken leg is 53.6-67g.

A drumstick is the meat from the foot to the leg and around the root of the leg. Its meat is quite hard. When skins are eaten together, the fat content is more, and it is also the most iron content in the whole chicken.

Precautions for chicken legs

Chicken legs are really nutritious and delicious, but they are not suitable for obese people, because obese people will consume a lot of fat and calories, and the fat and calories in chicken legs are more. If you are a fat person, you will become fatter if you don't avoid eating too many drumsticks, so obese people are not suitable for eating drumsticks, and healthy people should also pay attention to the right amount and don't overdo it.

Although chicken legs are rich in nutrition, they also contain a certain amount of purine. Everyone should know that purine is bad for gout patients, so if gout attacks, you can't eat chicken legs at ordinary times. Otherwise, it will increase your uric acid and aggravate the symptoms of gout, which is very unfavorable to your health. So gout patients should not eat chicken legs at ordinary times.