Poultry Yields
Source of Recipe
Marla
List of Ingredients
Poultry Yields
Recipe
This much raw Yields this much cooked
1 lb boneless breasts 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 cups
regular whole chickens 1 cup per pound
large roaster chickens 1 1/4 + cups per pound
Focus On: Chicken from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
From Woman's Day:
4 chicken legs 3 1/2 cups
30 chicken thighs 10 cups
12 chicken thighs 4 cups
From Sunset's Fresh Ways with Chicken:
Whole 3-4 pound chicken 3 - 4 cups
Whole Chicken Breast 1 1/2 cups
From Desiree's Empirical Observations
3 chicken thighs = 1 1/2 cup chicken, minced fine
From an unknown source:
>"Here is a list of chicken substitutions ........
3 whole chicken breasts equal 1 chicken
6 half chicken breasts equal 1 chicken
9 chicken thighs with drumsticks attached equal 1 chicken
12 chicken thighs equal 1 chicken
14 chicken drumsticks equal 1 chicken
24 chicken drumettes (upper part of wing) equal 1 chicken
When using cooked chicken allow one pound of whole uncooked chicken for
each cup of cooked, edible chicken meat desired"