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Chicken, whole pieces

160 foods ranked by gout-friendliness, best to worst.

68

Chicken, NS as to part, baked, broiled, or roasted, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

68

Chicken, NS as to part, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

68

Chicken, NS as to part, stewed, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

68

Chicken, NS as to part, stewed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken breast, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken breast, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken breast, sauteed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken drumstick, stewed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled without sauce, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

67

Chicken, NS as to part, sauteed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

66

Chicken breast, baked, broiled, or roasted with marinade, skin not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

66

Chicken breast, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

66

Chicken thigh, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken drumstick, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken, NS as to part and cooking method, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken, NS as to part and cooking method, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

65

Chicken thigh, stewed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Good

64

Chicken, chicken roll, roasted

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken drumstick, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken drumstick, NS as to cooking method, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken drumstick, rotisserie, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken feet

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken, NS as to part, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken, NS as to part, stewed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken thigh, baked, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken thigh, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

64

Chicken thigh, sauteed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken breast, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken breast, baked, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken breast, grilled without sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken breast, sauteed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, baked, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, baked, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, prepared skinless, coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken drumstick, sauteed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, ground

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part and cooking method, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, baked, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled with sauce, NS as to skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled with sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled without sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, rotisserie, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken, NS as to part, sauteed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

63

Chicken thigh, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken breast, baked, broiled, or roasted with marinade, skin eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken breast, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken breast, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken breast, NS as to cooking method, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken breast, rotisserie, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken drumstick, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken drumstick, grilled with sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken drumstick, stewed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken thigh, baked or broiled, skin not eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken thigh, NS as to cooking method, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

62

Chicken thigh, rotisserie, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, grilled without sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, NS as to cooking method, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, rotisserie, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken drumstick, sauteed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

Chicken, NS as to part, grilled with sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

61

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

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken breast, stewed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken drumstick, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken drumstick, grilled with sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, baked or broiled, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken thigh, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken thigh, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, prepared skinless, coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken thigh, NS as to cooking method, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

60

Chicken thigh, rotisserie, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from fast food

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken thigh, grilled with sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken thigh, stewed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken wing, baked, broiled, or roasted, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

59

Chicken wing, baked, coated

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken thigh, grilled without sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken thigh, sauteed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, baked or broiled, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, fried, coated, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, grilled with sauce

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, grilled without sauce

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, sauteed

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken wing, stewed

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

58

Chicken "wings", boneless, with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken breast, stewed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken drumstick, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, NS as to cooking method, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, rotisserie, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken thigh, baked, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken thigh, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

57

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating not eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken breast, NS as to cooking method, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken breast, rotisserie, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, baked, coated, skin / coating not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, sauteed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, stewed, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken, neck or ribs

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken, NS as to part, baked, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

Chicken, NS as to part, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

56

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

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken breast, baked or broiled, skin eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken, canned, meat only

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken wing, baked or broiled, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken wing, fried, coated, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken wing, NS as to cooking method

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken wing, rotisserie

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

55

Chicken "wings", plain, from precooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

54

Chicken breast, fried, coated, prepared skinless, coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

54

Chicken thigh, grilled with sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

54

Chicken "wings" with other sauces or seasoning, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

54

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

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

53

Chicken, back

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

53

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

53

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from raw

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

53

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from pre-cooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

52

Chicken "wings", plain, from other sources

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

52

Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from precooked

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken breast, baked, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken, tail

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken wing, fried, coated, from fast food

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken wing, fried, coated, from restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken "wings", plain, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

51

Chicken "wings" with hot sauce, from other sources

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

50

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from fast food

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

50

Chicken thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

49

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, NS as to cooking method, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

48

Chicken breast, grilled with sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

48

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, baked or broiled, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

48

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, rotisserie, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

47

Chicken skin

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

46

Chicken breast, grilled with sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

46

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, grilled without sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

46

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, sauteed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

45

Chicken breast, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten, from fast food / restaurant

Chicken, whole pieces · Moderate

42

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, stewed, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Caution

40

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, grilled with sauce, skin not eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Caution

34

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, baked, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Caution

34

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, grilled with sauce, skin eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Caution

30

Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, fried, coated, skin / coating eaten

Chicken, whole pieces · Caution

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