Rotisserie Chicken Nutritional Content

Rotisserie is a popular method of cooking that involves roasting meat on a revolving skewer. This helps cook meat evenly. Rotisserie chicken dates thousands of years, when people would roast an entire chicken over an open campfire, and this type of food still is served in stores and restaurants across the world. Rotisserie chicken has many healthy aspects to it, but too much can be harmful as well because the skin has a high fat content.

Calories

  • Calorie amounts in rotisserie chicken will vary by the serving size and seller, but commercial rotisserie chickens generally range from 100 calories to 350 calories per serving. The key factor to calorie content in rotisserie chicken is the skin, which can make up half of the calories in one serving.

Fat Content

  • A single serving of rotisserie chicken can have up to 20 percent of the recommended daily allowance of fat in it. Not all rotisserie chickens are this high in fat, but commercially prepared chickens usually have 5 grams to 15 grams per serving. Again, most of the fat is in the skin. Removing it can greatly reduce the fat content in your meal.

Cholesterol & Sodium

  • Rotisserie chicken is high in sodium and cholesterol. A single serving can have more than 400 milligrams of sodium and 50 milligrams of cholesterol. The recommended daily allowance of sodium is 1,200 mgs and 200 mgs of cholesterol.

Protein

  • Chicken is high in protein regardless of how it is prepared. People following a low-carbohydrate diet often turn to chicken for a daily source of protein because it has 10 grams to 25 grams of protein per serving.