Foods high in leucine

Skinless boneless chicken breast, braised tops the list with 2.7 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products2.7 g
2. 2Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products2.6 g
3. 3Chicken giblets, friedPoultry Products2.6 g
4. 4Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products2.5 g
5. 5Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.5 g
6. 6Rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products2.5 g
7. 7Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products2.5 g
8. 8Stewed stewing chicken light meatPoultry Products2.5 g
9. 9Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.5 g
10. 10Roasted goose meatPoultry Products2.4 g
11. 11Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
12. 12Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
13. 13Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products2.4 g
14. 14Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, leg, meat only, bone in, cooked without skin, braisedPoultry Products2.4 g
15. 15Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products2.4 g
16. 16Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
17. 17Roasted turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
18. 18Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products2.4 g
19. 19BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products2.4 g
20. 20Chicken breast, meat and skin, fried in flourPoultry Products2.4 g
21. 21Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
22. 22Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products2.3 g
23. 23Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
24. 24Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.3 g
25. 25Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
26. 26Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.3 g
27. 27Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
28. 28Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products2.3 g
29. 29Chicken heart, simmeredPoultry Products2.3 g
30. 30Chicken meat, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
31. 31Roasted chicken wing meatPoultry Products2.3 g
32. 32Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
33. 33Stewed stewing chicken meatPoultry Products2.3 g
34. 34Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
35. 35Chicken wing, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
36. 36Ground turkey, cookedPoultry Products2.3 g
37. 37Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products2.3 g
38. 38Chicken back, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.3 g
39. 39Chicken liver, pan-friedPoultry Products2.2 g
40. 40Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
41. 41White Pekin duck leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
42. 42Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products2.2 g
43. 43Turkey drumstick, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
44. 44Rotisserie chicken wing, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.2 g
45. 45Flour-fried chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products2.2 g
46. 46Chicken breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
47. 47BBQ rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products2.2 g
48. 48Turkey leg, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
49. 49Turkey, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
50. 50Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
51. 51Chicken dark meat, friedPoultry Products2.2 g
52. 52Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.2 g
53. 53Chicken meat, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
54. 54Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products2.2 g
55. 55Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.2 g
56. 56Capon giblets, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products2.2 g
57. 57Chicken drumstick, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.1 g
58. 58Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products2.1 g
59. 59BBQ rotisserie chicken wing, meat onlyPoultry Products2.1 g
60. 60Turkey, ground, 93% lean, 7% fat, patties, broiledPoultry Products2.1 g
61. 61BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat and skinPoultry Products2.1 g
62. 62Chicken leg, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.1 g
63. 63Chicken liver, simmeredPoultry Products2.1 g
64. 64Ground ostrich, pan-broiledPoultry Products2.1 g
65. 65Roasted chicken light meat, skin onPoultry Products2.1 g
66. 66Chicken back, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
67. 67Chicken thigh, meat only, friedPoultry Products2.1 g
68. 68Roasted capon, meat and skinPoultry Products2.1 g
69. 69Stewed stewing chicken dark meatPoultry Products2.1 g
70. 70Chicken thigh, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
71. 71Roasted goose, with skinPoultry Products2.1 g
72. 72Whole chicken with giblets and neck, friedPoultry Products2.1 g
73. 73Simmered roasting chicken gibletsPoultry Products2.1 g
74. 74Flour-fried chicken, meat and skinPoultry Products2.1 g
75. 75Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
76. 76Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
77. 77Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
78. 78Roasted turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products2.1 g
79. 79Rotisserie chicken back, meat only, cookedPoultry Products2.1 g
80. 80Turkey wing, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
81. 81Roasted capon, wholePoultry Products2.1 g
82. 82Turkey, ground, 85% lean, 15% fat, pan-broiled crumblesPoultry Products2.1 g
83. 83Rotisserie chicken drumstick, meat and skin, cookedPoultry Products2.1 g
84. 84Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
85. 85Chicken drumstick, meat only, stewedPoultry Products2.1 g
86. 86Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products2.1 g
87. 87Chicken dark meat, roastedPoultry Products2.1 g
88. 88White Pekin duck breast, boneless, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2 g
89. 89Stewed chicken, meat onlyPoultry Products2 g
90. 90Simmered stewing chicken gibletsPoultry Products2 g
91. 91Chicken drumstick, meat only, braisedPoultry Products2 g
92. 92Stewed chicken wing meatPoultry Products2 g
93. 93Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products2 g
94. 94Flour-fried chicken back, meat and skinPoultry Products2 g
95. 95Chicken leg, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2 g
96. 96Turkey back, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products2 g
97. 97Chicken thigh, roasted, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products2 g
98. 98Chicken breast, meat and skin, stewedPoultry Products2 g
99. 99Chicken neck, meat only, friedPoultry Products2 g
100. 100Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products2 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central. Per serving uses each food's typical USDA portion. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older.