Foods high in leucine

Cracker Barrel grilled sirloin steak tops the list with 2.8 g per 100 g. Ranked from 4,886 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Cracker Barrel grilled sirloin steakRestaurant Foods2.8 g
2. 2TGI Friday's classic sirloin steakRestaurant Foods2.6 g
3. 3Sirloin steakRestaurant Foods2.5 g
4. 4Denny's top sirloin steakRestaurant Foods2.4 g
5. 5Applebee's 9 oz house sirloin steakRestaurant Foods2.3 g
6. 6Cracker Barrel farm raised catfishRestaurant Foods1.9 g
7. 7Applebee's mozzarella sticksRestaurant Foods1.6 g
8. 8Applebee's chicken tendersRestaurant Foods1.6 g
9. 9Restaurant chicken fingersRestaurant Foods1.6 g
10. 10Carrabba's chicken parmesanRestaurant Foods1.6 g
11. 11Cracker Barrel fried chicken tendersRestaurant Foods1.6 g
12. 12Fried mozzarella sticksRestaurant Foods1.5 g
13. 13Restaurant chicken tendersRestaurant Foods1.5 g
14. 14Applebee's chicken tendersRestaurant Foods1.5 g
15. 15TGI Friday's fried mozzarellaRestaurant Foods1.5 g
16. 16Denny's chicken stripsRestaurant Foods1.5 g
17. 17Denny's mozzarella cheese sticksRestaurant Foods1.5 g
18. 18Cracker Barrel fried chicken tendersRestaurant Foods1.4 g
19. 19TGI Friday's chicken fingersRestaurant Foods1.4 g
20. 20Cheese quesadilla, Mexican styleRestaurant Foods1.4 g
21. 21TGI Friday's chicken fingersRestaurant Foods1.4 g
22. 22Denny's star shaped chicken nuggetsRestaurant Foods1.3 g
23. 23Chicken parmesan without pastaRestaurant Foods1.3 g
24. 24Latino pupusas con quesoRestaurant Foods1.3 g
25. 25Olive Garden chicken parmigianaRestaurant Foods1.2 g
26. 26Applebee's hand battered fishRestaurant Foods1.2 g
27. 27Mexican restaurant cheese enchiladaRestaurant Foods1.1 g
28. 28Restaurant battered fried fish filletRestaurant Foods1.1 g
29. 29Denny's golden fried shrimpRestaurant Foods1.1 g
30. 30Denny's fried battered fish filletRestaurant Foods1.1 g
31. 31Chinese General Tso's chickenRestaurant Foods1 g
32. 32Mexican soft taco with ground beef, cheese, lettuceRestaurant Foods1 g
33. 33Chinese orange chickenRestaurant Foods1 g
34. 34Restaurant breaded fried shrimpRestaurant Foods0.99 g
35. 35Chinese lemon chickenRestaurant Foods0.98 g
36. 36Latino pupusas del cerdoRestaurant Foods0.98 g
37. 37TGI Friday's breaded shrimpRestaurant Foods0.96 g
38. 38Applebee's Double Crunch ShrimpRestaurant Foods0.96 g
39. 39Cracker Barrel country fried shrimpRestaurant Foods0.94 g
40. 40Latino chicken and rice entreeRestaurant Foods0.93 g
41. 41Applebee's chiliRestaurant Foods0.93 g
42. 42Chili with meat and beansRestaurant Foods0.93 g
43. 43Olive Garden lasagna classicoRestaurant Foods0.9 g
44. 44Latino beef empanadasRestaurant Foods0.9 g
45. 45Mexican restaurant cheese tamalesRestaurant Foods0.88 g
46. 46Italian restaurant lasagna with meatRestaurant Foods0.86 g
47. 47Carabba's lasagneRestaurant Foods0.83 g
48. 48Carrabba's cheese ravioli with marinaraRestaurant Foods0.78 g
49. 49Chinese kung pao chickenRestaurant Foods0.78 g
50. 50Chinese sweet and sour chickenRestaurant Foods0.73 g
51. 51Denny's spaghetti and meatballsRestaurant Foods0.71 g
52. 52Spaghetti and meatballsRestaurant Foods0.71 g
53. 53Sweet and sour pork, ChineseRestaurant Foods0.71 g
54. 54Cracker Barrel macaroni n' cheese, kid's menuRestaurant Foods0.69 g
55. 55Olive Garden cheese ravioli with marinaraRestaurant Foods0.67 g
56. 56ArepaRestaurant Foods0.67 g
57. 57Cheese ravioli with marinara sauceRestaurant Foods0.67 g
58. 58Cracker Barrel mac and cheeseRestaurant Foods0.66 g
59. 59Restaurant, Latino, bunuelos (fried yeast bread)Restaurant Foods0.63 g
60. 60Chinese assorted egg rollsRestaurant Foods0.58 g
61. 61Restaurant mac and cheeseRestaurant Foods0.55 g
62. 62Latino pupusas con frijolesRestaurant Foods0.54 g
63. 63Tripe soupRestaurant Foods0.54 g
64. 64Mexican refried beansRestaurant Foods0.54 g
65. 65Chinese beef and vegetablesRestaurant Foods0.53 g
66. 66Denny's macaroni and cheeseRestaurant Foods0.52 g
67. 67Chinese chicken and vegetablesRestaurant Foods0.52 g
68. 68Chinese chicken chow meinRestaurant Foods0.5 g
69. 69Pork tamaleRestaurant Foods0.5 g
70. 70Applebee's Kraft Macaroni & CheeseRestaurant Foods0.47 g
71. 71TGI Friday's mac and cheeseRestaurant Foods0.42 g
72. 72Chinese shrimp and vegetablesRestaurant Foods0.4 g
73. 73Olive Garden spaghetti with meat sauceRestaurant Foods0.4 g
74. 74Latino corn tamaleRestaurant Foods0.39 g
75. 75Italian spaghetti with meat sauceRestaurant Foods0.37 g
76. 76Rice and black beansRestaurant Foods0.37 g
77. 77Denny's onion ringsRestaurant Foods0.36 g
78. 78Carrabba's spaghetti with meat sauceRestaurant Foods0.35 g
79. 79Cracker Barrel thick-cut onion ringsRestaurant Foods0.35 g
80. 80Chinese fried rice without meatRestaurant Foods0.34 g
81. 81Onion ringsRestaurant Foods0.33 g
82. 82Black bean soupRestaurant Foods0.32 g
83. 83Rice and red beansRestaurant Foods0.3 g
84. 84Applebee's crunchy onion ringsRestaurant Foods0.29 g
85. 85Arroz con lecheRestaurant Foods0.29 g
86. 86Rice and pigeonpeasRestaurant Foods0.26 g
87. 87Olive Garden spaghetti with pomodoroRestaurant Foods0.24 g
88. 88Mexican Spanish riceRestaurant Foods0.24 g
89. 89Spaghetti with pomodoro sauce, no meatRestaurant Foods0.23 g
90. 90Carrabba's spaghetti with pomodoroRestaurant Foods0.2 g
91. 91Denny's french friesRestaurant Foods0.19 g
92. 92Restaurant french friesRestaurant Foods0.18 g
93. 93Cracker Barrel steak friesRestaurant Foods0.14 g
94. 94Denny's coleslawRestaurant Foods0.06 g
95. 95Cracker Barrel coleslawRestaurant Foods0.04 g
96. 96Applebee's coleslawRestaurant Foods0.034 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.