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7 Cuts of Beef Between the Chicken Breast and Thigh

There are Twenty-nine Cuts of Lean Beef with a total fat content that falls between a skinless chicken breast and skinless chicken thigh when comparing cooked 3-ounce servings.  

* Cuts combined for illustration purposes.

Saturated Fat

Total Fat
Chicken Breast

3.0g

0.9g
Eye Round Roast & Steak*

4.0g

1.4g
Sirloin Tip Side Steak 4.1g
1.6g
Top Round Roast & Steak* 4.6g
1.6g
Bottom Round Roast & Steak* 4.9g
1.7g
Top Sirloin Steak 4.9g
1.9g
Brisket, Flat Half 5.1g
1.9g
95% Lean Ground Beef 5.1g
2.4g
Round Tip Roast and Steak* 5.3g
1.9g
Round Steak 5.3g
1.9g
Shank Cross Cuts 5.4g
1.9g
Chuck Shoulder Pot Roast 5.7g
1.8g
Sirloin Tip Center Roast and Steak* 5.8g
2.1g
Chuck Shoulder Steak 6.0g
1.9g
Bottom Round (Western Griller) Steak 5.8g
2.2g
Top Loin (Strip) Steak 6.0g
2.3g
Shoulder Petite Tender and Medallions 6.1 g
2.4g
Flank Steak 6.3g
2.6g
Shoulder Center (Ranch) Steak 6.5g
2.4g
Tri-Tip Roast and Steak* 7.1g
2.6g
Tenderloin Roast and Steak* 7.1g
2.7g
T-Bone Steak 8.2g
3.0g
Skinless Chicken Thigh 9.2g
2.6g

For those people who are really watching the fat content in their diet, the following suggestions may be helpful:

 


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