Popeye's is a fast food restaurant featuring Louisiana style cuisine with an emphasis on chicken. The first Popeye's opened in 1972 in a small suburb outside New Orleans, according to the Popeye's website. Today, there are more than 1,000 restaurants all over the world.
Menu
The Popeye's menu features fried chicken, popcorn shrimp and fried catfish, along with a number of side items, including mashed potatoes, red beans and rice, coleslaw and biscuits. Popeye's also offers sandwiches, jambalaya and the Louisiana favorite etouffee -- a French style stew with either chicken or crawfish.
Servings and Calories
Popeye's fried chicken options include mild or spicy, with or without skin and breading. One mild breaded chicken wing has 150 calories and one spicy breaded chicken wing has 140 calories. One mild breaded chicken breast has 350 calories and one spicy breaded chicken breast has 360 calories. The skinless chicken without breading is a better choice for the calorie conscious. One unbreaded and skinless chicken breast has 120 calories. The highest calorie item on the Popeye's menu is the deluxe sandwich, with 630 calories. The lowest calorie item on the Popeye's menu is a serving of chicken etouffee with 160 calories. Lower calorie side dish options include mashed potatoes without gravy with 100 calories and a side of green beans with 70 calories.
Fat and Saturated Fat
High intakes of saturated fat increase blood cholesterol levels and heart disease. The American Heart Association recommends you limit your total saturated fat intake to 7 percent of your daily calorie intake. On a 2,000-calorie diet, that limits your saturated fat intake to 15.5 g per day. A Popeye's breaded and fried chicken breast has 20 g of total fat and 7 g of saturated fat. The chicken breast without skin or breading makes a healthier option, with 2 g of total fat and 1 g of of saturated fat. The Cajun wing segments contain the highest amount of saturated fat with 15 g in a six piece serving.
Carbohydrate and Protein
One Popeye's breaded and fried chicken breast contains 33 g of protein and 8 g of carbohydrate, while one skinless, unbreaded chicken breast contains 24 g of protein and 0 g of carbohydrate. Most of the skinless, unbreaded chicken items are carbohydrate free, making them a good choice for people following a low-carbohydrate diet.
Sodium
High intakes of sodium increases blood pressure. Most processed foods, such as the items found on a fast food menu, contain high amounts of sodium, according to the American Heart Association. However, Popeye's skinless, unbreaded chicken items may be a good choice if you are watching your sodium intake. One skinless, unbreaded spicy chicken wing has only 125 mg of sodium, while a leg has only 135 mg of sodium.
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