 The dish is renowned for being greasy and unhealthy , especially when coming from fast food outlets . Out of the various parts of the animal used in fried chicken , the wings generally tend to contain the most fat , with almost 40 grams ( 0 @.@ 088 lb ) of fat for every 100 grams ( 0 @.@ 22 lb ) . However , the average whole fried chicken contains only around 12 % fat , or 12 grams ( 0 @.@ 026 lb ) per every 100 grams ( 0 @.@ 22 lb ) . As well as this , 100 grams ( 0 @.@ 22 lb ) grams of fried chicken generally contains around 240 calories of energy . 
