Chicken Leg
| Chicken Leg | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Cooked and Prepared |
| Type | Poultry |
| Hunger | -33 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 230 |
| Fresh | 2 days |
| Rotten | 4 days |
| Cook Time | 30 min |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Crafting Skill | Cooking: 0 |
| Crafting | See How to Craft |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Chicken
|
| Crafting XP | 20 XP (Cooking) |
A Chicken Leg is a cut of chicken that makes a filling meal or a strong base for soups and stews. It weighs 0.3 and lowers hunger by 33. It is the most filling of the chicken cuts.
A leg must be cooked before eating, and it spoils within two days. It is a very common find in grocery butcher cases, chicken restaurants and kitchen stoves. It also comes from cutting up a whole chicken. The Chef is the best occupation for cooked and prepared. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A Chicken Leg lowers hunger by 33. It holds 230 calories, with 38 grams of protein, 9 grams of fat and no carbohydrates. That makes it a lean, protein rich meat.
Raw chicken legs can make the character sick. They should always be cooked first. A cooked leg is better hot, so it gives a small mood lift when eaten fresh from the heat. Once it goes stale, its good effects turn bad.
Among chicken cuts, the leg fills the most. A Chicken Fillet lowers hunger by 30 and a Chicken Wing by 19. The leg and the fillet hold the same 230 calories.
The table shows the game figures for one serving. Negative hunger and thirst fill the character up, and negative unhappiness and boredom cheer them up.
| Item | Hunger | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Leg | -33 | 230 | 0 | 38 | 9 |
Cooking
A Chicken Leg cooks in 30 minutes and burns after 60. It turns out poorly in a microwave, so an oven, a stove or a campfire is the better choice.
The leg shines in hearty dishes. It adds 30 hunger to Soup, Stew, Stir Fry, Rice or Pasta. In a Pizza or a Pie it adds 10. In a Sandwich, Burger, Salad, Taco or Burrito it also adds 10, but only once the leg is cooked.
One leg in a pot of soup or stew does the work of several vegetables. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further, so a trained cook gets even more from it.
These dishes take the Chicken Leg as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 30 | - |
| Rice | 30 | - |
| Soup | 30 | - |
| Stew | 30 | - |
| Stir Fry | 30 | - |
| Burger | 10 | Cooked only |
| Burrito | 10 | Cooked only |
| Pie | 10 | - |
| Pizza | 10 | - |
| Salad | 10 | Cooked only |
| Sandwich | 10 | Cooked only |
| Taco | 10 | Cooked only |
How to Craft Chicken Leg
Each recipe that makes the Chicken Leg is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.
Cut Up Chicken
The Cut Up Chicken recipe makes the Chicken Leg. It needs Cooking level 0.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large Knife | 
|
1x | Yes | /additem Base.LargeKnife
|
| Chicken (Whole) | 
|
1x | No | /additem Base.ChickenWhole
|
Storage
A Chicken Leg stays fresh for 2 days and is fully rotten by day 4. A fridge slows both counts down. A freezer is the safest place to keep spare legs.
Locations
Chicken Legs are a very common find. Butcher display cases at Gigamart and grocery stores are almost certain to hold them. Jay's Chicken kitchens have them in the fridge, freezer, counter and display. Restaurant displays, deep fry kitchens and Mexican, Italian and Chinese kitchen freezers are also good places to look. House kitchen stoves and barbecues often hold a leg left cooking. The Cut Up Chicken recipe also gives 2 legs from a whole chicken.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Butcher display case | 100% |
| Gigamart kitchen | Butcher display case | 100% |
| Grocery store | Butcher display case | 100% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Fridge | 100% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Restaurant display | 100% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Freezer | 88.9% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Counter | 83.2% |
| Butcher | Butcher display case | 80% |
| Jayschicken kitchen | Restaurant display | 80% |
| Restaurant dining | Restaurant display | 80% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Deepfry kitchen | Fridge | 69.6% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Counter | 66.6% |
| Mexican kitchen | Freezer | 61.5% |
| Italian kitchen | Freezer | 50% |
| Deepfry kitchen | Freezer | 41% |
| Kitchen | Stove | 37.3% |
| Mexican kitchen | Counter | 29.9% |
| Mexican kitchen | Fridge | 19% |
| Italian kitchen | Fridge | 15.4% |
| Kitchen | Freezer | 10.2% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Survivor safehouse | Stove | 39.4% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Stove | 14.8% |
| Survivor safehouse | Freezer | 14.6% |
| Survivor safehouse (mid game) | Freezer | 5.6% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Storage room | Freezer | 8.5% |
Notes
- A leg adds 30 hunger to a soup or stew, the most of any chicken cut.
- Always cook it first, because raw chicken can make the character sick.
- House stoves and barbecues are worth checking for a leg already in place.
- Freeze spare legs, since they rot within 4 days.
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