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Frog legs

Frog legs are meat from a frog’s leg muscles, sold fresh or frozen. Cooks deep-fry, grill, stew, or stir-fry them.

  • Meat
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens
  • Pork depends on the product

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Frog legs, whole

Photo: MOs810 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use frog legs

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Deep fry
  • Grill
  • Stew
  • Stir fry

Preparing it

The legs can be battered before frying. The legs can be breaded before frying.

Cooking with it

Fresh legs can twitch in the pan as they heat.

Shopping

Choosing and storing frog legs

Sold as
Fresh, Frozen

Nutrition

What 100 g of frog legs holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 98%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 0%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of frog legs, raw
Energy73 kcal · 305 kJ
Protein16 g
Fat0.3 g
of which saturated0.08 g
Carbohydrate0 g
of which sugars0 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium58 mg
Cholesterol50 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of frog legs, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium285 mg
Calcium18 mg
Iron1.5 mg
Magnesium20 mg
Zinc1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)15 µg
Folate15 µg
Vitamin B120.4 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 168148), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where frog legs is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses frog legs. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list frog legs among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. About 7,000 BCE · United Kingdom

    A cooked frog leg was served at a feast in what is now Wiltshire.

On the table

Dishes made with frog legs

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Swikee

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include frog legs.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: frog legs in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
Depends on the product (depends on which animal the meat comes from)

Around the world

What frog legs is called

Names in 35 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    anca de rana · Ancas de rana

  • French

    cuisses de grenouille · cuisses de grenouilles · cuisse de grenouille

  • Italian

    cosce di rana · gambe di rana

  • German

    Frosch · Cuisses de grenouilles · Frosch als Lebensmittel · Froschschenkel

  • Dutch

    kikkerbil · kikkerbilletjes · kikkerbilletje · kikkerbillen

  • Russian

    лягушачьи лапки

  • Polish

    żabie udka

  • Arabic

    أرجل الضفدع

  • Persian

    پای قورباغه

  • Hebrew

    רגלי צפרדעים

  • Tamil

    தவளைக்கால் இறைச்சி

  • Chinese

    田鸡腿 · 青蛙腿 · 炸青蛙腿 · 炸青蛙

Show all 35 languages

  • Aragonese

    Anca de rana

  • Basque

    igel hanka

  • Bikol

    Bitis nin talapang

  • Bulgarian

    жабешки бутчета

  • Catalan

    Anques de granota

  • Croatian

    Žablji kraci

  • Czech

    žabí stehýnka · žabí noha · žabí stehno

  • Danish

    frølår

  • Esperanto

    ranokruro

  • Galician

    Ancas de ra

  • Indonesian

    Paha kodok

  • Japanese

    食用ガエル · 食用蛙 · グルヌイユ

  • Javanese

    Swikee

  • Korean

    개구리 다리

  • Macedonian

    жабји батаци

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Froskelår

  • Romanian

    Pui de baltă

  • Serbian

    жабљи батаци

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Žablji kraci

  • Simplified Chinese

    田鸡腿

  • Swedish

    Grodlår

  • Traditional Chinese

    田雞腿

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    田雞腿

  • Ukrainian

    Жаб'ячі лапки · Жаб’ячі лапки

  • Venetian

    cose de rana

  • Vietnamese

    Thịt ếch

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1258910

Photos

Photo: MOs810 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons