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How Many Calories in Claypot Chicken Rice?

A classic Chinese hawker rice dish cooked in a clay pot with chicken thigh, lap cheong, salted fish, and dark soy, crispy at the bottom and smoky all the way through.

700kcal / 1 claypot (single serve)
Claypot Chicken Rice comes in at around 700 calories for a single-serve pot (roughly 380g), which is a solid, filling meal but not exactly light. You're getting 38g of protein, 70g of carbs, and 27g of fat. The chicken thigh, lap cheong, and salted fish all pull their weight here, calorie-wise and flavour-wise.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 claypot (single serve) (380g)AmountPer 100g
Calories700 kcal184 kcal
Protein38 g10 g
Carbs70 g18 g
Fat27 g7 g

Where the calories come from

Cooked white rice200g
260 kcal
Chicken thigh (bone-in, skin-on, cooked)120g
220 kcal
Lap cheong (Chinese sausage)30g
120 kcal
Salted fish15g
40 kcal
Dark soy, oyster sauce, sesame oil, cooking oil15g
60 kcal

The real talk

Honestly, 700 calories for a full claypot is not terrible for a complete meal. You're getting 38g of protein and enough carbs to keep you going. The problem is that the lap cheong is doing a lot of damage quietly, 30g of Chinese sausage clocks in at 120 calories and is mostly fat, and most people don't even notice it's there because it just tastes like part of the rice. The salted fish adds flavour but not many calories, so that's fine. The real culprits are the sausage and the skin-on thigh, which together account for about 340 of your 700 calories. Fair warning though: these numbers are a ballpark estimate, hard data on claypot rice is thin and every hawker cooks it differently, so treat this as a reasonable guide, not a lab result.

What changes the maths a lot is what you order and how much rice they pack in. A plain chicken claypot without sausage or salted fish drops to around 530 calories, which is actually a pretty decent calorie-to-fullness ratio for a rice meal. If you're eating at a restaurant and sharing a bigger pot, your half could easily hit 750 calories depending on how generous the cook is with oil and sausage. The sauce mix, dark soy, oyster sauce, and sesame oil adds about 60 calories on its own, and some places are heavier-handed than others. The rice portion is also variable, some hawkers pile on 250g instead of 200g, which adds another 65 calories just like that. Know what you're ordering lah, and you can make this work in a calorie deficit without suffering.

Claypot Chicken Rice variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Without lap cheong and salted fish530 kcalPlain chicken claypot rice, no sausage or salted fish; lower fat and sodium
Standard (chicken, lap cheong, salted fish)700 kcalTypical hawker single-person claypot with all toppings
Large / shared pot split two ways750 kcalHalf of a two-person claypot; generous restaurant portions often bigger
With pork belly instead of chicken800 kcalPork belly version significantly higher fat content

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

How many calories in Claypot Chicken Rice?
A standard single-serve claypot with chicken, lap cheong, and salted fish is around 700 calories. That's for a typical hawker portion of about 380g total.
Is Claypot Chicken Rice good for weight loss?
It can fit into a weight loss plan, but you need to be aware of what's in it. The lap cheong alone adds 120 calories and quite a bit of fat. If you skip the sausage and salted fish, you drop down to around 530 calories, which is much more manageable. The chicken thigh gives you solid protein, so it's actually fairly filling per calorie.
What makes Claypot Chicken Rice so high in calories?
The combo of lap cheong (Chinese sausage), skin-on chicken thigh, and the cooking oils and sauces adds up fast. The rice itself is 260 calories, then you pile fatty sausage and oily dark soy on top. It's not bad overall, but it's definitely not a low-calorie meal.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical hawker or kopitiam serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

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