Food Calories

Meat, Grills & Lauk Calories

This is the biggest category on the site because Asian meals are built around the protein dish. It is also where your diet is quietly decided. Grilled, steamed and braised is how I stayed full while losing 42kg. Fried, rendang style and anything with a coconut gravy is where the calories hide, sometimes double for the same piece of chicken. Yakitori versus karaage. Ayam bakar versus ayam goreng kremes. Same bird, different bill.

Every main dish below is ranked lightest to heaviest across every country on the site. Learn the difference between grilled and fried once and it pays you back at every stall forever.

35 kcal
Bosou
per 2 tbsp condiment portion
Malaysia
40 kcal
Tempoyak
per 2 tbsp (small side portion with rice)
Malaysia
50 kcal
Satay
per 1 stick (chicken)
Malaysia
80 kcal
Otak-Otak
per 1 piece (grilled, banana leaf)
Malaysia
95 kcal
Serunding
per 2-3 tablespoons
Malaysia
130 kcal
Telur Balado
per 1 egg with sambal
Indonesia
130 kcal
Pork BBQ
per 1 stick
Philippines
150 kcal
Sambal Tumis
per 2-3 tablespoons
Malaysia
180 kcal
Asam Rebus
per 1 serving (1 medium fish with broth)
Malaysia
190 kcal
Tempe Goreng
per 2 pieces (warung size)
Indonesia
196 kcal
BBQ Chicken Wings
per 2 wings
Singapore
200 kcal
Rendang
per 1 lauk portion (100g)
Malaysia
200 kcal
Hinava
per 1 small plate
Malaysia
200 kcal
Umai
per 1 serving (hawker/restaurant portion)
Malaysia
200 kcal
Larb Moo
per 1 plate
Thailand
210 kcal
Manok Pansoh
per 1 serving (mixed bone-in chicken pieces with broth and aromatics)
Malaysia
230 kcal
Ikan Goreng
per 1 piece (medium, e.g. kembung, tilapia slice, or cencaru)
Malaysia
231 kcal
Yakitori
per 2 skewers (thigh, tare sauce)
Japan
235 kcal
Red Curry (Gaeng Phed)
per 1 bowl (curry only)
Thailand
240 kcal
Pinasakan
per 1 serving (2 small fish + broth)
Malaysia
250 kcal
Asam Pedas
per 1 serving with fish
Malaysia
250 kcal
Lala Masak
per 1 hawker plate (approx 400g shell-on clams, ~150g edible serving)
Malaysia
255 kcal
Sate Lilit
per 5 skewers
Indonesia
270 kcal
Sambal Sotong
per 1 side dish (lauk) serving
Malaysia
270 kcal
Keropok Lekor
per 1 bag / ~8-10 pieces (fried)
Malaysia
280 kcal
Ayam Masak
per 1 piece in sauce
Malaysia
290 kcal
Daging Masak
per 1 portion in sauce
Malaysia
290 kcal
Ayam Bakar
per 1 piece (thigh or drumstick quarter)
Malaysia
290 kcal
Tandoori Chicken
per 1 quarter piece (leg or breast, bone-in)
Malaysia
290 kcal
Char Siew (BBQ Pork)
per 100g
Malaysia
290 kcal
Telur Dadar (Malaysian Omelette)
per 1 omelette
Malaysia
300 kcal
Sambal Udang
per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam portion, ~8-10 medium prawns)
Malaysia
300 kcal
Ikan Bakar
per 1 piece (whole small fish or portion of larger fish, with sambal)
Malaysia
300 kcal
Ketam Masak
per 1 serving (about half a crab with sauce)
Malaysia
300 kcal
Kerang Masak
per 1 hawker serving (cockles in sambal or kicap sauce)
Malaysia
300 kcal
Masak Kicap
per 1 piece + sauce (bone-in chicken, hawker serving)
Malaysia
300 kcal
Ca Kho To
per 1 clay pot (2 pieces)
Vietnam
310 kcal
Ikan Stim
per 1 whole fish (siakap or ikan merah, mid-size), as served at restaurant or kopitiam
Malaysia
310 kcal
Swiss Wings (Sui Si Gai Yik)
per 3 wings
Hong Kong
320 kcal
Gulai
per 1 serving (ladle of curry + 1-2 pieces protein, no rice)
Malaysia
320 kcal
Panang Curry
per 1 bowl (curry only)
Thailand
320 kcal
Gai Tod
per 1 piece (thigh, about 130g)
Thailand
325 kcal
Massaman Curry
per 1 bowl (curry only)
Thailand
330 kcal
Daging Dendeng
per 1 serving (3-4 thin slices)
Malaysia
330 kcal
Cereal Prawns
per 1 serving (4 to 5 prawns, one share of a cze char plate)
Singapore
330 kcal
Pecel Lele
per 1 whole fried catfish with sambal and lalapan (no rice)
Indonesia
330 kcal
Bulgogi
per 1 serving (200g cooked, no rice)
Korea
330 kcal
Dinuguan
per 1 carinderia serving (about 180g)
Philippines
340 kcal
Masak Merah
per 1 piece bone-in chicken with sauce (ayam masak merah, no rice)
Malaysia
344 kcal
Black Pepper Crab
per 1 serving (half a 1kg crab with sauce)
Singapore
350 kcal
Kari Ayam (Chicken Curry)
per 1 serving, 1 bone-in chicken piece with coconut curry gravy (hawker / nasi campur style)
Malaysia
350 kcal
Banh Xeo
per 1 medium pancake
Vietnam
360 kcal
Masak Lemak Cili Api
per 1 serving with chicken
Malaysia
360 kcal
Ayam Percik
per 1 piece (chicken thigh with percik sauce)
Malaysia
370 kcal
Ikan Masak Lemak
per 1 hawker lauk portion (fish + gravy)
Malaysia
370 kcal
Sate Kambing
per 10 skewers with kecap sambal (no rice or lontong)
Indonesia
380 kcal
Ikan Patin Masak Tempoyak
per 1 piece patin with gravy (hawker/restaurant portion)
Malaysia
380 kcal
Lechon
per 1 serving (3 to 4 slices with skin)
Philippines
380 kcal
Bebek Goreng
per 1 piece (thigh) with sambal and lalapan, no rice
Indonesia
390 kcal
Ayam Goreng
per 1 piece (thigh or drumstick, bone-in)
Malaysia
390 kcal
Paru Goreng
per 1 serving (2-3 pieces, side dish at nasi campur)
Malaysia
390 kcal
Opor Ayam
per 1 bowl (1 large piece bone-in chicken with gravy, no rice or ketupat)
Indonesia
390 kcal
Caldereta
per 1 carinderia serving (about 200g)
Philippines
395 kcal
Ayam Geprek
per 1 piece with sambal bawang (no rice)
Indonesia
400 kcal
Sambal Petai
per 1 hawker plate (sambal petai with prawns)
Malaysia
400 kcal
Kari Kambing (Mutton Curry)
per 1 mamak/kopitiam serving (meat + gravy, no rice)
Malaysia
400 kcal
Siu Yoke (Roast Pork)
per 100g
Malaysia
410 kcal
Ayam Kapitan (Kari Kapitan)
per 1 serving
Malaysia
420 kcal
Tongseng
per 1 bowl (no rice)
Indonesia
430 kcal
Kari Kepala Ikan
per 1 serving (fish head portion with gravy and vegetables)
Malaysia
430 kcal
Ikan Pari Bakar (Grilled Stingray)
per 1 serving, hawker stall (stingray wing in banana leaf with sambal)
Malaysia
442 kcal
Tonkatsu
per 1 rosu katsu (cutlet only, no rice)
Japan
450 kcal
Kam Heong Crab
per 1 serving (about half a medium mud crab)
Malaysia
450 kcal
Chili Crab
per 1 serving, about half a medium mud crab with sauce
Malaysia
450 kcal
Chicken Inasal
per 1 piece (paa, leg quarter)
Philippines
455 kcal
Sukiyaki
per 1 serving (no rice)
Japan
460 kcal
Varuval
per 1 plate (typical mamak/kopitiam serving)
Malaysia
460 kcal
Chicken 65
per 1 plate (hawker/mamak portion, ~8-10 pieces)
Malaysia
460 kcal
Wild Boar (Babi Hutan)
per 1 serving wild boar dish (meat + gravy, no rice)
Malaysia
460 kcal
Sotong Goreng Tepung (Fried Calamari)
per 1 plate
Malaysia
460 kcal
Galbi
per 1 serving (1인분, 200g raw marinated beef rib, grilled)
Korea
460 kcal
Thit Kho Trung
per 1 serving (3 pieces belly, 1 egg)
Vietnam
468 kcal
Chicken Karaage
per 5 pieces
Japan
470 kcal
Jokbal
per 1 person's share (about 250g, a third of a small order)
Korea
480 kcal
Kung Pao Chicken
per 1 plate
Malaysia
480 kcal
Roast Duck (Siu Ngap)
per quarter duck
Malaysia
480 kcal
Ayam Goreng Kremes
per 1 piece bone-in with kremes (no rice)
Indonesia
480 kcal
Tempura
per 1 assorted plate (2 prawns + 4 vegetables)
Japan
487 kcal
Oyster Omelette
per 1 plate
Singapore
490 kcal
Khau Yuk
per 1 serving (3-4 slices pork belly with mui choy and gravy)
Malaysia
500 kcal
Salted Egg Crab
per 1 serving (about half a crab)
Malaysia
500 kcal
Kare-Kare
per 1 serving
Philippines
500 kcal
Sate Padang
per 1 plate (10 skewers, thick sauce, 1 ketupat)
Indonesia
500 kcal
Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wan)
per 1 bowl curry with 1 plate rice
Thailand
520 kcal
Lechon Kawali
per 1 serving
Philippines
520 kcal
Bicol Express
per 1 carinderia serving (about 180g)
Philippines
530 kcal
Ikan Empurau
per 1 restaurant serving (steamed whole, shared from 1.5-2kg fish, individual portion)
Malaysia
530 kcal
Ayam Masak Arak (Rice Wine Chicken)
per 1 serving (2-3 bone-in chicken pieces with wine sauce)
Malaysia
530 kcal
Sisig
per 1 sizzling plate
Philippines
540 kcal
Sweet and Sour Chicken
per 1 plate
Malaysia
550 kcal
Okonomiyaki
per 1 pancake (buta-tama, Osaka style)
Japan
560 kcal
Sinalau Bakas
per 1 portion sliced smoked wild boar (hawker stall, ~200g)
Malaysia
560 kcal
Moo Krob
per 1 plate
Thailand
560 kcal
Crispy Pata
per 1 serving (quarter of a leg, about 200g)
Philippines
560 kcal
Gai Yang
per half chicken
Thailand
580 kcal
Butter Prawns
per 1 restaurant portion (6-8 medium-large prawns, shell-on, with egg floss)
Malaysia
580 kcal
Marmite Chicken
per 1 plate
Malaysia
580 kcal
Bo La Lot
per 1 plate (5 rolls)
Vietnam
580 kcal
Dakgalbi
per 1 serving (1인분, about 300g, no rice)
Korea
590 kcal
Ketupat Sotong
per 1 medium squid stuffed with glutinous rice in coconut gravy
Malaysia
590 kcal
Tangsuyuk
per 1 person's share (about 200g, a third of a small plate)
Korea
600 kcal
Liempo
per 1 serving (about 150g grilled)
Philippines
620 kcal
Bossam
per 1 person's share (about 180g pork with kimchi and wraps)
Korea
630 kcal
Daging Harimau Menangis
per 1 hawker plate (grilled beef slices with dipping sauce)
Malaysia
630 kcal
Samgyeopsal
per 1 serving (1인분, 200g raw belly, grilled, with ssam)
Korea
650 kcal
Nem Nuong
per 1 set (4 sticks with rice paper, greens, sauce)
Vietnam
700 kcal
Nestum Chicken
per 1 plate (2-3 pieces)
Malaysia
950 kcal
Korean Fried Chicken
per Half a yangnyeom chicken (반마리, about 8 pieces)
Korea
1000 kcal
Yakiniku
per 1 person (200g meat with rice)
Japan

Meat, Grills & Lauk at a glance

There are 119 dishes ranked on this page. The lightest is Bosou at 35 kcal per 2 tbsp condiment portion, the heaviest is Yakiniku at 1000 kcal per 1 person (200g meat with rice), and the average lands around 391 calories a serving. 31 of them come in under 300 calories, and 8 are 600 or more.

That spread is the whole point. Two dishes off the same menu can be 965 calories apart, which is more than most people's entire daily deficit. Knowing which is which costs you nothing and changes the outcome.

Common questions

What is the lowest calorie meat, grills & lauk option?
Bosou is the lightest on this page at 35 calories per 2 tbsp condiment portion. There are 31 options here under 300 calories, so you have room to pick something you actually like.
What is the highest calorie meat, grills & lauk here?
Yakiniku tops the list at 1000 calories per 1 person (200g meat with rice). 8 of the 119 dishes here are 600 calories or more, so it is worth checking before you order.
How many calories are in a typical meat, grills & lauk serving?
Across the 119 dishes on this page the average is about 391 calories per serving, with the middle of the pack around 390 (Ayam Goreng). Figures are estimates for a normal portion.
Berapa kalori dalam meat, grills & lauk?
Purata untuk 119 hidangan di halaman ini ialah kira-kira 391 kalori satu hidangan. Yang paling rendah ialah Bosou (35 kalori) dan yang paling tinggi ialah Yakiniku (1000 kalori). Semua angka ini anggaran untuk hidangan gerai biasa.

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

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