Noodles · Indonesia

How Many Calories in Mie Aceh?

Also known as Mi Aceh, Mie Aceh Goreng, Mie Aceh Daging, Mie Aceh Kepiting.

Mie Aceh is thick yellow noodles cooked in a curry-like paste of chili, cardamom, cumin and turmeric with beef, goat, shrimp or crab. It comes goreng (dry), tumis (moist) or kuah (soup), with emping and pickled shallots.

600kcal / 1 plate (mie Aceh goreng with beef, emping)
A restaurant plate of mie Aceh goreng with beef is about 600 calories. FatSecret Indonesia lists a lighter 205g version at 238 calories, but a real Rp 25,000 plate has around 200g of noodles, 60g of beef, 15g of oil and emping, which lands at 600.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 plate (mie Aceh goreng with beef, emping) (330g)AmountPer 100g
Calories600 kcal182 kcal
Protein24 g7 g
Carbs70 g21 g
Fat26 g8 g

Where the calories come from

Thick yellow noodles200g
260 kcal
Beef60g
130 kcal
Cooking oil in spice paste15g
130 kcal
Spice paste, tomato, bean sprouts, cabbage50g
40 kcal
Emping10g
50 kcal

The real talk

Mie Aceh noodles are the thick, chewy kind, and a plate holds about 200g cooked, roughly 260 calories. Then the spice paste. It is fried in oil until the red separates, and a plate carries about 15g of oil, 130 calories, more than any other noodle dish on this site except the mamak ones. The 238 calorie figure on FatSecret is for a very small, wet portion and not what a warung gives you.

The protein depends on what you order. Daging (beef) is the standard, about 60g for 130 calories and 15g protein. Kambing (goat) is similar. Udang (shrimp) is leaner at about 80 calories for the same weight. Kepiting (crab) is the leanest meat but the plate costs Rp 45,000 to 60,000 and the crab is often fried first.

The three styles matter. Goreng (dry) is the heaviest at 600 because all the oil stays in the noodles. Tumis (moist) has some broth and is about 540. Kuah (soup) is about 480 because part of the oil floats on the soup and stays in the bowl. Same price, 120 calories difference.

Emping on the side is 50 calories for a small pile, and the acar bawang (pickled shallots) is free. Mie Aceh comes with a lot of chili already, so the extra sambal is not needed.

How the portions compare

240 kcal
Small portion (FatSecret 205g)
600 kcal
Standard warung plate with beef
760 kcal
Large with extra beef and emping

Mie Aceh variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Mie Aceh kuah (soup) with beef480 kcalOil stays in the broth
Mie Aceh tumis udang500 kcalMoist style with shrimp
Mie Aceh tumis daging540 kcalMoist style with beef
Mie Aceh goreng daging600 kcalStandard dry plate
Mie Aceh goreng kepiting650 kcalCrab, often fried before tossing

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Common questions

How many calories in mie Aceh?
About 600 calories for a plate of mie Aceh goreng with beef. The soup (kuah) version is around 480.
Is mie Aceh spicy enough to burn calories?
No. Chili raises metabolism by a trivial amount. The plate is 600 calories whether you sweat or not.
Which mie Aceh has the fewest calories?
Mie Aceh kuah with shrimp, around 440 calories. Goreng with beef or crab is the heaviest at 600 to 650.
How much fat is in mie Aceh goreng?
About 26g per plate. The spice paste is fried in a lot of oil and the thick noodles hold on to all of it.
Berapa kalori Mie Aceh?
Mie Aceh mengandung sekitar 600 kalori per 1 piring (330g), dengan 24g protein, 70g karbohidrat dan 26g lemak. Angka ini perkiraan untuk porsi warung biasa, jadi bisa berbeda tergantung tempat dan ukuran porsi.

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

Calorie figure based on FatSecret Indonesia (mie Aceh 116 kcal/100g) scaled to a warung portion with beef and oil, components estimated. Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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