Rice Meals · Hong Kong

How Many Calories in Roast Goose Rice?

Also known as 燒鵝飯, Siu Ngo Faan, Roasted Goose with Rice, Hong Kong Roast Goose.

Roast goose rice is a plate of steamed rice with chopped roast goose, skin on, drizzled with the sweet roasting juices. Every siu mei shop in Hong Kong hangs a few birds in the window, and a plate runs about HK$50 to HK$70.

970kcal / 1 plate
One plate of roast goose rice (about 530g) is around 970 calories, per Centre for Food Safety testing. The goose portion with skin is roughly 500 calories, the rice about 390, and the gravy adds 60. Fat is about 50g, most of it from the skin and the layer underneath.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 plate (530g)AmountPer 100g
Calories970 kcal183 kcal
Protein40 g8 g
Carbs90 g17 g
Fat50 g9 g

Where the calories come from

Steamed rice300g
390 kcal
Roast goose with skin180g
500 kcal
Goose gravy40g
60 kcal
Pickled vegetable or cucumber20g
5 kcal

The real talk

Goose is a fatty bird by nature and roasting it with the skin on keeps every gram. A 180g portion of roast goose with skin is about 500 calories and 40g of fat, compared to roast duck at roughly 400 for the same weight and a steamed chicken portion at 250. The meat underneath is good protein, around 35g per plate, but you cannot get to it without eating the skin unless you peel it off yourself.

The rice underneath is 300g steamed, about 390 calories, and the shop ladles goose drippings over it. That gravy is rendered fat mixed with soy and sugar, around 60 calories per spoonful. CFS lists goose rice at 970 for the plate, slightly under the average siu mei rice figure of 922 for the leaner meats but nearly the same as a char siu rice, because the fat in goose skin does the same job as the honey glaze on char siu.

For what it is, roast goose rice still beats baked pork chop rice (1,300) or a plate of salted fish chicken fried rice (1,400) at the same shop. It is an honest plate: real meat, real rice, no batter, no cheese. The lever you have is the skin. Peel it off half the pieces and you drop the plate to roughly 800. Order the leg (鵝髀) and it is more meat, less fat, than the breast pieces with the thick skin.

How the portions compare

700 kcal
Less rice, skin removed from half
970 kcal
Standard plate (530g)
1150 kcal
Large plate with goose leg and extra gravy

Roast Goose Rice variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Soy sauce chicken rice800 kcal180 kcal per 100g, leaner than goose
Char siu rice920 kcalHoney glazed pork
Roast goose rice970 kcalStandard plate
Roast goose leg rice1050 kcalBigger portion of meat
Goose and char siu two combo1100 kcalExtra meat on the plate

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

How many calories in roast goose rice?
About 970 calories for a 530g plate, according to Centre for Food Safety testing of Hong Kong siu mei shops.
Is roast goose fattier than roast duck?
Yes. Roast goose with skin is roughly 280 calories per 100g versus about 240 for roast duck. Goose has a thicker fat layer under the skin.
How can I make roast goose rice lighter?
Remove the skin from half the pieces and ask for less rice. That brings a 970 calorie plate down to around 700 without changing the dish.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical cha chaan teng, dai pai dong or dim sum serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on Centre for Food Safety Hong Kong, Nutrient Values of Indigenous Congee, Rice and Noodle Dishes (970 kcal per 530g). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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