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How Many Calories in Sate Lilit?

Also known as Sate Lilit Bali, Sate Lilit Ikan, Balinese Minced Satay.

Sate lilit is Balinese satay made from minced fish, chicken or pork mixed with grated coconut and spice paste, wrapped around a lemongrass stalk or flat bamboo stick and grilled.

255kcal / 5 skewers
Five sate lilit are about 255 calories. FatSecret Indonesia lists one skewer at 51 calories with 3.9g protein and 3.6g fat. That fat is mostly the grated coconut, since the fish itself is lean.

Nutrition facts

Per 5 skewers (100g)AmountPer 100g
Calories255 kcal255 kcal
Protein20 g20 g
Carbs4 g4 g
Fat18 g18 g

Where the calories come from

Minced fish65g
85 kcal
Grated coconut30g
105 kcal
Spice paste and oil brushed on grill10g
65 kcal

The real talk

Sate lilit is minced meat, not chunks, and the mix is roughly two parts fish to one part grated coconut. That coconut is the reason a 20g skewer is 51 calories with 64% from fat. Plain grilled fish of the same weight would be about 25. So it is not a lean protein snack, it is a moderately fatty one, but 5 skewers still gives 20g protein for 255 calories, which is fine.

Portion is the question. Warungs sell it by the stick at Rp 3,000 to 5,000, and a normal side order is 5. At a nasi campur stall you get 2 on the plate, about 100 calories. At a beach restaurant the 'sate lilit set' with 10 skewers, rice and sambal matah is around 700.

Pork sate lilit (babi) is fattier than fish (ikan) or chicken (ayam), about 65 per skewer rather than 51, because pork mince already has fat before the coconut goes in. Tuna or mahi-mahi lilit is the leanest, and it is what most tourist-area warungs use.

It is grilled over coconut husk charcoal with no sauce, so what you see is what you get. There is no peanut sauce pour like Javanese sate, which is why 5 lilit at 255 beats 5 sate ayam with sauce at about 300.

How the portions compare

100 kcal
2 skewers (nasi campur portion)
255 kcal
5 skewers
700 kcal
10 skewers with rice and sambal matah

Sate Lilit variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Sate lilit ikan (fish)255 kcal5 skewers, standard
Sate lilit ayam (chicken)270 kcalSlightly fattier mince
Sate lilit babi (pork)325 kcalPork fat plus coconut
Sate lilit with rice515 kcal5 skewers and 200g rice

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Common questions

How many calories in sate lilit?
About 51 calories per skewer, so 255 for a side of five. Ten skewers with rice is around 700.
Is sate lilit healthy?
It is grilled, not fried, and five skewers give 20g protein. The grated coconut makes it about 64% fat by calories, so it is not lean, but it is a better choice than most fried sides.
What is sate lilit made of?
Minced fish (sometimes chicken or pork) mixed with grated coconut, Balinese spice paste, lime leaf and chili, wrapped on lemongrass and grilled.
How many calories in sate lilit with rice?
About 515 calories for five skewers with a normal 200g plate of rice.
Berapa kalori Sate Lilit?
Sate Lilit mengandung sekitar 255 kalori per 5 tusuk (100g), dengan 20g protein, 4g karbohidrat dan 18g 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 (sate lilit 51 kcal per skewer, 257 kcal/100g). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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