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How Many Calories in Sliced Fish Bee Hoon Soup?

Also known as Fish Soup Bee Hoon, 鱼片米粉, Sliced Fish Soup, Fish Bee Hoon Singapore.

Sliced fish bee hoon is the Singapore hawker soup of rice vermicelli in a clear fish bone broth with slices of batang or snakehead fish, tomato, lettuce or cabbage, and fried shallots. The fried fish and milk versions are the same bowl with the lights off.

349kcal / 1 bowl
A standard bowl of sliced fish bee hoon soup is about 349 calories for a 500g bowl, with 25g of protein and around 7g of fat. The fish soup alone without noodles is about 113 calories per 241g serving. The fried fish version with evaporated milk is about 730.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (500g)AmountPer 100g
Calories349 kcal70 kcal
Protein25 g5 g
Carbs45 g9 g
Fat7 g1 g

Where the calories come from

Bee hoon150g
165 kcal
Sliced batang fish80g
90 kcal
Clear fish broth250g
50 kcal
Vegetables and tomato40g
15 kcal
Fried shallots and oil5g
25 kcal

The real talk

This is the hawker bowl dietitians keep pointing people to, and the number backs it up. 150g of bee hoon is about 165 calories, 80g of sliced batang fish about 90, the clear broth 50, vegetables and tomato 15, and the fried shallots and a drizzle of oil around 25. That is 349 for a full bowl with 25g of protein. Nothing else at the hawker centre gives you that ratio for S$5.

The same stall sells a bowl that is more than double. Fried fish bee hoon with milk is the sliced fish battered and deep fried, then the broth whitened with evaporated milk. That bowl is about 730 calories. The fried fish coating and oil add about 250, the milk another 100, and the stalls usually put in more fish because the fried version is the premium order. Same counter, same bee hoon, 380 calories apart.

The plain version is not bland if you use the chilli padi and soy dip properly. That dip is about 15 calories. A spoon of the fried shallot oil from the top of the pot is 40. Ask the stall to go light on the shallot oil and you keep the taste at a lower price.

How the portions compare

113 kcal
Fish soup only, no noodles
349 kcal
Standard sliced fish bee hoon
730 kcal
Fried fish bee hoon with milk

Sliced Fish Bee Hoon Soup variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Sliced fish soup, no noodles113 kcalHealthHub figure, 241g
Sliced fish bee hoon349 kcalHawker standard
Sliced fish bee hoon with milk450 kcalEvaporated milk added
Fried fish bee hoon600 kcalNo milk
Fried fish bee hoon with milk730 kcalThe heaviest order

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

Is sliced fish soup good for weight loss?
Yes, it is one of the best hawker options. About 349 calories with 25g of protein and only 7g of fat for a full bowl of bee hoon. Without noodles the soup is about 113 calories.
How many calories in fried fish bee hoon soup?
About 600 calories without milk and 730 with evaporated milk. The battered fried fish adds around 250 calories over the sliced version, and the milk adds about 100 more.
Does the milk in fish soup add a lot of calories?
About 100 calories per bowl. Evaporated milk is roughly 130 calories per 100ml and the stalls add about 80ml. It also adds 6g of fat to a soup that otherwise has very little.
Which fish is used in sliced fish soup?
Usually batang, which is Spanish mackerel, or toman, the snakehead. Both are lean, about 110 calories per 100g raw, which is why the sliced version stays light.
Berapa kalori dalam Sliced Fish Bee Hoon Soup?
Sliced Fish Bee Hoon Soup ada kira-kira 349 kalori untuk 1 mangkuk (500g), dengan 25g protein, 45g karbohidrat dan 7g lemak. Angka ini anggaran untuk hidangan gerai biasa, jadi ia berbeza ikut kedai dan saiz hidangan.

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

Calorie figure based on HPB iDAT via danielfooddiary.com 2015 (349, 730), HealthHub.sg (113 soup only). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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