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How Many Calories in Tapsilog?

Also known as Tapa Sinangag Itlog, Beef Tapa with Garlic Rice and Egg, Tapsi.

Cured beef tapa fried until the edges crisp, a mound of garlic fried rice, and a sunny-side-up egg. The original silog, served 24 hours a day at every tapsihan.

650kcal / 1 plate
A standard tapsilog plate is about 650 calories. That is 100g of beef tapa (230 calories), 200g of sinangag garlic rice (320), one fried egg (90) and a spoon of atchara (10). A tapsihan that gives extra rice with the meal pushes it to 900.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 plate (350g)AmountPer 100g
Calories650 kcal186 kcal
Protein34 g10 g
Carbs67 g19 g
Fat26 g7 g

Where the calories come from

Beef tapa, fried100g
230 kcal
Sinangag garlic rice200g
320 kcal
Fried egg50g
90 kcal
Atchara20g
10 kcal

The real talk

The rice is the biggest item, and it is not plain rice. Sinangag is day-old rice fried in garlic oil, and a 200g cup carries about 8g of oil, so it lands at 320 calories versus 260 for the same cup steamed. Then the egg is fried in more oil, 90 calories rather than the 70 of a boiled one. Between them, the oil on a tapsilog plate is about 150 calories before the beef.

The tapa itself is the leanest part of the plate. Beef tapa is thin-sliced sirloin or round cured with soy, garlic, sugar and vinegar, and 100g cooked is about 230 calories with 25g of protein. A tapsihan that uses fattier cuts or fries the tapa in lard will run higher, and some places add a spoon of the cooking oil over the rice as a finish. That spoon is 40 calories.

The silog family runs from about 520 to 700 for a standard plate. Cornsilog (corned beef) and bangsilog (fried bangus) are at the low end, tapsilog and tosilog sit in the middle at 650 to 660, and longsilog is the heaviest at 700 because sweet longganisa is a fatty sausage. The rice and egg are fixed at about 410, so the ulam alone decides the range.

How the portions compare

560 kcal
Tapa and rice, no egg
650 kcal
Standard tapsilog
910 kcal
Tapsilog with extra rice

Tapsilog variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Cornsilog520 kcalCorned beef
Bangsilog560 kcalFried bangus
Hotsilog620 kcalTwo red hotdogs
Tapsilog650 kcalBeef tapa
Tosilog660 kcalSweet pork tocino
Longsilog700 kcalTwo longganisa

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Common questions

How many calories in tapsilog without egg?
About 560 calories for tapa and garlic rice only. The fried egg adds 90.
How many calories in beef tapa alone?
About 230 calories per 100g cooked, with roughly 25g of protein. It is the leanest part of the plate.
Is tapsilog good for breakfast on a diet?
It has 34g of protein, which is good. The 650 total is high for one meal, so the fix is plain rice instead of sinangag and a boiled egg, which brings it to about 570.
Which silog has the lowest calories?
Cornsilog at around 520, then bangsilog at 560. Longsilog is the highest of the common ones at about 700.

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

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