Noodles · Japan

How Many Calories in Yakisoba?

Also known as 焼きそば, やきそば, Sauce Yakisoba, Japanese Fried Noodles.

Steamed wheat noodles stir-fried with pork belly, cabbage and a thick sweet Worcestershire style sauce, finished with aonori and pickled ginger. The matsuri stall and konbini staple.

469kcal / 1 plate
A standard plate of sauce yakisoba is about 469 calories, based on a typical single-serve recipe with pork, cabbage and carrot. The steamed noodle pack alone is about 300 calories. The sauce adds 25 and the pork and frying oil make up the rest.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 plate (290g)AmountPer 100g
Calories469 kcal162 kcal
Protein15 g5 g
Carbs62 g21 g
Fat18 g6 g

Where the calories come from

Steamed yakisoba noodles150g
297 kcal
Pork belly slices30g
75 kcal
Cabbage, carrot, onion80g
20 kcal
Frying oil5g
45 kcal
Yakisoba sauce, aonori, beni shoga25g
30 kcal

The real talk

Yakisoba is 469 calories for what is really a fairly small plate, about 290g. The steamed noodle pack is 150g and roughly 300 calories on its own, then 30g of pork belly, cabbage, 5g of oil to fry it and 20g of sauce. At a festival stall you pay 500 to 600 yen for that. The sauce is only 25 calories, so it is not the villain here. The noodles are.

The festival version drifts higher. Stall cooks use more oil because the griddle is dry and hot, and they finish with a squeeze of mayonnaise. Mayo is 100 calories per tablespoon, so the 'mayo yakisoba' from a stall is about 570 to 600. Konbini yakisoba is around 500 to 550 for the standard tray and closer to 700 for the 'omori' double packs, with the number printed on the label.

Yakisoba pan is the same thing stuffed into a hot dog bun, and it is the classic 'carbs on carbs' snack. The bun is about 150 calories, so a yakisoba pan is 350 to 400 calories, which is not terrible for a snack but it has almost no protein, about 9g. If you are choosing between that and an onigiri with a boiled egg, take the onigiri and egg.

How the portions compare

350 kcal
Small plate
469 kcal
Standard plate
600 kcal
Festival pack with mayo

Yakisoba variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Yakisoba pan380 kcalHalf portion in a bun
Shio yakisoba450 kcalSalt seasoning instead of sauce
Sauce yakisoba469 kcalStandard home or stall plate
Konbini tray530 kcalTypical label, standard size
Omori with mayo and egg780 kcalDouble noodles, fried egg on top

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Common questions

Is yakisoba healthy?
It is a normal 469 calorie carb-heavy meal with 15g of protein and 18g of fat. Not a health food, not a disaster. The mayo and double noodle versions are where it gets heavy.
How many calories are in a konbini yakisoba?
Usually 500 to 550 for the standard tray and 650 to 750 for the omori size. The exact number is printed on the label.
How many calories is yakisoba pan?
About 350 to 400 calories. A hot dog bun is around 150 calories and it holds roughly half a plate of noodles.

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

Calorie figure based on health2sync.com sauce yakisoba 1 serving 469 kcal; calorie.slism.jp 焼きそば 157 kcal/100g. Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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