How many calories in nasi goreng
A plate of nasi goreng has about 610 kcal, with a fried egg on top usually included.
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Nasi goreng is Indonesian fried rice with sweet soy sauce, shallots, chilli and often chicken or prawns, finished with a fried egg. It's breakfast, lunch and dinner in Bali and on every beach warung menu.
A plate is 610 kcal, with 22 g of protein, 78 g of carbs and 23 g of fat. The rice is most of the carbs and the oil it's fried in is most of the fat.
The prawn crackers and satay sticks that often come alongside aren't in that number. Count them on their own.
Tips
- 1Ask for extra veg or chicken and a smaller scoop of rice.
- 2Leave the krupuk crackers for the table, they go fast and add up.
- 3Have a fresh juice or iced tea with no sugar rather than a Bintang if you're keeping it lighter.
Where it comes from
Fried rice began in China as a way to use up leftover rice, and Chinese traders carried the idea to the Indonesian islands centuries ago. Sweet soy sauce made it Indonesian. Javanese writing from the early 1800s mentions sekul goreng, Dutch colonial cookbooks printed recipes, and in 2018 Indonesia named it one of its five national dishes.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Wikipedia, Nasi goreng
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Questions
Is nasi goreng higher than plain rice?
Yes. It's fried in oil and comes with an egg, so it's a lot more than the same amount of boiled rice.
How much protein is in nasi goreng?
About 22 g on a plate, from the egg and the chicken or prawns.
Is nasi goreng or mie goreng higher?
Nasi goreng is about 610 kcal a plate and mie goreng about 550, so they're close.
How many calories in nasi goreng without the fried egg?
About 520 kcal. The fried egg is roughly 90 kcal of the 610, and about 6 g of the protein.
How many calories are in the prawn crackers on the side?
A small handful, about 15 g, is around 80 kcal. They're fried and very light, so a whole bowl goes quicker than you'd think.
