How many calories in a steak
A sirloin steak has about 460 kcal and 48 g of protein.
Portion
To burn it off
A sirloin steak from the pub or the butcher is 460 kcal, with 48 g of protein and 28 g of fat. No carbs at all.
Leaner cuts like fillet come in lower, fattier ones like ribeye higher. Trimming the fat round the edge helps a bit.
The steak is rarely the whole meal. Chips, onion rings and a peppercorn sauce are where a steak night adds up.
Tips
- 1Swap the chips for a jacket potato or a salad.
- 2Ask for the sauce on the side and use half.
- 3Trim off the fat round the edge before you eat.
Where it comes from
Roasting a thick slice of meat over a fire is as old as cooking, so there is no inventor. The word is the interesting part: English steke appears in the mid 15th century, probably from Old Norse steik, roast meat, related to steikja, to roast on a spit. So a steak was first meat stuck on a spit, and the word most likely reached English through Scandinavia.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Online Etymology Dictionary, steak
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Questions
How much protein is in a steak?
About 48 g in a cooked sirloin.
Does cooking it well done change the calories?
Not really. It loses water, so it weighs less, but the kcal stay about the same.
How do I log a steak dinner?
Type it with the sides, like "sirloin, chips and peppercorn sauce".
How much does a steak shrink when it's cooked?
It loses about a quarter of its weight, mostly water. A 250 g raw steak ends up around 190 g on the plate, with the same kcal.
Does a marinade add calories to steak?
A little, mostly from the oil. Most of the marinade stays in the bowl, so it adds less than the recipe suggests.
