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Calories · Indonesian

Calories in ayam bakar

A typical restaurant serving of ayam bakar (one piece of grilled marinated chicken with a plate of rice, sambal and cucumber, about 372 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–950.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called Indonesian grilled chicken, ayam bakar kecap, ayam bakar with rice, ayam panggang.

~690
Ayam bakar

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein40 g
  • Carbs72 g
  • Fat26 g

One serving

Serving
one piece of grilled marinated chicken with a plate of rice, sambal and cucumber
Weight
~372 g
Per 100 g
~184

The dish

About ayam bakar

Ayam bakar is chicken simmered in spice paste, then grilled over charcoal with a sweet soy glaze, eaten with rice, sambal and raw greens. Grilling keeps it lighter than fried chicken; the skin, the glaze and the plate of rice decide the total. Built from its parts: one piece of Malay-style grilled marinated chicken lab-analysed by Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (189 g with bone, about 142 g edible), a 160 g plate of rice and a spoon of sambal, from SG FoodID and TKPI values; the sambal is our estimate.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Ayam bakar · rough numbers

  • Chicken only, no rice~340

What moves the number

Why one plate is 500 and another 950

  • Chicken skin and thigh versus breast
  • Sweet soy and oil in the glaze
  • A plate of rice, sometimes a second one
  • Sambal fried in oil

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for a breast piece and leave some skin
  • Take half a plate of rice
  • Add more lalapan (raw greens) instead

Side by side

Next to other Indonesian dishes

Indonesian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indonesian food →

  • Pisang goreng (one piece)~130one battered fried banana · usually 100–250
  • Es teh manis (sweet iced tea)~150one glass of iced tea with three tablespoons of sugar, weighed before ice · usually 50–300
  • Es kopi susu gula aren~170one glass of iced coffee with fresh milk and palm sugar syrup, weighed before ice · usually 120–350
  • Ayam goreng (one piece)~250one piece of spiced fried chicken with skin, edible weight, no rice · usually 180–400
  • Klepon~270five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut · usually 130–400
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • Es campur~310one bowl of es campur: shaved ice with grass jelly, bread, avocado, nata de coco, palm fruit, pineapple and watermelon, syrup and condensed milk · usually 150–450
  • Martabak telur~340a third of one martabak, about three slices, with pickled cucumber · usually 300–650
  • Bubur ayam~390one bowl of rice porridge with shredded chicken, yellow broth, cakwe, fried soybeans, crackers and sweet soy · usually 250–600
  • Soto ayam~390one bowl of yellow chicken soup with glass noodles, egg, cabbage and koya, no rice · usually 250–600
  • Indomie Mi Goreng (one pack)~400one pack, cooked with all its seasoning sachets, no egg · usually 400–520
  • Mie ayam~410one bowl of chicken noodles with sweet soy chicken topping, greens and broth on the side · usually 300–650

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Ayam panggang with rice (chicken only), F11020070: 1 piece = 189 g, 75% edible (lab analysis, 2026)
  2. Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Nasi (AP001); Cabai merah (NR014); Cabai rawit (NR015); Bawang merah (NR007); Bawang putih (NR008); Minyak kelapa sawit (KR012); Tomat merah (DR161); Ketimun (DR109)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in ayam bakar?

A typical restaurant serving of ayam bakar (one piece of grilled marinated chicken with a plate of rice, sambal and cucumber, about 372 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–950. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is ayam bakar without rice?

About 340 for one piece of grilled chicken, around 142 g of meat and skin.

Is ayam bakar lower in calories than ayam goreng?

Usually: grilling uses less oil than frying, though a thick sweet-soy glaze closes some of the gap.

How many calories is ayam bakar with rice?

About 690 with a 160 g plate of rice, sambal and cucumber.

What changes the calories in ayam bakar?

Chicken skin and thigh versus breast. Sweet soy and oil in the glaze.

How can I order ayam bakar lighter?

Ask for a breast piece and leave some skin. Take half a plate of rice.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.