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Calories · Indonesian

Calories in bakso

A typical restaurant serving of bakso (one bowl with beef meatballs, noodles, vermicelli and broth, about 450 g) is about 510 calories, usually 300–750.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called Indonesian meatball soup, bakso sapi, mie bakso.

~510
Bakso (meatball soup with noodles)

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein24 g
  • Carbs74 g
  • Fat14 g

One serving

Serving
one bowl with beef meatballs, noodles, vermicelli and broth
Weight
~450 g
Per 100 g
~114

The dish

About bakso

Bakso is a bowl of springy beef-and-tapioca meatballs in clear beef broth, usually with yellow noodles and rice vermicelli. A standard bowl is moderate; extra meatballs, fried wontons and two kinds of noodles push it up quickly.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 300 and another 750

  • How many meatballs, and the big stuffed ones (bakso urat, bakso telur)
  • Noodles plus vermicelli in the same bowl
  • Fat in the beef broth
  • Fried wontons and tofu (bakso Malang)

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for just one kind of noodle, or none
  • Leave some of the broth
  • Skip the fried wontons

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
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • 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
  • Sate kambing (10 sticks)~430ten grilled goat sticks with sweet soy, shallot, tomato, chili and cabbage, no rice · usually 300–650
  • Pempek kapal selam~470one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber · usually 300–700

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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. Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Mie bakso (AP086)
  2. Bowl check: resepkoki.id — Bakso sapi (300 g beef, 40 meatballs)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in bakso?

A typical restaurant serving of bakso (one bowl with beef meatballs, noodles, vermicelli and broth, about 450 g) is about 510 calories, usually 300–750. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is bakso without noodles?

Dropping the noodles and vermicelli cuts a lot: roughly 250 to 300 a bowl, against about 510 with them.

Is bakso a light meal?

A standard bowl is moderate, about 510. Jumbo bowls, extra stuffed meatballs and fried wontons on the side are what push it up.

What changes the calories in bakso?

How many meatballs, and the big stuffed ones (bakso urat, bakso telur). Noodles plus vermicelli in the same bowl.

How can I order bakso lighter?

Ask for just one kind of noodle, or none. Leave some of the broth.

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.