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Calories in beef kaldereta

A typical restaurant serving of beef kaldereta (one serving of beef kaldereta with potatoes, carrots and peppers, and one cup of rice, about 532 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–950.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called caldereta, kalderetang baka, beef caldereta, kaldereta with rice.

~690
Beef kaldereta

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein37 g
  • Carbs73 g
  • Fat28 g

One serving

Serving
one serving of beef kaldereta with potatoes, carrots and peppers, and one cup of rice
Weight
~532 g
Per 100 g
~130

The dish

About beef kaldereta

Kaldereta is beef stewed in tomato sauce with potatoes, carrots, bell peppers and liver spread, the party stew that thickens as it sits. The beef and the oil in the sauce make up most of the calories; liver spread adds richness, and some cooks melt in cheese too. Built from its parts: one of six servings from a Panlasang Pinoy beef kaldereta (two pounds of beef chuck, liver spread, tomato sauce, a quarter cup of oil, potatoes, carrots and peppers; olives left out), plus a cup of rice, from FNRI values; cup weights are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Beef kaldereta · rough numbers

  • Without rice~480

What moves the number

Why one plate is 500 and another 950

  • Fatty stewing beef (chuck or brisket)
  • Liver spread and oil in the sauce
  • Cheese stirred in at some places
  • Rice for the sauce

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Take more potatoes and peppers, less sauce
  • Skip the extra cup of rice
  • Share a bowl between two

Side by side

Next to other Filipino dishes

Filipino · typical restaurant servingAll about Filipino food →

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  • Turon~230one large piece · usually 150–350
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  • Arroz caldo~250one bowl of chicken rice porridge · usually 200–450
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  • Bibingka~290one rice cake with cheese and coconut · usually 230–450
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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

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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.

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

  1. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Beef chuck / baka paypay (F006); Liver spread (F234)
  2. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Tomato sauce (N025); Soy sauce / toyo (N023)
  3. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Pepper, sweet/bell, round, red (D172) and green (D170); Carrot (D039); Onion (D141); Garlic (D084)
  4. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Potato (B007)
  5. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Oil, coconut (K008)
  6. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Rice, well-milled, boiled (A020)
  7. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Beef caldereta, canned (R027), for comparison
  8. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — Beef kaldereta, 6 servings

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in beef kaldereta?

A typical restaurant serving of beef kaldereta (one serving of beef kaldereta with potatoes, carrots and peppers, and one cup of rice, about 532 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–950. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is kaldereta without rice?

About 480 for one serving of the stew alone.

Is kaldereta high in calories?

It is a rich stew: about 690 with a cup of rice, more if it is made with cheese or fattier cuts.

Kaldereta or kare-kare: which has more calories?

Usually kare-kare, at about 1,050 with rice and bagoong, because of its peanut sauce and oxtail.

What changes the calories in beef kaldereta?

Fatty stewing beef (chuck or brisket). Liver spread and oil in the sauce.

How can I order beef kaldereta lighter?

Take more potatoes and peppers, less sauce. Skip the extra cup 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.