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Calories · Filipino

Calories in beef pares

A typical restaurant serving of beef pares (braised beef with sauce, one cup of garlic rice and a bowl of clear beef broth, about 588 g) is about 870 calories, usually 650–1,150.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pares, pares rice, beef pares with garlic rice, pares mami.

~870
Beef pares

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein42 g
  • Carbs74 g
  • Fat44 g

One serving

Serving
braised beef with sauce, one cup of garlic rice and a bowl of clear beef broth
Weight
~588 g
Per 100 g
~148

The dish

About beef pares

Pares pairs sweet-salty braised beef with garlic rice and a bowl of clear beef broth. The brisket's fat and the oil in the sinangag account for most of it; the broth is close to nothing. Built from its parts: braised beef brisket in soy sauce and brown sugar with ginger and star anise, garlic fried rice and clear beef broth — from USDA and FNRI values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Beef pares · rough numbers

  • With plain rice instead of garlic rice~780

What moves the number

Why one plate is 650 and another 1,150

  • Fatty brisket, braised soft
  • Sweet soy sauce with brown sugar
  • Garlic fried rice
  • Extra rice or extra beef

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for plain rice
  • Choose leaner beef if offered
  • Drink the broth and skip the extra rice

Side by side

Next to other Filipino dishes

Filipino · typical restaurant servingAll about Filipino food →

  • Cup of rice~210one level restaurant cup of steamed white rice · usually 150–300
  • Leche flan~230one restaurant slice · usually 180–400
  • Turon~230one large piece · usually 150–350
  • Ensaymada~240one bakery ensaymada · usually 200–450
  • Arroz caldo~250one bowl of chicken rice porridge · usually 200–450
  • Jollibee Peach Mango Pie~270one fried pie, US serving · usually 250–310
  • Bibingka~290one rice cake with cheese and coconut · usually 230–450
  • Garlic rice (sinangag)~300one level restaurant cup · usually 220–380
  • Halo-halo~330one restaurant glass · usually 250–550
  • Lumpia shanghai~340six pieces · usually 230–500
  • Jollibee Yumburger~360one Yumburger, Jollibee USA standard size · usually 330–410
  • Siopao~380one regular steamed pork bun · usually 250–520

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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.

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. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Beef, brisket, whole, lean and fat, cooked, braised, FDC 168665
  2. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Soy sauce / toyo (N023)
  3. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Sugars, brown, FDC 168833
  4. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, FDC 171411
  5. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Onion, Bombay bulb (D141); Garlic bulb (D084)
  6. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Ginger root, raw, FDC 169231
  7. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Onions, spring or scallions, raw, FDC 170005
  8. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Rice, well-milled, fried / sinangag (A021)
  9. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Soup, stock, beef, home-prepared, FDC 172883
  10. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — Beef pares (2.5 lb beef; serving count not stated, taken as 6)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in beef pares?

A typical restaurant serving of beef pares (braised beef with sauce, one cup of garlic rice and a bowl of clear beef broth, about 588 g) is about 870 calories, usually 650–1,150. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

What is beef pares?

Sweet-salty braised beef paired with garlic rice and a bowl of clear broth. The brisket's fat and the oil in the rice account for most of it.

How many calories is pares with plain rice?

About 780, against about 870 with garlic rice.

Does the broth add much?

Close to nothing; the beef and the rice are the whole story.

What changes the calories in beef pares?

Fatty brisket, braised soft. Sweet soy sauce with brown sugar.

How can I order beef pares lighter?

Ask for plain rice. Choose leaner beef if offered.

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.