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Calories · Filipino

Calories in bulalo

A typical restaurant serving of bulalo (about an eighth of a restaurant pot, with broth, rice not included, about 790 g) is about 480 calories, usually 330–720.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called beef bulalo, beef shank soup, bulalo soup, Batangas bulalo.

~480
Bulalo

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein46 g
  • Carbs20 g
  • Fat24 g

One serving

Serving
about an eighth of a restaurant pot, with broth, rice not included
Weight
~790 g
Per 100 g
~61

The dish

About bulalo

Bulalo is beef shank and marrow bones simmered for hours into a clear broth with corn, cabbage and pechay. The shank meat is fairly lean; the marrow and the fat in the broth decide most of the total. Built from its parts: beef shank, bone marrow (USDA beef fat as a stand-in), sweet corn, pechay Baguio, Baguio beans and onion with patis — from FNRI and USDA values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Bulalo · rough numbers

  • With rice (1 cup)~680

What moves the number

Why one plate is 330 and another 720

  • The bone marrow — almost pure fat
  • Fat floating in the broth
  • Rice on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Skim the fat off the top of the broth
  • Share the marrow
  • Fill up on cabbage, pechay and corn

Side by side

Next to other Filipino dishes

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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. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Beef shank / kenchi (F035)
  2. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Beef, retail cuts, separable fat, cooked (stand-in for bone marrow), FDC 168606
  3. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Corn, sweet, yellow, cooked, boiled, FDC 169999
  4. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Pechay Baguio / Napa cabbage, boiled (D055); Baguio beans, boiled (D207); Onion, Bombay bulb, boiled (D142)
  5. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Fish sauce / patis (N011)
  6. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — How to cook bulalo (serves 8; 7.5 lb bone-in shank), one eighth

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in bulalo?

A typical restaurant serving of bulalo (about an eighth of a restaurant pot, with broth, rice not included, about 790 g) is about 480 calories, usually 330–720. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is bulalo fatty?

The shank is fairly lean; the marrow and the fat floating in the broth decide most of the total, so skimming the top helps.

How many calories is bulalo with rice?

About 680 with a level cup of rice.

What changes the calories in bulalo?

The bone marrow — almost pure fat. Fat floating in the broth.

How can I order bulalo lighter?

Skim the fat off the top of the broth. Share the marrow.

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.