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Calories · American & British

Calories in a chicken parmi

A typical restaurant serving of a chicken parmi (a pub chicken parmi with chips and salad, about 560 g) is about 1,100 calories, usually 950–1,600.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called chicken parma, chicken parmigiana, pub parmi, parmi with chips and salad.

~1,100
Chicken parmi

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein54 g
  • Carbs94 g
  • Fat57 g

One serving

Serving
a pub chicken parmi with chips and salad
Weight
~560 g
Per 100 g
~200

The dish

About a chicken parmi

The Australian pub parmi is a crumbed chicken schnitzel topped with napoli sauce and melted cheese, usually served on chips with a side salad. About 300 g of parmigiana is roughly 630 and 200 g of takeaway chips about 480, so a pub plate is around 1,100. One schnitzel chain lists its smaller parma with chips and side salad at 4,060 kJ, about 970 calories.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Chicken parmi · rough numbers

  • Parmi with salad, no chips~640
  • A chain schnitzel shop’s parma with small chips and side salad~970

What moves the number

Why one plate is 950 and another 1,600

  • The crumbed, fried schnitzel itself
  • A full plate of chips under or beside it
  • Toppings: melted cheese, ham, napoli or extra sauce

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Swap the chips for salad or vegetables
  • Share the chips across the table
  • Skip the extra ham and gravy

Side by side

Next to other American & British dishes

American & British · typical restaurant servingAll about American & British food →

  • Mimosa~120one 6 oz mimosa: sparkling wine and orange juice · usually 80–150
  • Glass of red wine~130one standard 5 oz pour · usually 100–230
  • Green bean casserole~130one cup of green bean casserole · usually 60–190
  • Yorkshire pudding~130one large pub-style Yorkshire pudding (about 60 g) · usually 60–350
  • Pint of beer~210one 16 oz US pint of regular beer · usually 100–280
  • Scotch egg~270one standard Scotch egg (113 g) · usually 220–450
  • Hot dog~300one beef hot dog in a white bun with mustard · usually 250–650
  • Mashed potatoes and gravy~300one cup of restaurant mashed potatoes with gravy · usually 150–450
  • Gumbo~330one restaurant bowl, about 1½ cups, with rice · usually 220–430
  • Mac and cheese~340one restaurant side, roughly a heaped cup · usually 250–1,000
  • Clam chowder~350one bowl of New England chowder, about 1½ cups · usually 200–900
  • Sausage roll~350one bakery sausage roll in flaky pastry · usually 250–550

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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.

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

  1. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Olive Garden, chicken parmigiana without pasta (304 g serving), FDC 169858
  2. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Potato, chips, regular, independent takeaway outlet, deep fried, blended oil, salted, F007238
  3. Food Standards Australia New Zealand, Australian Food Composition Database Release 3 — Lettuce, cos, raw, F005191
  4. Schnitz menu with energy per plate (Parma, Parma & Chips, Parma with Chips & Side Salad, Schnitzel with Chips & Side Salad)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a chicken parmi?

A typical restaurant serving of a chicken parmi (a pub chicken parmi with chips and salad, about 560 g) is about 1,100 calories, usually 950–1,600. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a chicken parmi with chips and salad?

About 1,100 for a pub plate. A schnitzel chain’s smaller parma with chips and side salad is 4,060 kJ, about 970.

How many calories in a parmi without chips?

About 640 for the parmi with salad only. The chips are about 480 of a full plate.

Is a parmi more than a plain schnitzel?

A little: the same chain lists schnitzel with chips and side salad at 3,610 kJ and the parma version at 4,060 kJ, about 110 calories more for the napoli and cheese.

Is a chicken parmi high in calories?

Yes for one plate: around 1,100, with about 630 from the parmigiana and about 480 from the chips.

What changes the calories in a chicken parmi?

The crumbed, fried schnitzel itself. A full plate of chips under or beside it.

How can I order a chicken parmi lighter?

Swap the chips for salad or vegetables. Share the chips across the table.

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.