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Calories · Malaysian & Singaporean

Calories in chicken satay

A typical restaurant serving of chicken satay (ten sticks of grilled chicken, peanut sauce, rice cakes and cucumber not included, about 150 g) is about 290 calories, usually 200–550.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called satay ayam, chicken skewers, sate.

~290
Chicken satay

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein33 g
  • Carbs5 g
  • Fat15 g

One serving

Serving
ten sticks of grilled chicken, peanut sauce, rice cakes and cucumber not included
Weight
~150 g
Per 100 g
~191

The dish

About chicken satay

Satay is marinated chicken grilled on skewers over charcoal, so the meat itself is fairly lean. The peanut sauce is where much of the extra energy hides, so how much you dip matters more than the sticks. This page is the Malaysian and Singaporean hawker style, with the peanut sauce counted separately; for the Indonesian plate under bumbu kacang, see sate ayam.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Chicken satay · rough numbers

  • One stick~30

What moves the number

Why one plate is 200 and another 550

  • Thigh meat and fat on the skewer
  • Peanut sauce, served by the bowl
  • Ketupat rice cakes on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Dip lightly in the peanut sauce
  • Fill up on cucumber and onion
  • Share ten sticks across the table

Side by side

Next to other Malaysian & Singaporean dishes

Malaysian & Singaporean · typical restaurant servingAll about Malaysian & Singaporean food →

  • Chicken satay~290ten sticks of grilled chicken, peanut sauce, rice cakes and cucumber not included · usually 200–550
  • Roti canai~420two plain pieces, curry not included · usually 330–600
  • Nasi lemak~490one basic plate with coconut rice, egg, anchovies, peanuts and sambal · usually 400–900
  • Mee goreng~500one hawker plate · usually 400–750
  • Hokkien mee~520one hawker plate of fried prawn noodles · usually 450–750
  • Laksa~590one hawker bowl with noodles and coconut curry broth · usually 450–800
  • Hainanese chicken rice~600one hawker plate with chicken, rice and chili sauce · usually 500–800
  • Char kway teow~740one hawker plate · usually 550–950

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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. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Chicken satay, takeaway, code 19-323
  2. HealthXchange (SingHealth) — Mutton satay, meat only, 11 g stick

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in chicken satay?

A typical restaurant serving of chicken satay (ten sticks of grilled chicken, peanut sauce, rice cakes and cucumber not included, about 150 g) is about 290 calories, usually 200–550. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in one stick of chicken satay?

About 30 a stick, so ten are about 290 before the peanut sauce.

How much does the satay peanut sauce add?

It is where much of the extra energy hides, so how much you dip matters more than the number of sticks.

What changes the calories in chicken satay?

Thigh meat and fat on the skewer. Peanut sauce, served by the bowl.

How can I order chicken satay lighter?

Dip lightly in the peanut sauce. Fill up on cucumber and onion.

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.