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Calories · Thai & Vietnamese
Calories in com tam
A typical restaurant serving of com tam (one plate of broken rice with a grilled pork chop, a fried egg, pickles and nuoc cham, about 410 g) is about 760 calories, usually 550–1,100.
Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called cơm tấm, broken rice, com tam suon, Vietnamese broken rice with pork chop.
The usual range
Drawn on one 0–2,000 scale shared by every dish page, so plates compare at a glance.
Protein, carbs and fat
- Protein37 g
- Carbs67 g
- Fat38 g
One serving
- Serving
- one plate of broken rice with a grilled pork chop, a fried egg, pickles and nuoc cham
- Weight
- ~410 g
- Per 100 g
- ~187
The dish
About com tam
Com tam is Saigon’s broken-rice plate: fractured grains topped with a sweet, charcoal-grilled pork chop, a fried egg, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber and a bowl of nuoc cham. The pork chop carries most of the fat; the full “dac biet” plate with shredded pork skin and egg meatloaf runs well past 1,000. Built from its parts: a 200 g bowl of rice, a grilled pork chop (135 g with bone) and a pan-fried egg, all from Singapore’s HPB, plus nuoc cham from FNRI fish sauce and sugar; the sauce and pickles are our estimates.
Ways it comes
One dish, a few numbers
What moves the number
Why one plate is 550 and another 1,100
- The pork chop, its fat and sugary marinade
- A fried egg on top
- Extra toppings: shredded pork skin (bi) and egg meatloaf (cha)
- Scallion oil (mo hanh) spooned over the rice
Ordering lighter
If you want a lighter plate
- Order the pork chop only, without bi and cha
- Skip the scallion oil
- Leave some of the rice
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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.
- Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Grilled pork chop, F06100015: 1 piece = 135 g, 75% edible (borrowed data, 2025)
- Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Cooked white rice, F05090006: 1 bowl = 200 g
- Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fried egg, F01050005: 1 piece = 39 g (lab analysis, 2025)
- Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Fish sauce / patis (N011)
- Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Sugar, white, refined (M046)
- Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Carrot (D039)
- Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Ketimun (DR109)
Questions
Questions people ask.
How many calories are in com tam?
A typical restaurant serving of com tam (one plate of broken rice with a grilled pork chop, a fried egg, pickles and nuoc cham, about 410 g) is about 760 calories, usually 550–1,100. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.
How many calories is com tam without egg?
About 670 for the rice and pork chop with pickles and sauce.
Is com tam high in calories?
About 760 for a standard plate, more than a serving of bun cha (about 610), and higher still with bi and cha.
What changes the calories in com tam?
The pork chop, its fat and sugary marinade. A fried egg on top.
How can I order com tam lighter?
Order the pork chop only, without bi and cha. Skip the scallion oil.
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.




