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Calories · Filipino

Calories in crispy pata

A typical restaurant serving of crispy pata (a quarter of a deep-fried pork leg (meat and skin), dipped in soy-vinegar, about 210 g) is about 570 calories, usually 400–900.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called deep-fried pork leg, crispy pork knuckle, crispy pata with rice.

~570
Crispy pata

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein44 g
  • Carbs0 g
  • Fat42 g

One serving

Serving
a quarter of a deep-fried pork leg (meat and skin), dipped in soy-vinegar
Weight
~210 g
Per 100 g
~269

The dish

About crispy pata

Crispy pata is a whole pork leg simmered until tender, then deep-fried until the skin blisters, served with a soy-vinegar dip. Almost all of its energy is fat and protein; the skin and the oil it takes up are what make it rich. Built from its parts: a quarter of a leg (the Panlasang Pinoy version serves four), taken as about 200 g of simmered pork leg meat and skin (USDA) plus an allowance of 10 g of frying oil (FNRI); the share and the oil are our estimates, so the range is wide.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Crispy pata · rough numbers

  • With a cup of rice~770
  • A bigger share (a third of the leg)~750

What moves the number

Why one plate is 400 and another 900

  • The skin and the fat under it
  • Frying oil the skin soaks up
  • How big your share of the leg is
  • Rice for the dipping sauce

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Share the leg among four or more
  • Take more meat and less skin
  • Pair it with ensaladang talong or a sinigang instead of 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
  • Pork barbecue~270two sticks of Filipino pork barbecue, grilled and basted with banana ketchup glaze · usually 180–450
  • Bibingka~290one rice cake with cheese and coconut · usually 230–450
  • Garlic rice (sinangag)~300one level restaurant cup · usually 220–380
  • Ube cheesecake~300one slice of ube Basque-style cheesecake · usually 210–560
  • Halo-halo~330one restaurant glass · usually 250–550
  • Lumpia shanghai~340six pieces · usually 230–500

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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) — Pork, fresh, variety meats and by-products, feet, cooked, simmered, FDC 168290
  2. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Pork leg / pata (F173), edible portion 58%
  3. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Oil, coconut (K008)
  4. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Rice, well-milled, boiled (A020)
  5. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — Crispy pata (one whole leg, 4 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in crispy pata?

A typical restaurant serving of crispy pata (a quarter of a deep-fried pork leg (meat and skin), dipped in soy-vinegar, about 210 g) is about 570 calories, usually 400–900. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is crispy pata with rice?

About 770 for a quarter of a leg with a cup of rice; the meat and skin alone are about 570.

How many calories are in 100 g of crispy pata?

Roughly 270 for meat and skin together. Pieces that are mostly skin run much higher.

Is crispy pata high in calories?

Yes, it is one of the richest Filipino plates, close to lechon kawali, because so much of each bite is skin and fat.

What changes the calories in crispy pata?

The skin and the fat under it. Frying oil the skin soaks up.

How can I order crispy pata lighter?

Share the leg among four or more. Take more meat and less skin.

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.