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Calories in gado-gado

A typical restaurant serving of gado-gado (one plate of blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, egg and lontong under peanut sauce, crackers not included, about 350 g) is about 480 calories, usually 350–750.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called Indonesian peanut salad, gado-gado with lontong, gado gado.

~480
Gado-gado

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein21 g
  • Carbs74 g
  • Fat11 g

One serving

Serving
one plate of blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, egg and lontong under peanut sauce, crackers not included
Weight
~350 g
Per 100 g
~137

The dish

About gado-gado

Gado-gado is blanched vegetables, potato, tofu, tempeh, egg and lontong tossed in peanut sauce. The vegetables are light; the peanut sauce and lontong carry most of the plate, and crackers add a little more.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 350 and another 750

  • Peanut sauce, the richest part
  • Lontong or rice cake
  • Fried tofu and tempeh
  • Prawn crackers and emping on top

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for the sauce on the side (bumbu dipisah)
  • Skip the lontong (tanpa lontong)
  • Share the crackers

Side by side

Next to other Indonesian dishes

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  • Es teh manis (sweet iced tea)~150one glass of iced tea with three tablespoons of sugar, weighed before ice · usually 50–300
  • Es kopi susu gula aren~170one glass of iced coffee with fresh milk and palm sugar syrup, weighed before ice · usually 120–350
  • Ayam goreng (one piece)~250one piece of spiced fried chicken with skin, edible weight, no rice · usually 180–400
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • Martabak telur~340a third of one martabak, about three slices, with pickled cucumber · usually 300–650
  • Bubur ayam~390one bowl of rice porridge with shredded chicken, yellow broth, cakwe, fried soybeans, crackers and sweet soy · usually 250–600
  • Soto ayam~390one bowl of yellow chicken soup with glass noodles, egg, cabbage and koya, no rice · usually 250–600
  • Indomie Mi Goreng (one pack)~400one pack, cooked with all its seasoning sachets, no egg · usually 400–520
  • Mie ayam~410one bowl of chicken noodles with sweet soy chicken topping, greens and broth on the side · usually 300–650
  • Sate kambing (10 sticks)~430ten grilled goat sticks with sweet soy, shallot, tomato, chili and cabbage, no rice · usually 300–650
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Method and sources

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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. Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Gado-gado (DP031)
  2. Plate check: resepkoki.id — Gado-gado Betawi (6 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in gado-gado?

A typical restaurant serving of gado-gado (one plate of blanched vegetables, tofu, tempeh, egg and lontong under peanut sauce, crackers not included, about 350 g) is about 480 calories, usually 350–750. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is gado-gado a light dish?

The vegetables are light, but peanut sauce and lontong make it a full meal: about 480 a plate, before crackers.

How many calories is gado-gado without lontong?

Roughly 330 to 380, depending on how much peanut sauce goes on.

What changes the calories in gado-gado?

Peanut sauce, the richest part. Lontong or rice cake.

How can I order gado-gado lighter?

Ask for the sauce on the side (bumbu dipisah). Skip the lontong (tanpa lontong).

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

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