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Calories · Malaysian & Singaporean

Calories in Hainanese chicken rice

A typical restaurant serving of Hainanese chicken rice (one hawker plate with chicken, rice and chili sauce, about 380 g) is about 600 calories, usually 500–800.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called chicken rice, nasi ayam.

~600
Hainanese chicken rice

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein25 g
  • Carbs75 g
  • Fat23 g

One serving

Serving
one hawker plate with chicken, rice and chili sauce
Weight
~380 g
Per 100 g
~159

The dish

About Hainanese chicken rice

Chicken rice gets much of its flavor and its calories from rice cooked in chicken fat and stock rather than water. The chicken skin adds more fat, while the chili and ginger sauces add little.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 500 and another 800

  • Rice cooked in chicken fat and stock
  • Chicken skin
  • Larger portions of thigh meat

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for plain rice instead of oily rice
  • Remove the skin
  • Add a side of greens

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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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. HealthXchange (SingHealth) — Chicken rice, 382 g serving

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in Hainanese chicken rice?

A typical restaurant serving of Hainanese chicken rice (one hawker plate with chicken, rice and chili sauce, about 380 g) is about 600 calories, usually 500–800. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Why is chicken rice higher than it looks?

The rice is cooked in chicken fat and stock rather than water, and the skin adds more. A hawker plate is about 600.

Do the chili and ginger sauces add much?

Very little. Plain rice instead of the oily rice, and leaving the skin, are the two changes that matter.

What changes the calories in Hainanese chicken rice?

Rice cooked in chicken fat and stock. Chicken skin.

How can I order Hainanese chicken rice lighter?

Ask for plain rice instead of oily rice. Remove the 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.