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Calories · Japanese

Calories in chicken karaage

A typical restaurant serving of chicken karaage (five pieces of fried chicken karaage, about 150 g) is about 310 calories, usually 230–500.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called karaage chicken, Japanese fried chicken, tori karaage.

~310
Chicken karaage

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein23 g
  • Carbs24 g
  • Fat15 g

One serving

Serving
five pieces of fried chicken karaage
Weight
~150 g
Per 100 g
~204

The dish

About chicken karaage

Karaage is marinated chicken thigh dusted in starch and deep-fried, so most of its energy is the meat plus the oil the crust holds. A side of mayo and a bigger pile of pieces push it well past the typical plate.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Chicken karaage · rough numbers

  • One piece~60

What moves the number

Why one plate is 230 and another 500

  • Thigh meat with skin is richer than breast
  • The starch coating soaks up frying oil
  • Kewpie mayo on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Squeeze lemon on instead of adding mayo
  • Share it as one of several small plates
  • Pair it with salad or pickles rather than fries

Side by side

Next to other Japanese dishes

Japanese · typical restaurant servingAll about Japanese food →

  • Miso soup~50one bowl with tofu and seaweed · usually 30–90
  • Salmon nigiri~110two pieces, one plate · usually 70–150
  • Salmon sashimi~220about 100 g of sliced raw salmon, roughly six to eight slices · usually 150–340
  • Shrimp tempura~240five pieces of shrimp tempura, dipping sauce and rice not included · usually 180–400
  • California roll~300one roll cut into 8 pieces · usually 230–420
  • Udon noodle soup~300one bowl of plain kake udon in dashi broth, no tempura or extra toppings · usually 250–650
  • Chicken karaage~310five pieces of fried chicken karaage · usually 230–500
  • Gyoza~310six pan-fried pork gyoza, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–480
  • Tonkatsu~420one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage · usually 330–600
  • Oyakodon~590one bowl of rice topped with chicken, egg and onion · usually 480–780
  • Gyudon~630one regular-size nami bowl · usually 470–1,010
  • Shoyu ramen~710one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg · usually 520–1,000

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How these numbers were made

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.

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. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Fried chicken (tori karaage), prepared, 18054

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in chicken karaage?

A typical restaurant serving of chicken karaage (five pieces of fried chicken karaage, about 150 g) is about 310 calories, usually 230–500. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in one piece of karaage?

About 60 a piece, so five are about 310.

Does Kewpie mayo add much to karaage?

Yes: a side of mayo is one of the main things that push a plate past the typical number. Lemon adds almost nothing.

What changes the calories in chicken karaage?

Thigh meat with skin is richer than breast. The starch coating soaks up frying oil.

How can I order chicken karaage lighter?

Squeeze lemon on instead of adding mayo. Share it as one of several small plates.

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.