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Calories · Japanese

Calories in katsudon

A typical restaurant serving of katsudon (one bowl of rice with a pork loin cutlet, egg and onion, about 480 g) is about 880 calories, usually 700–1,100.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pork cutlet rice bowl, katsu don, tonkatsu donburi.

~880
Katsudon

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein34 g
  • Carbs110 g
  • Fat38 g

One serving

Serving
one bowl of rice with a pork loin cutlet, egg and onion
Weight
~480 g
Per 100 g
~184

The dish

About katsudon

Katsudon stacks a fried pork cutlet, simmered egg and onion over a big bowl of rice. The rice brings most of the carbs and the cutlet most of the fat, which is why it sits near 900. Built from its parts: a standard donburi of 250 g rice topped with a 90 g loin cutlet simmered with one egg, onion and sauce, valued with Japan MEXT figures.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 700 and another 1,100

  • The deep-fried loin cutlet
  • A full donburi of rice
  • Sweet soy simmering sauce soaked into the rice

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for less rice
  • Choose a fillet (hire) cutlet
  • Share it, or pair half a bowl with miso soup and pickles

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

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.

  1. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Rice, well-milled, cooked (meshi), 01088
  2. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Pork loin, tonkatsu, 11276
  3. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Hen egg, whole, raw, 12004
  4. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Onion, raw, 06153
  5. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Mentsuyu, straight, 17029

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in katsudon?

A typical restaurant serving of katsudon (one bowl of rice with a pork loin cutlet, egg and onion, about 480 g) is about 880 calories, usually 700–1,100. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Why is katsudon so high in calories?

A fried pork cutlet sits on a full donburi of rice: the rice brings most of the carbs and the cutlet most of the fat, about 880 together.

Is katsudon higher than tonkatsu?

Yes, because of the rice: the tonkatsu cutlet alone is about 420.

What changes the calories in katsudon?

The deep-fried loin cutlet. A full donburi of rice.

How can I order katsudon lighter?

Ask for less rice. Choose a fillet (hire) cutlet.

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.