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Calories in kimchi fried rice

A typical restaurant serving of kimchi fried rice (one restaurant plate of kimchi fried rice with a fried egg on top, about 376 g) is about 640 calories, usually 450–840.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called kimchi bokkeumbap, kimchi fried rice with egg.

~640
Kimchi fried rice

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein20 g
  • Carbs77 g
  • Fat28 g

One serving

Serving
one restaurant plate of kimchi fried rice with a fried egg on top
Weight
~376 g
Per 100 g
~170

The dish

About kimchi fried rice

Kimchi fried rice is rice stir-fried with chopped kimchi, often with pork or Spam, and finished with a fried egg. Korea’s food composition database measures the restaurant version at about 167 per 100 g, so a 330 g plate is about 550 before the egg, and about 640 with it.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Kimchi fried rice · rough numbers

  • Without the fried egg~550
  • With a fried egg~640
  • Bigger plate (about 450 g) with egg~840

What moves the number

Why one plate is 450 and another 840

  • The oil the rice is fried in
  • Spam, bacon or pork mixed through
  • A fried egg on top (about 90)
  • A bigger plate

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Go easy on the Spam
  • Ask for a smaller plate or share one
  • Have it with soup instead of a second rice dish

Side by side

Next to other Korean dishes

Korean · typical restaurant servingAll about Korean food →

  • Kimchi jjigae~240one bowl of stew, rice not included · usually 180–400
  • Hotteok (sweet Korean pancake)~250one street-stall hotteok with brown-sugar and seed filling · usually 170–420
  • Sundubu jjigae (soft tofu stew)~280one restaurant earthenware bowl (ttukbaegi) of kimchi sundubu with a raw egg cracked in, rice on the side not counted · usually 170–520
  • Japchae~290one plate of stir-fried glass noodles with vegetables and beef · usually 220–450
  • Kimbap~320one whole roll, usually cut into 8 to 10 slices · usually 250–480
  • Beef bulgogi~340one serving of marinated beef, rice and side dishes not included · usually 250–520
  • Korean corn dog~380one Korean corn dog with mozzarella or half sausage, half cheese, before sugar and sauces · usually 240–550
  • Budae jjigae (army stew)~400one person’s share of the pot (1-inbun), with ham, sausage and tofu, before the noodles and rice · usually 330–870
  • Tteokbokki~480one restaurant plate · usually 350–750
  • Dakgalbi~600one portion of spicy stir-fried chicken with cabbage and rice cakes · usually 450–850
  • Bibimbap~640one bowl with rice, vegetables, beef, egg and gochujang · usually 480–850
  • Kimchi fried rice~640one restaurant plate of kimchi fried rice with a fried egg on top · usually 450–840

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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. Korea MFDS Food Composition Database — Kimchi fried rice (볶음밥_김치), restaurant, per 100 g
  2. Korea MFDS Food Composition Database — Kimchi fried rice (볶음밥_김치), home-style, 330 g serving
  3. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Egg, whole, cooked, fried (large egg, 46 g), FDC 173423

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in kimchi fried rice?

A typical restaurant serving of kimchi fried rice (one restaurant plate of kimchi fried rice with a fried egg on top, about 376 g) is about 640 calories, usually 450–840. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in kimchi fried rice with egg?

About 640 for a 330 g restaurant plate with one fried egg; the egg adds about 90 of that.

How many calories are in 100 g of kimchi fried rice?

About 167 per 100 g for the restaurant version in Korea’s food composition database, before any egg or cheese.

Is kimchi fried rice high in calories?

It is lighter than a plate of Yangzhou fried rice (about 830). The oil, any Spam or pork and a bigger plate push it toward 840.

What changes the calories in kimchi fried rice?

The oil the rice is fried in. Spam, bacon or pork mixed through.

How can I order kimchi fried rice lighter?

Go easy on the Spam. Ask for a smaller plate or share one.

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.