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Calories in moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly)

A typical restaurant serving of moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly) (a plate of khao moo krob: 100 g of crispy pork belly over a plate of jasmine rice, about 300 g) is about 770 calories, usually 550–1,000.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called moo krob, mu krop, Thai crispy pork belly, khao moo krob, crispy pork.

~770
Moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly)

The usual range

Drawn on one 0–2,000 scale shared by every dish page, so plates compare at a glance.

Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein25 g
  • Carbs62 g
  • Fat47 g

One serving

Serving
a plate of khao moo krob: 100 g of crispy pork belly over a plate of jasmine rice
Weight
~300 g
Per 100 g
~258

The dish

About moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly)

Moo krob is Thai crispy pork belly: boiled, dried, then deep-fried until the skin puffs into crackling, chopped and served over rice with a sweet-sour dipping sauce, or stir-fried with holy basil or Chinese broccoli. Pork belly is about half fat, so a small portion carries a lot. Numbers from Mahidol University’s Thai food tables for deep-fried pork belly (502 per 100 g) and cooked jasmine rice (136 per 100 g), for 100 g of pork and 200 g of rice; the portions are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly) · rough numbers

  • Crispy pork only (100 g)~500

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 1,000

  • Pork belly is about half fat
  • Deep-frying until the skin blisters
  • Rice on the side
  • Stir-fried with kra pao or kana, which adds more oil

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Share the pork and add a vegetable dish
  • Pick a few lean pieces and leave the fat layer
  • Take half the rice

Side by side

Next to other Thai & Vietnamese dishes

Thai & Vietnamese · typical restaurant servingAll about Thai & Vietnamese food →

  • Tom yum~160one bowl of clear shrimp tom yum with broth, rice not included · usually 100–350
  • Som tam~210one plate of som tam Thai: pounded green papaya with dried shrimp, peanuts, tomato and palm sugar dressing · usually 60–350
  • Larb~240one plate of larb (about 200 g): minced meat tossed with lime, fish sauce, chilli, herbs and toasted rice powder · usually 180–400
  • Thai milk tea~280one regular cup (400 ml) of Thai milk tea over ice, sweetened with sugar and milk or creamer · usually 150–400
  • Fresh spring rolls~300about three rice-paper rolls with vegetables and meat, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–400
  • Tom kha gai~370one bowl of tom kha gai: chicken, galangal, lemongrass and mushrooms in coconut milk broth · usually 250–550
  • Pho~440one medium bowl with broth · usually 330–650
  • Mango sticky rice~490one plate of sticky rice, sweet coconut sauce and half a mango · usually 380–650
  • Khao pad (Thai fried rice)~500one plate of khao pad: jasmine rice fried with pork, egg, onion and tomato, with lime and cucumber · usually 400–750
  • Boat noodles~530one full-size bowl of pork boat noodles with meatballs and rice noodles in dark spiced broth · usually 380–940
  • Bánh mì~550one mixed-pork bánh mì on an 80 g roll · usually 400–750
  • Moo ping~560three moo ping skewers (about 120 g of pork) with a bag of sticky rice (100 g) · usually 400–750

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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. Thai Food Composition Database (INMU, Mahidol University) — Pork, belly, deep-fried (food ID 982); Rice, polished, cooked (food ID 139)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly)?

A typical restaurant serving of moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly) (a plate of khao moo krob: 100 g of crispy pork belly over a plate of jasmine rice, about 300 g) is about 770 calories, usually 550–1,000. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in moo krob?

About 500 per 100 g of crispy pork belly.

How many calories in khao moo krob (crispy pork on rice)?

About 770 for 100 g of crispy pork over a plate of jasmine rice.

Is moo krob high in calories?

Yes: deep-fried pork belly is one of the richest things on a Thai menu, nearly three times the calories of grilled chicken per 100 g.

What changes the calories in moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly)?

Pork belly is about half fat. Deep-frying until the skin blisters.

How can I order moo krob (Thai crispy pork belly) lighter?

Share the pork and add a vegetable dish. Pick a few lean pieces and leave the fat layer.

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.