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Calories · Indonesian

Calories in nasi kebuli

A typical restaurant serving of nasi kebuli (a plate of spiced rice cooked with margarine and stock, with fried chicken, pickles and emping, about 422 g) is about 740 calories, usually 550–1,050.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called nasi kebuli ayam, Indonesian spiced rice, nasi kabuli.

~740
Nasi kebuli

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein39 g
  • Carbs90 g
  • Fat24 g

One serving

Serving
a plate of spiced rice cooked with margarine and stock, with fried chicken, pickles and emping
Weight
~422 g
Per 100 g
~174

The dish

About nasi kebuli

Nasi kebuli is rice cooked in spiced stock with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and margarine or ghee, a Betawi-Arab feast dish served with chicken or goat, pineapple-cucumber pickles and emping. The buttery rice alone is about 470; the meat adds the rest. Built from its parts: one of three plates from a resepkoki.id nasi kebuli ayam (300 g rice, three tablespoons of margarine, half a chicken fried), from TKPI values; the chicken’s weight is our estimate.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Nasi kebuli · rough numbers

  • Rice only~470

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 1,050

  • Margarine or ghee cooked into the rice
  • Fried chicken, or fatty goat in the kambing version
  • Rice portion, often generous at feasts
  • Emping and fried shallots on top

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for a smaller scoop of rice
  • Take the chicken without skin
  • Leave the emping

Side by side

Next to other Indonesian dishes

Indonesian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indonesian food →

  • Pisang goreng (one piece)~130one battered fried banana · usually 100–250
  • Es teh manis (sweet iced tea)~150one glass of iced tea with three tablespoons of sugar, weighed before ice · usually 50–300
  • Es kopi susu gula aren~170one glass of iced coffee with fresh milk and palm sugar syrup, weighed before ice · usually 120–350
  • Ayam goreng (one piece)~250one piece of spiced fried chicken with skin, edible weight, no rice · usually 180–400
  • Klepon~270five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut · usually 130–400
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • Es campur~310one bowl of es campur: shaved ice with grass jelly, bread, avocado, nata de coco, palm fruit, pineapple and watermelon, syrup and condensed milk · usually 150–450
  • Martabak telur~340a third of one martabak, about three slices, with pickled cucumber · usually 300–650
  • Bubur ayam~390one bowl of rice porridge with shredded chicken, yellow broth, cakwe, fried soybeans, crackers and sweet soy · usually 250–600
  • Soto ayam~390one bowl of yellow chicken soup with glass noodles, egg, cabbage and koya, no rice · usually 250–600
  • Indomie Mi Goreng (one pack)~400one pack, cooked with all its seasoning sachets, no egg · usually 400–520
  • Mie ayam~410one bowl of chicken noodles with sweet soy chicken topping, greens and broth on the side · usually 300–650

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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. Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Beras giling, mentah (AR001); Margarin (KP001); Bawang bombay (DR007); Bawang merah (NR007); Bawang putih (NR008); Ayam goreng, paha (FP033); Emping melinjo (CP024); Ketimun (DR109); Nanas (ER070)
  2. Gram weights: resepkoki.id — Nasi kebuli ayam (3 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in nasi kebuli?

A typical restaurant serving of nasi kebuli (a plate of spiced rice cooked with margarine and stock, with fried chicken, pickles and emping, about 422 g) is about 740 calories, usually 550–1,050. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is the rice in nasi kebuli?

About 470 for a plate of the spiced rice alone, about 300 g, since margarine is cooked into it.

Is nasi kebuli higher than nasi goreng?

A full plate usually is: about 740 with chicken, against about 640 for nasi goreng.

What changes the calories in nasi kebuli?

Margarine or ghee cooked into the rice. Fried chicken, or fatty goat in the kambing version.

How can I order nasi kebuli lighter?

Ask for a smaller scoop of rice. Take the chicken without 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.