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Calories · Thai & Vietnamese

Calories in panang curry

A typical restaurant serving of panang curry (one serving of chicken or pork panang curry (about 200 g) with a plate of jasmine rice, about 400 g) is about 680 calories, usually 500–900.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called phanaeng curry, penang curry, panang curry with chicken, panang curry with rice.

~680
Panang curry

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein34 g
  • Carbs74 g
  • Fat27 g

One serving

Serving
one serving of chicken or pork panang curry (about 200 g) with a plate of jasmine rice
Weight
~400 g
Per 100 g
~170

The dish

About panang curry

Panang (phanaeng) curry is the thick, drier Thai curry: meat cooked down in coconut cream with a red curry paste rich in peanuts, finished with slivered kaffir lime leaves. Less sauce, more meat, so it carries more protein per spoon than red curry. Numbers from Mahidol University’s Thai food tables for chicken or pork panang curry (204 per 100 g) and cooked jasmine rice (136 per 100 g), for 200 g of curry and 200 g of rice; the portions are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Panang curry · rough numbers

  • Curry only, no rice~410

What moves the number

Why one plate is 500 and another 900

  • Thick coconut cream, reduced until the oil splits
  • Ground peanuts in the paste
  • Rice on the side
  • Beef or pork instead of chicken

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Take half the rice
  • Pick chicken or prawn
  • Leave the pool of oil at the bottom of the plate

Side by side

Next to other Thai & Vietnamese dishes

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  • 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) — Curry, Pha-naeng, chicken/pork (food ID 1467); Rice, polished, cooked (food ID 139)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in panang curry?

A typical restaurant serving of panang curry (one serving of chicken or pork panang curry (about 200 g) with a plate of jasmine rice, about 400 g) is about 680 calories, usually 500–900. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in panang curry with rice?

About 680 for a serving of chicken or pork panang curry with a plate of jasmine rice.

How many calories in panang curry without rice?

About 410 for 200 g, at about 200 per 100 g.

Is panang curry healthier than red curry?

Per spoon it is richer, about 200 per 100 g against 170 for red curry, but a serving is usually smaller, so a plate ends up about the same.

What changes the calories in panang curry?

Thick coconut cream, reduced until the oil splits. Ground peanuts in the paste.

How can I order panang curry lighter?

Take half the rice. Pick chicken or prawn.

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.