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Calories · Filipino

Calories in pancit bihon

A typical restaurant serving of pancit bihon (one plate of pancit bihon guisado with chicken, shrimp, Chinese sausage and vegetables, about 316 g) is about 380 calories, usually 280–600.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pancit bihon guisado, bihon guisado, pansit bihon, Filipino rice noodles.

~380
Pancit bihon

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein13 g
  • Carbs45 g
  • Fat17 g

One serving

Serving
one plate of pancit bihon guisado with chicken, shrimp, Chinese sausage and vegetables
Weight
~316 g
Per 100 g
~121

The dish

About pancit bihon

Pancit bihon is thin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken, shrimp, cabbage, carrots, beans and soy sauce, the plate that turns up at every Filipino birthday. The dry noodles soak up the broth, so a plate looks big for its calories; the oil and the Chinese sausage carry most of the fat. Built from its parts: one of six plates from a Panlasang Pinoy pancit guisado (227 g of dry bihon, chicken thigh, eight shrimp, Chinese sausage, four tablespoons of oil and the vegetables), from FNRI values; cup and piece weights are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Pancit bihon · rough numbers

  • Without the Chinese sausage~330
  • With a cup of rice~590

What moves the number

Why one plate is 280 and another 600

  • Cooking oil in the wok
  • Chinese sausage (lap cheong) sliced through it
  • Plate size at parties and canteens
  • A cup of rice or puto on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for extra vegetables and less sausage
  • Skip the rice; the noodles already are the starch
  • Squeeze calamansi instead of adding more soy sauce

Side by side

Next to other Filipino dishes

Filipino · typical restaurant servingAll about Filipino food →

  • Cup of rice~210one level restaurant cup of steamed white rice · usually 150–300
  • Leche flan~230one restaurant slice · usually 180–400
  • Turon~230one large piece · usually 150–350
  • Ensaymada~240one bakery ensaymada · usually 200–450
  • Arroz caldo~250one bowl of chicken rice porridge · usually 200–450
  • Jollibee Peach Mango Pie~270one fried pie, US serving · usually 250–310
  • Pork barbecue~270two sticks of Filipino pork barbecue, grilled and basted with banana ketchup glaze · usually 180–450
  • Bibingka~290one rice cake with cheese and coconut · usually 230–450
  • Garlic rice (sinangag)~300one level restaurant cup · usually 220–380
  • Ube cheesecake~300one slice of ube Basque-style cheesecake · usually 210–560
  • Halo-halo~330one restaurant glass · usually 250–550
  • Lumpia shanghai~340six pieces · usually 230–500

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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. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Noodles, rice / bihon (A137); Rice, well-milled, boiled (A020)
  2. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Chicken thigh (F107); Sausage, pork, Chinese (F259)
  3. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Shrimp, greasy back, boiled (G120)
  4. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Cabbage, green, boiled (D036); Carrot, boiled (D040); Celery, Chinese, boiled (D049); String beans, boiled (D233); Onion (D141); Garlic (D084)
  5. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Soy sauce / toyo (N023); Bouillon cube, chicken (N003)
  6. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Oil, coconut (K008)
  7. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — Pancit guisado (bihon), 6 servings

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in pancit bihon?

A typical restaurant serving of pancit bihon (one plate of pancit bihon guisado with chicken, shrimp, Chinese sausage and vegetables, about 316 g) is about 380 calories, usually 280–600. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in a cup of pancit bihon?

About 150 for a level cup of around 120 g, using the same build as a full plate (about 380 for 316 g).

Is pancit bihon high in calories?

Not for a noodle dish: about 380 a plate, against about 480 for pancit canton, because the rice noodles are mostly water once cooked.

How many calories is pancit bihon with rice?

About 590 with a cup of rice. Many tables eat it with puto or bread instead.

What changes the calories in pancit bihon?

Cooking oil in the wok. Chinese sausage (lap cheong) sliced through it.

How can I order pancit bihon lighter?

Ask for extra vegetables and less sausage. Skip the rice; the noodles already are the starch.

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.