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Calories · Chinese

Calories in Peking duck

A typical restaurant serving of Peking duck (a share of roast duck with six pancakes, sauce, cucumber and spring onion, about 210 g) is about 570 calories, usually 420–800.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called crispy aromatic duck, roast duck pancakes, Beijing duck.

~570
Peking duck

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein35 g
  • Carbs40 g
  • Fat31 g

One serving

Serving
a share of roast duck with six pancakes, sauce, cucumber and spring onion
Weight
~210 g
Per 100 g
~270

The dish

About Peking duck

Peking duck's richness is in the lacquered skin and the fat beneath it; the thin pancakes and sweet bean sauce add carbs. A share of about 100 g of duck with six pancakes lands near 570. Built from its parts: 100 g of Chinese-style roast duck with six thin pancakes, 20 g sauce and cucumber, valued with UK CoFID takeaway samples and Japan MEXT sauce figures.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 420 and another 800

  • Crisp duck skin and its fat layer
  • Number of pancakes you wrap
  • Sweet bean or hoisin sauce

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Take more meat and less skin
  • Fill wraps with extra cucumber and spring onion
  • Share a whole duck across the table

Side by side

Next to other Chinese dishes

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  • Wonton soup~170one bowl with broth and a few wontons · usually 120–380
  • Steamed dumplings~230eight steamed pork dumplings, dipping sauce not included · usually 180–400
  • Fried spring rolls~290two takeaway meat spring rolls, dipping sauce not included · usually 140–450
  • Beef and broccoli~320one plate portion, rice not included · usually 250–600
  • Xiao long bao~360one basket of 6 pork soup dumplings · usually 270–480
  • Kung pao chicken~390one plate portion, about half a takeout order, rice not included · usually 290–780
  • Mapo tofu~420one restaurant plate, rice not included · usually 300–550
  • Chicken chow mein~510one takeaway portion · usually 380–750
  • Orange chicken~520one entrée portion, rice not included · usually 380–850
  • Sweet and sour pork~520one main portion, rice not included · usually 400–800
  • Peking duck~570a share of roast duck with six pancakes, sauce, cucumber and spring onion · usually 420–800

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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. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Duck, crispy, Chinese style, meat and skin, code 18-490
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Pancakes (served with crispy duck), takeaway, code 11-922
  3. Japan MEXT Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed., 2023) — Tianmianjiang (sweet bean sauce), 17106
  4. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Cucumber, raw, code 13-523

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in Peking duck?

A typical restaurant serving of Peking duck (a share of roast duck with six pancakes, sauce, cucumber and spring onion, about 210 g) is about 570 calories, usually 420–800. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Where do the calories in Peking duck come from?

The lacquered skin and the fat beneath it; the pancakes and sweet bean sauce add the carbs.

Is Peking duck a heavy dish?

A share of about 100 g of duck with six pancakes is about 570. Sharing a whole duck across the table keeps each share there.

What changes the calories in Peking duck?

Crisp duck skin and its fat layer. Number of pancakes you wrap.

How can I order Peking duck lighter?

Take more meat and less skin. Fill wraps with extra cucumber and spring onion.

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.