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Calories · Thai & Vietnamese

Calories in Thai red curry

A typical restaurant serving of Thai red curry (one bowl of chicken red curry (about 250 g) with a plate of jasmine rice, about 450 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–900.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called gaeng phed, kaeng phet, red curry with chicken, red curry with rice.

~690
Thai red curry

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein28 g
  • Carbs71 g
  • Fat32 g

One serving

Serving
one bowl of chicken red curry (about 250 g) with a plate of jasmine rice
Weight
~450 g
Per 100 g
~154

The dish

About Thai red curry

Thai red curry (gaeng phed) is chicken, bamboo shoots, Thai eggplant and basil simmered in coconut milk with red chilli paste. With rice it lands near 700, and the coconut milk carries most of the curry’s share. Numbers from Mahidol University’s Thai food tables for chicken red curry (168 per 100 g) and cooked jasmine rice (136 per 100 g), for 250 g of curry and 200 g of rice; the portions are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Thai red curry · rough numbers

  • Curry only, no rice~420

What moves the number

Why one plate is 500 and another 900

  • Coconut milk: most of the curry’s calories
  • Rice on the side
  • Duck or pork belly instead of chicken
  • A large restaurant bowl

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Spoon the curry over the rice rather than drinking the sauce
  • Take half the rice
  • Pick chicken or prawn, not roast duck

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.

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. Thai Food Composition Database (INMU, Mahidol University) — Curry, red, chicken (food ID 1464); Rice, polished, cooked (food ID 139)
  2. Thai Food Composition Database (INMU, Mahidol University) — Brown rice and chicken red curry (food ID 1542), for comparison

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in Thai red curry?

A typical restaurant serving of Thai red curry (one bowl of chicken red curry (about 250 g) with a plate of jasmine rice, about 450 g) is about 690 calories, usually 500–900. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in Thai red curry with rice?

About 690 for a bowl of chicken red curry and a plate of jasmine rice.

How many calories in red curry without rice?

About 420 for a 250 g bowl, at about 170 per 100 g.

Is red curry or green curry higher in calories?

They are close: both are coconut-milk curries. Thai green curry is about 680 with rice.

What changes the calories in Thai red curry?

Coconut milk: most of the curry’s calories. Rice on the side.

How can I order Thai red curry lighter?

Spoon the curry over the rice rather than drinking the sauce. Take half the rice.

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.