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Calories in beef rendang with rice

A typical restaurant serving of beef rendang with rice (one piece of beef rendang (about 90 g) with a plate of rice and a spoon of curry sauce, about 280 g) is about 500 calories, usually 420–800.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called nasi rendang, rendang sapi, rendang daging.

~500
Beef rendang with rice

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein26 g
  • Carbs73 g
  • Fat11 g

One serving

Serving
one piece of beef rendang (about 90 g) with a plate of rice and a spoon of curry sauce
Weight
~280 g
Per 100 g
~178

The dish

About beef rendang with rice

Rendang is beef slow-cooked in coconut milk and spices until almost dry. One piece is fairly modest; the rice beneath it carries more than half the plate, and the coconut sauce ladled over the rice adds a little more. Built from its parts: one piece of beef rendang, a plate of steamed rice and a spoon of coconut sauce, using TKPI values for each. Piece weight follows HealthXchange’s 93 g rendang serving.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Beef rendang with rice · rough numbers

  • Rendang only, no rice~170
  • Two pieces with rice~670
  • With half rice~350

What moves the number

Why one plate is 420 and another 800

  • Rice portion (Padang places pile it high)
  • Coconut curry sauce (kuah gulai) poured over the rice
  • Fattier cuts and a second piece of rendang
  • Rice values differ between food tables (Indonesia’s TKPI lists cooked white rice at about 180 per 100 g) and portions vary, so the rice share here is rough

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for half rice (nasi setengah)
  • Skip the extra curry sauce on the rice
  • Add cassava leaves or another vegetable

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
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • 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
  • Sate kambing (10 sticks)~430ten grilled goat sticks with sweet soy, shallot, tomato, chili and cabbage, no rice · usually 300–650
  • Pempek kapal selam~470one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber · usually 300–700

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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) — Rendang sapi, masakan (FP062); Nasi (AP001); Santan (dengan air) (KP003)
  2. Piece weight: HealthXchange (SingHealth) — Beef rendang, 93 g serving
  3. Portion check: resepkoki.id — Rendang daging sapi (1 kg beef, 6 servings)
  4. Rice portion: USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS) — Rice, white, cooked, 1 cup = 158 g, FDC 2708408

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in beef rendang with rice?

A typical restaurant serving of beef rendang with rice (one piece of beef rendang (about 90 g) with a plate of rice and a spoon of curry sauce, about 280 g) is about 500 calories, usually 420–800. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in one piece of rendang?

About 170 for a 90 g piece of beef rendang without rice. The rice and the curry sauce make up most of the plate.

Is rendang high in calories?

Piece for piece, not very: the sauce has cooked down. A plate with rice is about 500, and two pieces with rice about 670.

What changes the calories in beef rendang with rice?

Rice portion (Padang places pile it high). Coconut curry sauce (kuah gulai) poured over the rice.

How can I order beef rendang with rice lighter?

Ask for half rice (nasi setengah). Skip the extra curry sauce on 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.