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Calories · Indonesian

Calories in sate ayam

A typical restaurant serving of sate ayam (ten grilled chicken sticks with peanut sauce and a drizzle of sweet soy, no rice or lontong, about 245 g) is about 580 calories, usually 400–800.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called chicken satay with peanut sauce, sate Madura, satay ayam.

~580
Sate ayam (10 sticks with peanut sauce)

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein34 g
  • Carbs41 g
  • Fat31 g

One serving

Serving
ten grilled chicken sticks with peanut sauce and a drizzle of sweet soy, no rice or lontong
Weight
~245 g
Per 100 g
~235

The dish

About sate ayam

Sate ayam is marinated chicken grilled over charcoal and served under a thick peanut sauce with sweet soy. The chicken itself is moderate; the peanut sauce adds about a third of the total, and lontong or rice adds more. Built from its parts: ten sticks of grilled chicken satay at the MyFCD stick weight, about four tablespoons of peanut sauce, sweet soy and raw shallot — from MyFCD, USDA and TKPI values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Sate ayam (10 sticks with peanut sauce) · rough numbers

  • Without peanut sauce~400
  • Five sticks with sauce~290
  • With a plate of rice~860

What moves the number

Why one plate is 400 and another 800

  • The peanut sauce, which is mostly ground fried peanuts
  • Chicken skin and fat between the pieces
  • Sweet soy and margarine brushed on while grilling
  • Lontong or rice on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for the sauce on the side and dip
  • Pick lean sticks without skin
  • Order five sticks and add a side of vegetables

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) — Bawang merah, segar (NR007)
  2. Malaysian Food Composition Database (MyFCD 1997, IMR) — Chicken satay (satay ayam), 222016 — 10 sticks = 150 g
  3. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Peanut sauce, FDC 2707546
  4. Malaysian Food Composition Database (MyFCD 1997, IMR) — Soya sauce, thick (kicap pekat), 103028
  5. Gram weights: resepkoki.id — Sate ayam Madura (15 sticks)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in sate ayam?

A typical restaurant serving of sate ayam (ten grilled chicken sticks with peanut sauce and a drizzle of sweet soy, no rice or lontong, about 245 g) is about 580 calories, usually 400–800. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in 10 sticks of sate ayam?

About 580 with peanut sauce, or about 400 without it. Five sticks with sauce are about 290.

Is sate ayam the same as chicken satay?

Same idea, different plate. Indonesian sate ayam comes under a thick peanut sauce with sweet soy, counted here; the Malaysian hawker chicken satay page counts ten sticks before the sauce, about 290.

How much does rice add to sate ayam?

With a plate of rice, ten sticks with sauce come to about 860.

What changes the calories in sate ayam?

The peanut sauce, which is mostly ground fried peanuts. Chicken skin and fat between the pieces.

How can I order sate ayam lighter?

Ask for the sauce on the side and dip. Pick lean sticks without skin.

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.