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Calories · Indian

Calories in tandoori chicken

A typical restaurant serving of tandoori chicken (half a tandoori chicken, meat off the bone, about 250 g) is about 540 calories, usually 250–800.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called tandoori chicken half, chicken tandoori.

~540
Tandoori chicken

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein68 g
  • Carbs5 g
  • Fat27 g

One serving

Serving
half a tandoori chicken, meat off the bone
Weight
~250 g
Per 100 g
~214

The dish

About tandoori chicken

Tandoori chicken is marinated in yogurt and spices and roasted in a clay oven, so most of its energy is protein. Fat comes from the skin and any butter brushed on at the end.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Tandoori chicken · rough numbers

  • A quarter (leg piece, about 125 g)~270

What moves the number

Why one plate is 250 and another 800

  • Skin left on the pieces
  • Butter or ghee basted on
  • Half vs quarter chicken

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order a quarter
  • Ask for skinless pieces
  • Pair it with salad and raita, not naan

Side by side

Next to other Indian dishes

Indian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indian food →

  • Samosa~310one large restaurant samosa · usually 200–400
  • Dal~350one restaurant bowl, about a cup · usually 250–600
  • Chicken korma~440one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 400–900
  • Lamb rogan josh~520one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 400–900
  • Tandoori chicken~540half a tandoori chicken, meat off the bone · usually 250–800
  • Naan~550one whole 10-inch restaurant naan · usually 260–750
  • Chicken vindaloo~670one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 450–1,000
  • Chicken biryani~730one takeaway or restaurant portion · usually 500–1,100
  • Butter chicken with rice~790one serving of butter chicken with one cup of rice · usually 600–1,100
  • Chicken tikka masala~800one curry with about 200 g of plain rice · usually 600–1,300

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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.

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AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Curry, chicken tandoori, retail, reheated, code 19-540

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in tandoori chicken?

A typical restaurant serving of tandoori chicken (half a tandoori chicken, meat off the bone, about 250 g) is about 540 calories, usually 250–800. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in a quarter tandoori chicken?

About 270 for a leg quarter.

Is tandoori chicken one of the lighter Indian dishes?

It is mostly protein, about 68 g in half a chicken, with little sauce; the skin and any butter brushed on add the fat.

What changes the calories in tandoori chicken?

Skin left on the pieces. Butter or ghee basted on.

How can I order tandoori chicken lighter?

Order a quarter. Ask for skinless pieces.

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.