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Calories · Filipino

Calories in tapsilog

A typical restaurant serving of tapsilog (beef tapa, one cup of garlic fried rice and one fried egg, about 377 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–950.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called tapa silog, beef tapa with garlic rice and egg, tapa.

~720
Tapsilog

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein40 g
  • Carbs67 g
  • Fat33 g

One serving

Serving
beef tapa, one cup of garlic fried rice and one fried egg
Weight
~377 g
Per 100 g
~191

The dish

About tapsilog

Tapsilog is cured, thin-sliced beef tapa with garlic fried rice and a fried egg. The beef itself is lean; the rice and the oil it is fried in make up the bigger share, with sugar from the marinade adding a little. Built from its parts: pan-fried sirloin tapa with its soy, garlic and sugar marinade, garlic fried rice and a fried egg — from FNRI and USDA values.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Tapsilog · rough numbers

  • With plain rice instead of garlic rice~630
  • With two eggs~830

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 950

  • Garlic fried rice cooked in oil
  • Oil and sugar in the tapa marinade
  • The fried egg
  • Fattier cuts in some carinderias

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for plain rice instead of sinangag
  • Pick a sunny-side egg with less oil
  • Add tomato or atchara on the side

Side by side

Next to other Filipino dishes

Filipino · typical restaurant servingAll about Filipino food →

  • Cup of rice~210one level restaurant cup of steamed white rice · usually 150–300
  • Leche flan~230one restaurant slice · usually 180–400
  • Turon~230one large piece · usually 150–350
  • Ensaymada~240one bakery ensaymada · usually 200–450
  • Arroz caldo~250one bowl of chicken rice porridge · usually 200–450
  • Jollibee Peach Mango Pie~270one fried pie, US serving · usually 250–310
  • Bibingka~290one rice cake with cheese and coconut · usually 230–450
  • Garlic rice (sinangag)~300one level restaurant cup · usually 220–380
  • Halo-halo~330one restaurant glass · usually 250–550
  • Lumpia shanghai~340six pieces · usually 230–500
  • Jollibee Yumburger~360one Yumburger, Jollibee USA standard size · usually 330–410
  • Siopao~380one regular steamed pork bun · usually 250–520

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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. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Beef sirloin, fried (F041)
  2. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Soy sauce / toyo (N023)
  3. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Garlic bulb (D084)
  4. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Sugars, granulated, FDC 169655
  5. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, FDC 171411
  6. Philippine Food Composition Tables (FNRI-DOST) — Rice, well-milled, fried / sinangag (A021)
  7. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS) — Egg, whole, fried, from fast food / restaurant, FDC 2707163
  8. Gram weights: Panlasang Pinoy — Homemade beef tapa (serves 4), scaled to one plate

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in tapsilog?

A typical restaurant serving of tapsilog (beef tapa, one cup of garlic fried rice and one fried egg, about 377 g) is about 720 calories, usually 550–950. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

What does tapsilog mean?

Tapa, sinangag (garlic fried rice) and itlog (egg). The beef is lean; the rice and the oil it is fried in are the bigger share.

How many calories is tapsilog with plain rice?

About 630, against about 720 with garlic rice.

What changes the calories in tapsilog?

Garlic fried rice cooked in oil. Oil and sugar in the tapa marinade.

How can I order tapsilog lighter?

Ask for plain rice instead of sinangag. Pick a sunny-side egg with less oil.

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.