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Calories · Japanese

Calories in tonkatsu

A typical restaurant serving of tonkatsu (one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage, about 150 g) is about 420 calories, usually 330–600.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called pork katsu, breaded pork cutlet, donkatsu.

~420
Tonkatsu

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein21 g
  • Carbs24 g
  • Fat27 g

One serving

Serving
one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage
Weight
~150 g
Per 100 g
~280

The dish

About tonkatsu

Tonkatsu's calories come from the pork itself plus the oil the panko crust absorbs in the fryer. A loin cut with a fat edge runs higher than fillet, and the set meal's rice and sauce add a few hundred more.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 330 and another 600

  • Deep-frying in a panko crust soaks up oil
  • Fattier loin (rosu) cuts versus lean fillet (hire)
  • Tonkatsu sauce and the bowl of rice served with it

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Choose the fillet (hire) cut
  • Go easy on the sauce
  • Fill up on the free cabbage

Side by side

Next to other Japanese dishes

Japanese · typical restaurant servingAll about Japanese food →

  • Miso soup~50one bowl with tofu and seaweed · usually 30–90
  • Salmon nigiri~110two pieces, one plate · usually 70–150
  • Salmon sashimi~220about 100 g of sliced raw salmon, roughly six to eight slices · usually 150–340
  • Shrimp tempura~240five pieces of shrimp tempura, dipping sauce and rice not included · usually 180–400
  • California roll~300one roll cut into 8 pieces · usually 230–420
  • Udon noodle soup~300one bowl of plain kake udon in dashi broth, no tempura or extra toppings · usually 250–650
  • Chicken karaage~310five pieces of fried chicken karaage · usually 230–500
  • Gyoza~310six pan-fried pork gyoza, dipping sauce not included · usually 200–480
  • Tonkatsu~420one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage · usually 330–600
  • Oyakodon~590one bowl of rice topped with chicken, egg and onion · usually 480–780
  • Gyudon~630one regular-size nami bowl · usually 470–1,010
  • Shoyu ramen~710one restaurant bowl with broth, noodles, chashu and egg · usually 520–1,000

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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. Korea MFDS Food Composition Database — Pork cutlet, restaurant (돈가스)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in tonkatsu?

A typical restaurant serving of tonkatsu (one fried pork cutlet, without the rice, soup and cabbage, about 150 g) is about 420 calories, usually 330–600. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is hire (fillet) lighter than rosu (loin)?

Yes. The fillet is leaner; the loin has a fat edge and runs higher, toward 600 for the cutlet alone.

How many calories are in a tonkatsu set?

The ~420 is the cutlet alone. The set's rice, sauce and soup add a few hundred more; the shredded cabbage adds almost nothing.

What changes the calories in tonkatsu?

Deep-frying in a panko crust soaks up oil. Fattier loin (rosu) cuts versus lean fillet (hire).

How can I order tonkatsu lighter?

Choose the fillet (hire) cut. Go easy on the sauce.

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.