Korean fried chicken calories

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Chicken pieces fried twice for a thin, crisp crust, served plain (huraideu) or coated in a sweet and spicy yangnyeom sauce.

Quick answer

A typical serving of Korean fried chicken (4 to 5 pieces, plain fried (about 200 g without bones)) has about 600 kcal. Most servings fall between 450 and 800 kcal, depending on the portion and the recipe.

Calories: 600 kcal
Protein: 43 g
Carbs: 33 g
Fat: 33 g

Nutrition facts per serving

Serving: 4 to 5 pieces, plain fried (about 200 g without bones), about 200 g.

Nutrient	Amount	Share of calories
Calories	600 kcal	100%
Protein	43 g	29%
Carbohydrates	33 g	22%
Fat	33 g	49%

Calories in common versions

Version	Typical calories
Yangnyeom (sweet and spicy sauce), 4 to 5 pieces	690 kcal
Soy garlic (ganjang), 4 to 5 pieces	660 kcal
Whole chicken, plain fried (shared)	2400 kcal

What drives the calories

Frying and the batter add most of the fat.
Yangnyeom sauce adds sugar, about 80 to 100 kcal for 4 or 5 pieces.
Pieces with more skin, such as wings and thighs, have more fat than breast meat.

How to make it lighter

Choose plain fried over yangnyeom or honey butter sauces.
Pick breast pieces and remove some of the skin.
Fill up on the pickled radish (chikin-mu) and salad, not extra chicken.

How to log Korean fried chicken in Nibbs

Count the pieces you ate and note if they were plain, yangnyeom or soy garlic, because the sauce changes the total. Nibbs then estimates the portion and the calories for your actual plate, and you can edit any item before you save it.

Korean fried chicken calorie questions

How many calories are in Korean fried chicken?

Four to five pieces of plain Korean fried chicken have about 600 kcal. Most servings of that size fall between 450 and 800 kcal. With yangnyeom sauce, the same pieces have about 690 kcal.

Which has more calories, fried or yangnyeom chicken?

Yangnyeom chicken has more per serving, because the sauce adds sugar and some oil. The same 4 to 5 pieces have about 90 kcal more with yangnyeom sauce.