Pad thai calories

ผัดไทย

Thin rice noodles stir-fried with tamarind, palm sugar and fish sauce, with shrimp, egg, tofu, bean sprouts, Chinese chives and crushed peanuts.

Quick answer

A typical serving of Pad thai (1 plate with shrimp and egg) has about 550 kcal. Most servings fall between 450 and 700 kcal, depending on the portion and the recipe.

Calories: 550 kcal
Protein: 22 g
Carbs: 67 g
Fat: 21 g

Nutrition facts per serving

Serving: 1 plate with shrimp and egg, about 320 g.

Nutrient	Amount	Share of calories
Calories	550 kcal	100%
Protein	22 g	16%
Carbohydrates	67 g	49%
Fat	21 g	35%

Calories in common versions

Version	Typical calories
With shrimp, no egg (pad thai kung sod)	490 kcal
Wrapped in an egg omelette (pad thai hor kai)	570 kcal
With glass noodles (pad thai woon sen)	520 kcal

What drives the calories

The noodles are stir-fried in oil, and street stalls often use a lot of it.
The sauce contains palm sugar, so every plate carries added sugar.
Crushed peanuts and the extra sugar from the table condiment set add more calories.

How to make it lighter

Ask for less oil (nam man noi).
Skip the extra sugar from the condiment set on the table.
Add more bean sprouts and Chinese chives, and eat fewer noodles.

How to log Pad thai in Nibbs

Log the sugar and crushed peanuts you add at the table as separate items, because a photo cannot show how much you stirred in. Nibbs then estimates the portion and the calories for your actual plate, and you can edit any item before you save it.

Pad thai calorie questions

How many calories are in pad thai?

A typical plate of pad thai with shrimp and egg has about 550 kcal. Most plates fall between 450 and 700 kcal. Large restaurant plates outside Thailand can have 800 kcal or more.