Calories In A Plate Of Chinese Food

A couple enjoy their Chinese meal.

Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images The U.S. Department of Agriculture suggests a rough guideline of 2,000 calories per day for the average person. The calories consumed from a plate of Chinese food will vary upon appetizer and entree selection as well as portion size.

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Entree Sides

A Chinese dinner is not complete without an egg roll, fried rice and wonton soup. The egg roll and soup will add 200 and 100 calories to the plate respectively. Chinese fried rice contains a whopping 1,500 calories per serving.

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Entree

General Tso’s chicken and rice is a fried concoction of rich sauce, fried chicken pieces and white rice. This entree will bring 1,600 calories to the plate according to the Center for Science in Public Interest.

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Add It Up

The chicken entree and sides add up to 3,400 calories. Using the U.S. Department of Agriculture caloric intake guidelines, that plate of Chinese food exceeded the daily limit by 1,400 calories.

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  references
  
      Center for Science in the Public Interest: Calorie Overkill
    
      Center For Science in the Public Interest: Chinese Food
    
      U.S. Department of Agriculture
       




  references
  
      Center for Science in the Public Interest: Calorie Overkill
    
      Center For Science in the Public Interest: Chinese Food
    
      U.S. Department of Agriculture
    




A couple enjoy their Chinese meal.

Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images

Image Credit: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images

      Center for Science in the Public Interest: Calorie Overkill
    
      Center For Science in the Public Interest: Chinese Food
    
      U.S. Department of Agriculture