Calories in Rice Pilaf?
Calories of rice pilaf depends on how you prepared the dish.
Calories of rice pilaf will vary according to the size of the consumed portion and the amount of oil used during preparation. Let's explain this with examples.
A small portion of 100 grams of fat-free rice pilaf is 130 calories. A portion of 186 grams of rice pilaf that satisfy both your eyes and your stomach is 242 calories.
These are the calories of the rice pilaf when the oil or fat is not used during the cooking.
What happens when you flavored it with oil?
For example, 1 tablespoon oil is 13.5 grams and contains 119 calories.
Or 1 tablespoon butter is 14.2 grams and contains 102 calories.
When you use vegetable oil or butter for a better taste, calories of rice pilaf will increase accordingly:
100 grams of small portion of rice pilaf prepared with 1 tablespoon butter is 232 calories.
100 grams of small portion of rice prepared with 1 tablespoon vegetable oil is 249 calories.
186 grams of large portion of the rice pilaf flavored with 1 tablespoon butter is 344 calories.
186 grams of large portion of the rice pilaf flavored with 1 tablespoon butter is 361 calories.