Calories in chinese Sweet and sour pork balls

Calories for Sweet and sour pork balls from the chinese takeaway shop plus fat, carbohydrates and protein.

This Chinese dish is not a good choice if you are counting calories!

It is a very high calorie chinese meal due to the pork and fried batter.

Not a good chinese choice for a low cal meal if you are dieting.

Calories in chinese Sweet and sour pork balls, average serving

CHINESE SWEET & SOUR PORK BALLS Per serving
Calories	900kcal
Carbohydrate	64g
Protein	8g
Fat	59g
Fibre	6g

This Chinese dish is not a good choice if you are counting calories! Sweet and sour Chinese pork balls is one of the highest calorie dishes that you can choose. As well as a high calorie count it is very high in fat and carbohydrates.

Surprisingly the protein count is low for a meat Chinese meal. This is due to the pork meat being the fattiest cuts of meat. Hence the protein count is low.

Sweet and sour sauce in a typical to any sweet and sour sauce containing vegetables such as beans pounds, onions, mushrooms, peppers and pineapple pieces.

The pork balls are deep fried after they have been battered. The fried pork balls are served with the sauce separately to keep the balls crisp.

TOP TIP: if you fancy Chinese sweet and sour pork balls but don’t want to ruin your calorie count for the day why not make your own? You can easily make a low calorie Chinese sweet and sour pork balls using an Tefal ActiFry Low Fat Electric Fryer machine. This will cut down on the fat and hence the calories. Create your own pork balls by chopping pieces of cooked pork, mixing with breadcrumbs and egg and forming into a ball sized pieces with your hands. Coat the pork balls in a ready mix batter mix and then drop into the Tefal ActiFry Low Fat Electric Fryer. If you don’t want to make your own sweet and sour sauce just buy a portion of sweet and sour sauce from the Chinese takeout or use a ready made supermarket version. Voila. You have your own low calorie Chinese sweet and sour pork balls dish!