How many kilojoules are in a chicken parmi?
A pub chicken parmi with chips and salad lands around 5,500 kJ (1,315 Cal). The crumbed chicken with sauce and cheese alone is about 3,300 kJ for a 360 g serve, and the chips beside it add roughly 2,000 kJ. A homemade parmi with oven-baked chips comes in near 3,400 kJ.
Key numbers
- 5,500 kJ (1,315 Cal)
- 3,300 kJ
- 2,000 kJ
- 3,400 kJ
Plate by plate
| Item | Per 100 g / 100 mL | Serve | Energy | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken parma, crumbed, tomato and cheese | 917 kJ/100 g | 360 g | 3,301 kJ | 789 Cal |
| Hot chips, deep fried (pub) | 997 kJ/100 g | 200 g | 1,994 kJ | 477 Cal |
| Garden salad, no dressing | ~120 kJ/100 g | 80 g | 96 kJ | 23 Cal |
| Aioli or mayo on the side | 2,092 kJ/100 g | 30 g | 628 kJ | 150 Cal |
| Parmi, baked at home, lean crumb | 803 kJ/100 g | 300 g | 2,409 kJ | 576 Cal |
| Oven chips, no added fat | 733 kJ/100 g | 150 g | 1,100 kJ | 263 Cal |
How the orders compare
| How it is eaten | Energy | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parma only (360 g) | 3,301 kJ | 789 Cal | ~73 g |
| Parma, chips and salad (pub serve) | 5,391 kJ | 1,289 Cal | ~80 g |
| Parma, chips, salad and aioli | 6,019 kJ | 1,439 Cal | ~80 g |
| Homemade parmi with oven chips | 3,509 kJ | 839 Cal | ~68 g |
Getting it under 4,000 kJ
- Salad instead of chips takes about 1,900 kJ off the plate in one move.
- Half the chips saves about 1,000 kJ and nobody finishes them anyway.
- Bake it at home with a lean crumb: the same size parma drops close to 900 kJ.
- Skip the aioli. Thirty grams is 628 kJ, more than the salad, the sauce and the cheese combined.
On protein it is one of the better pub orders: a pub parma carries roughly 73 g, which is most of a day's target for many people.
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Common questions
How many calories in a chicken parmi?
About 1,289 Cal (5,391 kJ) for a pub serve with chips and salad.
Is a parmi healthier than a burger?
It carries more protein than most pub burgers, but the chips make the totals similar. The chips are the decision, not the parma.
How much protein is in a chicken parmi?
Roughly 73 g for a 360 g parma, before the chips.
How many kilojoules in a homemade parmi?
About 2,409 kJ for a 300 g baked parma, or around 3,509 kJ with oven chips.
Does parmi or parma matter?
Only in the pub. Victorians say parma, most of the rest say parmi, and the kilojoules are identical.
Keep reading
Citing this page. OzCal (2026). "Kilojoules in a Chicken Parmi (Pub vs Homemade) | OzCal". Retrieved from https://ozcal.com.au/kilojoules/chicken-parmi. Last updated 2026-09-15. Figures are per the serve stated in each row, converted at 1 Cal = 4.184 kJ. A plain-text version of this page is available at https://ozcal.com.au/kilojoules/chicken-parmi.md.