Beef Sauté - How Many Calories?

Reviewed by Dyt. Şeyda Ertaş, Registered Dietitian Last updated: November 4, 2026

Beef Sauté

75 g

Calculation basis: The calculation covers a kavurma recipe made with fatty beef, shallot, salt and chili flakes. The source portion weighs 150 g; fat and salt amounts vary between recipes.

Calculated from the 100 g values. — means unknown, not zero. ~ indicates an estimated serving weight.

Beef Sauté image
180kcal
Carbohydrate0.7 g 2%
Protein13 g 29%
Fat13.5 g 68%

Beef Sauté Nutrition Values

Nutrients100 g1 75 g weighed amount
Calories(kcal)240180
Carbohydrate (g)0.980.74
Protein (g)17.312.97
Fat (g)18.0213.52
Fiber (g)0.530.39
Cholesterol (mg)62.6246.96
Sodium (mg)1142.64856.98
Potassium (mg)307.61230.71
Calcium (mg)14.9211.19
Iron (mg)1.871.4
Vitamin C (mg)10.227.67

Values are calculated from a 100 g basis. The product, recipe and serving amount can change the result. See the food-specific notes below for the reference used.

Calories in beef kavurma

The reference recipe lists fatty beef, shallot, salt and chilli flakes. Its 150 g kavurma serving provides 360 kcal. A 100 g amount provides 240 kcal and 17.3 g protein; 75 g provides 180 kcal. Homemade versions and packaged preserved kavurma do not all contain the same amount of fat.

Fat in the meat and fat added to the pan

The meat’s own fat contributes to the finished dish. Fatty beef cooked with extra tallow differs from trimmed meat cooked with little added fat. The 150 g recipe example contains 27.03 g fat. Fat left behind in the pot should not automatically be assigned to the portion eaten.

Water loss can concentrate the meat into a smaller cooked weight. Weigh the prepared amount rather than entering the raw purchase weight as cooked kavurma. Adding an estimated amount of the tallow mentioned in the source method does not guarantee the same composition as its published panel.

The raw fatty-beef composite is not finished kavurma. When calculating your own recipe from raw ingredients, include the onion, salt and added fat; do not add the same meat again to a complete kavurma entry.

The sheep-meat sauté example lists no added oil, but the meat’s own fat remains in the dish. No added oil is different from no fat.

Kavurma with rice or bread

A 150 g amount supplies approximately 25.95 g protein. Rice, bread or eggs add their own energy; they are not included in the kavurma table. Choosing 75 g instead halves the recipe’s energy and protein but does not reduce its fat concentration. For a lower-energy meal, accompaniments and cooking fat deserve attention alongside the meat portion.

The source lists a tablespoon of salt. Its estimated sodium is approximately 1713.95 mg per 150 g. Using less salt at home changes that figure. The published salt amount is not a recommendation, especially when salty pickles or cheese are served alongside.

A 100 g amount of the buttered-rice reference with 75 g kavurma totals approximately 345 kcal. The rice’s butter is already in its calculation and should not be added again alongside the meat’s fat. The plate weighs 175 g in total; it is not 175 g of kavurma.

Beef cooked together with rice in meat pilaf has its own recipe calculation. For kavurma placed on rice after cooking, keep the amounts of the two prepared dishes separate.

Recipe estimate and its limits

The figures use Diyetkolik’s beef kavurma recipe and its 360.11 kcal per 150 g panel. Extra tallow and water mentioned in the method are not fully quantified in the ingredient list; no amounts or final yield were reconstructed. The panel remains the source’s recipe estimate, not a new laboratory analysis. Sugar, reliably specified saturated fat and vitamin A in µg RAE are unavailable.