Calories in Cutlet

About Cutlet

In Russian and Eastern European cooking, a cutlet (kotleta) is a pan-fried patty of minced meat, not a slice of meat. Beef, pork or a mix of the two is combined with milk-soaked bread and chopped onion, often with egg, garlic and herbs, then shaped into patties and fried in oil until browned on both sides. Kotlety are usually served with fried or mashed potatoes or pasta.

Also known as kotlety or kotleti.

Typical pieces and portions

Weights come from the sources below. Calories and macros are scaled from the per-100 g values on this page. Select a weight to load it into the calculator.

What changes the numbers

• Meat type and fat content. Fattier mince raises the calories: in the Norwegian food composition table, fried pork patties have 280 kcal and 22.9 g fat per 100 g, well above this page's figure for a mixed-meat cutlet. Lean beef or chicken mince lowers the calories.[2]
• Fried vs baked or steamed. A typical home recipe fries 1.5 lb of mince in 3 tablespoons of oil, and any oil the patties absorb adds fat. Baked or steamed cutlets take on little or no added cooking fat, so they come out lower.[1]
• Amount of bread and filler. More soaked bread or a breadcrumb coating raises carbs and lowers protein per 100 g. A commercial patty with 62% pork and beef and an egg and potato-flake binder lists 5.4 g carbs and 16 g protein per 100 g, which is less carbohydrate and more protein than this page's figures.[5]
• Patty size. ‘One cutlet’ is not a fixed amount: USDA portion weights for patties of a similar minced-beef mixture run from 81 g (small) to 134 g (large). That makes a large patty about 65% heavier than a small one.[4]

How to log it

Weigh one cooked patty and log it in grams rather than as “one cutlet”, since sizes run from about 80 g to over 130 g. Log sour cream, gravy and sides separately, and use a pork entry if your cutlets are all pork.

Sources for this note

1. Recipes From Europe: Kotleti (Russian meat patties) (opens in a new tab)
2. Matvaretabellen (Norway): Pork patties, fried (opens in a new tab)
3. Matvaretabellen (Norway): Meat rissoles (opens in a new tab)
4. USDA FNDDS via NutritionValue.org: Meat loaf made with beef (27214100) (opens in a new tab)
5. Saarioinen: Traditional meat patty label (125 g, cooked) (opens in a new tab)

How to calculate calories in Cutlet

Multiply the calories per 100 g by your portion weight, then divide by 100. For the reference 120 g portion, the calculation is:

220 × 120 ÷ 100 ≈ 264 kcal

Reference portion: cutlet (120 g). This is an example amount, not a recommended portion. Weigh your food when possible: a cup, slice or piece can vary in size.

Check that the entry matches the food you have, including its preparation. If raw or cooked is not specified, check your label or a matching nutrition reference before logging it.

How Cutlet compares

Of the 6 other foods in this table, 4 have fewer calories per 100 g than Cutlet and 2 have more.

Data sources

Reference values are compiled from USDA FoodData Central, Open Food Facts and curated food databases. Your actual portion may differ by recipe, brand and cooking method.