How many calories are in chili con carne?
Logged in Kallo on November 1, 2026
Anywhere from about 300 to 700 kcal. The meat sets the base; the toppings and the rice under it decide the rest. Here are four real bowls, each typed into Kallo the way people describe them.
Cheese and sour cream on top
Bowl of chili con carne (ground beef + kidney beans + tomato) with shredded cheese and sour cream on top
Bowl of chili con carne (ground beef + kidney beans + tomato) with shredded cheese and sour cream on top
With white rice
Chili con carne with white rice
Chili con carne with white rice
A whole can
1 can of chili con carne with beans, the whole can
1 can of chili con carne with beans, the whole can
Homemade turkey chili
Homemade turkey chili (150g lean turkey mince + kidney beans + tomato + peppers), no toppings
Homemade turkey chili (150g lean turkey mince + kidney beans + tomato + peppers), no toppings
What moves the number
In the topped bowl, the beef is about 40% of it. The cheese and sour cream on top add 182 kcal.
Where these numbers come from
Each meal above was typed into Kallo once, on November 1, 2026. Kallo split it into ingredients, estimated the grams, and took calories and macros from USDA FoodData Central and Vietnam’s National Institute of Nutrition.
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Type yours the way you would say it, like “chili con carne, lean beef, a spoon of sour cream, no cheese”, and Kallo works out the rest.