How many calories are in a chicken samosa?
One small chicken samosa, the appetizer size you get in a frozen box, weighs 25 g and carries 78 calories. Per 100 g, samosa pastry runs 310 calories, which is where the number gets away from people: a full-size restaurant samosa is a 100 g item, and that is 310 calories on its own.
You'd need to walk about 16 minutes to burn the 78 calories in one small samosa (25 g).
How long does it take to burn off 78 kcal of chicken samosa?
One small samosa (25 g) is 78 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 78 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 16 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 10 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 11 min |
| Jogging | 9 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 17 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (25 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken samosa quick facts
- US servings, from one appetizer piece to a full-size samosa
- Small regular frozen and cocktail samosas
- Fat and sodium are the rows to watch
- How does a chicken samosa compare?
- Most popular chicken samosa brands
- Chicken samosa FAQs
Chicken samosa quick facts
USDA has no record called "samosa, chicken." The generic entry is FNDDS 2708730, "Samosa", filed under turnovers and other grain-based items, and that is the row used on this page. It describes the thing you actually hold: a fried pastry triangle with a savory filling. A chicken filling pushes the protein up a little; it does not move the calories per 100 g much, because the fried shell is doing most of the work. The US frozen chicken samosas further down sit between 228 and 283 calories per 100 g, every one of them under the generic number rather than a replacement for it.
The column below is for one small samosa of 25 g, the appetizer piece sold two or three to a serving in the freezer aisle.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 small samosa (25 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 310 | 78 | — |
| Total fat | 17.47 g | 4.4 g | 6% |
| Saturated fat | 4.41 g | 1.1 g | 6% |
| Carbohydrate | 33.16 g | 8.3 g | 3% |
| Dietary fiber | 1.8 g | 0.5 g | 2% |
| Total sugars | 1.28 g | 0.3 g | — |
| Protein | 5.14 g | 1.3 g | 3% |
| Sodium | 388 mg | 97 mg | 4% |
| Cholesterol | 14 mg | 4 mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 166 mg | 42 mg | 1% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Two rows you would see on a package are missing here on purpose: added sugars and trans fat. This FNDDS edition does not publish either value for the generic samosa, so leaving them blank is more honest than guessing them. Total sugars are genuinely low anyway, at 1.28 g per 100 g — a samosa is a salty pastry, not a sweet one, and the %DV column shows a dash for total sugars because the FDA does not set a Daily Value for them. The Daily Values used throughout are the FDA reference amounts for a 2,000-calorie diet.
US servings, from one appetizer piece to a full-size samosa
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 88 kcal |
| One small samosa, appetizer size | 25 g | 78 kcal |
| Two small samosas | 50 g | 155 kcal |
| One samosa, size not specified | 75 g | 233 kcal |
| One regular or large samosa | 100 g | 310 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 310 kcal |
The 25 g, 75 g and 100 g pieces are USDA household measures for this record. The two-samosa line and the ounce line are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings.
This is the trap on this food. "One samosa" covers a 25 g cocktail triangle and a 100 g restaurant piece, and the calorie gap between them is fourfold — 78 against 310. No other word in an Indian takeout order swings that hard. Before you log anything, decide which of the three you are holding: a two-bite piece from a party tray, a mid-size 75 g piece at 233 calories, or the fist-size samosa that comes two to a plate with chutney.
Weight is the tiebreaker, not shape. If you have a kitchen scale, one weighing settles the question for every samosa you eat from that same shop or that same box.
Small regular frozen and cocktail samosas
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical piece | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken samosa, USDA generic | 310 kcal | 1 small, 25 g | 78 kcal |
| Meat- or poultry-filled pastry | 341 kcal | 1 piece, 85 g | 290 kcal |
| Vegetable potato and pea samosa | 283 kcal | 2 pieces, 53 g | 150 kcal |
| Frozen chicken tikka samosa | 283 kcal | 2 samosas, 53 g | 150 kcal |
| Chicken empanada | 309 kcal | 100 g | 309 kcal |
| Cocktail samosa | 175 kcal | 5 pieces, 40 g | 70 kcal |
The cocktail samosa is the outlier worth knowing. At 175 calories per 100 g it is the lightest thing in the table by a wide margin, and five of them come to 70 calories — about 14 calories a piece by our own arithmetic from that 100 g figure. Pastry that thin, filled that lightly, behaves like a cracker rather than a turnover.
The meat- and poultry-filled pastry row at 341 calories per 100 g is the heaviest, and it is the closest USDA has to a densely stuffed samosa or a kolache-style turnover. One 85 g piece is 290 calories, most of the way to a small lunch.
Store-bought chicken samosas are the version most Americans actually buy, and they run lighter than the generic fried record. Bombay Kitchen Chicken Samosa is 228 calories per 100 g, with 130 calories on a two-piece 57 g serving. Deep Indian Kitchen Chicken Tikka Samosas and Whole Foods Market Tandoori Chicken Samosas both land at 283 per 100 g and 150 calories for two. Archer Farms is 235, ShopRite 247 and Sukhi's 271, all sold three to an 85 g serving for 200 to 230 calories. The whole band is 228 to 283 against 310 for the generic fried samosa: 9 to 26 percent lower, which is what happens when the shell bakes in an oven instead of sitting in a fryer.
One thing no label covers: the chutney or tamarind sauce that comes with restaurant samosas is not inside any of these numbers.
Fat and sodium are the rows to watch
A full-size 100 g samosa carries 17.47 g of fat, 22 percent of the Daily Value, and 5.14 g of protein, 10 percent. That ratio is the whole story of a fried turnover. You pay for it in fat before you get anything back in protein, and the chicken filling — a thin layer inside a lot of pastry — does not change that arithmetic much.
Sodium is the second row. 388 mg per 100 g is 17 percent of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, or roughly a sixth of a teaspoon of table salt in a single full-size piece. Three appetizer samosas at 85 g work out to 330 mg, 14 percent of the day, by our own scaling of the USDA 100 g figure. That is fine as a snack and less fine as the opener to a takeout meal where the curry and the naan bring their own salt. If you are watching sodium, the appetizer pieces are the version to order.
Fiber is the quiet disappointment: 1.8 g per 100 g, 6 percent of the Daily Value, and only 0.5 g in a small samosa. MyPlate treats refined-flour pastry as a grain that does not count toward whole grains, which is the right way to think about it. Saturated fat is more forgiving than you would expect from a fried food — 4.41 g per 100 g is 22 percent of the Daily Value for a full piece, but only 6 percent in an appetizer samosa, and the Dietary Guidelines cap sits at 10 percent of calories.
How does a chicken samosa compare?
| Food | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken samosa | 310 kcal | one small samosa, 25 g | 78 kcal |
| Meat- or poultry-filled pastry | 341 kcal | one piece, 85 g | 290 kcal |
| Chicken empanada | 309 kcal | 100 g | 309 kcal |
| Knish | 345 kcal | 100 g | 345 kcal |
Our take: gram for gram these four are the same food wearing different accents — 309 to 345 calories per 100 g, all of it fried or baked dough around a savory filling. The samosa and the empanada are effectively tied for lightest per gram, one calorie apart, and that is not why it should win your order. It wins because it is the only one of the four that comes in a 25 g size. A chicken empanada and a knish arrive as one large object you finish; a samosa arrives as pieces you can stop at two. For weight loss, order the appetizer samosas and eat two, 155 calories. For a filling meal, the 85 g meat-filled pastry at 290 calories does more per bite — though at 341 per 100 g you should treat it as lunch, not as something before lunch.
Most popular chicken samosa brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Bombay Kitchen Chicken Samosa | 228 cal |
| Deep Indian Kitchen Chicken Tikka Samosas | 283 cal |
| Whole Foods Market Tandoori Chicken Samosas | 283 cal |
| ShopRite Chicken Tandoori Samosas | 247 cal |
| Archer Farms Chicken Tikka Samosas | 235 cal |
| Sukhi's Chicken Tikka Masala Samosas | 271 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken samosa FAQs
How many calories are in one chicken samosa?
78 calories for a small 25 g samosa, and 310 for a full-size 100 g one. USDA lists samosa pastry at 310 calories per 100 g, so the weight of the piece decides everything. Ask whether yours is a two-bite appetizer or a fist-size restaurant samosa before you log it.
How many calories in 2 chicken samosas?
Two small samosas come to 155 calories at 25 g each, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure. Two frozen chicken samosas from a store box weigh about 53 g together and land near 150 calories. Two 75 g restaurant pieces are a different story: 466 calories.
Are baked chicken samosas lower in calories than fried?
USDA has no separate baked samosa record, so the honest comparison is the frozen chicken samosas built for the oven: they run 228 to 283 calories per 100 g against 310 for the generic fried samosa. That is 9 to 26 percent lower, mostly because the shell soaks up less oil.
How much protein is in a chicken samosa?
5.14 g per 100 g, which is 1.3 g in a small 25 g samosa and 10 percent of the Daily Value in a full 100 g piece. The chicken filling is a thin layer inside a lot of pastry. A meat-filled turnover at 11.46 g per 100 g more than doubles it.
How much sodium is in a chicken samosa?
388 mg per 100 g, so a small 25 g samosa carries 97 mg and a full-size one 388 mg, 17 percent of the 2,300 mg Daily Value. Three appetizer pieces at 85 g work out to 330 mg. The chutney served alongside is extra and is not in these numbers.
Are chicken samosas healthy?
One 100 g samosa brings 17.47 g of fat, 22 percent of the Daily Value, against 5.14 g of protein, only 10 percent. As an appetizer at 78 calories a piece it fits most days; as a plate of four full-size pieces it is 1,240 calories before the sauce.
How many calories in a frozen chicken samosa?
Around 150 calories for the two-samosa serving printed on most boxes, which is 53 g of food. Per 100 g the US brands sit between 228 and 283 calories, under the 310 of the generic fried samosa. A three-piece 85 g serving runs 200 to 230 calories.
Chicken samosa vs vegetable samosa calories?
A potato and pea samosa is 283 calories per 100 g against 310 for the samosa row USDA publishes, so the vegetable version is about 9 percent lighter. Two vegetable pieces at 53 g come to 150 calories. The filling moves the number far less than the size of the pastry does.
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