How many calories are in chicken soup with rice?
A 1-cup (240 g) serving of canned chunky chicken rice soup, ready to serve, carries 127 calories. Per 100 g that is 53 calories, which puts it among the lightest hot lunches USDA lists. The rice barely moves the number. Sodium does: 888 mg sits in that same cup, 39% of a day's worth.
You'd need to walk about 25 minutes to burn the 127 calories in a 1-cup (240 g) serving.
How long does it take to burn off 127 kcal of chicken rice soup?
A 1-cup (240 g) serving is 127 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 127 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 25 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 16 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 18 min |
| Jogging | 15 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 28 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 (240 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Chicken soup with rice quick facts
- US servings, from half a cup to the whole can
- Condensed, canned and the Puerto Rican version
- Sodium is the row to watch, not calories
- How does chicken soup with rice compare?
- Most popular chicken soup with rice brands
- FAQ
Chicken soup with rice quick facts
The record on this page is SR Legacy 171544, "Soup, chicken rice, canned, chunky, ready-to-serve". That is the soup an American actually holds: a can or a carton you pour straight into a pot, with visible pieces of chicken and loose rice in the broth. USDA also keeps a condensed record for the same flavor, but condensed soup is concentrate. Nobody eats it out of the can, so it belongs further down the page and not in the main table.
One cup is the household measure USDA attaches to this record, at 240 g. Everything in the serving column below is that cup.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 cup (240 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 53 | 127 | — |
| Total fat | 1.33 g | 3.2 g | 4% |
| Saturated fat | 0.4 g | 1.0 g | 5% |
| Carbohydrate | 5.41 g | 13.0 g | 5% |
| Dietary fiber | 0.4 g | 1.0 g | 3% |
| Total sugars | 0.6 g | 1.4 g | — |
| Protein | 5.11 g | 12.3 g | 25% |
| Sodium | 370 mg | 888 mg | 39% |
% 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 expect on a can label are missing here: USDA does not publish added sugars or trans fat for this record, so there is nothing honest to print. Cholesterol comes to 12 mg a cup, 4% of the Daily Value, and potassium to 108 mg, about 2%. Neither one changes how you plan the meal.
The protein row is the interesting one. Twelve grams in a cup is a quarter of the Daily Value the FDA sets for protein, and it arrives inside 127 calories. That ratio is why this soup shows up so often as a lunch rather than a starter.
US servings, from half a cup to the whole can
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 15 kcal |
| Half a cup | 120 g | 64 kcal |
| 1 cup | 240 g | 127 kcal |
| One bowl, about 1.5 cups | 360 g | 191 kcal |
| One can, 19 oz | 539 g | 286 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 53 kcal |
USDA gives two of those directly: the 1-cup measure at 240 g and the 19 oz can at 539 g. The half cup, the ounce and the 1.5-cup bowl are our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, so treat them as close estimates rather than label values.
The gap that catches people is the can. A 19 oz can looks like two servings and gets eaten as one, and eating it all is 286 calories. That is still a modest lunch. The problem is not the calories, as the sodium section explains.
Diner and deli bowls sit near 1.5 cups, which is why 191 calories is the number to use when someone else ladled it. If you poured it yourself into a mug, you are closer to the cup.
Condensed, canned and the Puerto Rican version
Chicken and rice soup is one name over several very different dishes. USDA keeps a separate record for each, and the spread is wide.
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canned chunky, ready to serve | 53 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 127 kcal |
| Canned condensed, undiluted | 68 kcal | Half a cup (126 g) | 86 kcal |
| Condensed prepared with equal water | 24 kcal | 1 cup (243 g) | 58 kcal |
| Healthy Choice canned chicken and rice | 37 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 89 kcal |
| Puerto Rican asopao, soupy rice with chicken | 151 kcal | 1 cup boneless (263 g) | 397 kcal |
| Soupy rice with chicken and potatoes | 112 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 269 kcal |
Here is the finding worth carrying away. Two cups of soup, same volume, same flavor on the label: the chunky ready-to-serve cup is 127 calories, and the condensed can mixed with an equal volume of water is 58. More than double, from a difference in how much water the manufacturer left in. Condensed soup is only 68 calories per 100 g in the can because half of what you eventually eat is tap water you add at home.
Asopao runs the other direction. At 151 calories per 100 g, a cup of boneless Puerto Rican soupy rice is 397 calories, more than triple the canned cup. It is a rice dish carrying broth rather than a broth carrying rice, and logging it as "chicken soup" is one of the bigger single-entry mistakes on this food.
Branded ready-to-serve cans land lower than the USDA chunky record almost across the board. Progresso's organic chicken and wild rice soup is 31 calories per 100 g, Progresso traditional chicken rice with vegetables 30, Kroger's P$$T... chunky version 29, and Campbell's ready-to-serve chicken with rice, Health Valley organic low sodium and Healthy Choice all sit at 23 to 24. Campbell's single-serve bowl of 206 g works out to 49 calories on its own label. All six are thinner broths than the "chunky" USDA record, which is exactly what the word chunky is telling you.
Homemade is the one version with no number here. USDA publishes no record for homemade chicken and rice soup, and the amount of rice and chicken you put in your own pot decides the answer, so any figure printed for it would be invented.
Sodium is the row to watch, not calories
A cup of this soup delivers 888 mg of sodium against 127 calories. That is 39% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value from about 6% of a day's calories, an unusual ratio for something this light. In teaspoon terms, that cup holds a bit more than a third of a teaspoon of table salt.
Eat the 19 oz can in one sitting and the sodium runs to roughly 1,994 mg, about 87% of the daily limit, by our own arithmetic from the 370 mg per 100 g figure. The calories still only reach 286. The CDC's sodium guidance puts most of America's intake in packaged and restaurant food rather than the shaker, and canned soup is one of the clearest examples of that.
There is a straightforward fix inside the same aisle. The Healthy Choice record carries 181 mg of sodium per 100 g against 370 mg for the standard chunky can, less than half, for 37 calories per 100 g. If sodium is what you are managing, that swap moves a bigger number than any calorie decision on this page. Pairing the bowl with a piece of fruit or a salad, in the MyPlate pattern, also gets the potassium back that a thin broth does not supply.
How does chicken soup with rice compare?
| Soup | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken rice, chunky, ready to serve | 53 kcal | 1 cup (240 g) | 127 kcal |
| Matzo ball soup | 73 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 179 kcal |
| Bean soup with meat | 84 kcal | 1 cup (255 g) | 214 kcal |
| Noodle soup, NFS | 90 kcal | 1 cup (245 g) | 221 kcal |
Our take: chicken rice soup is the lightest of these four both per 100 g and per cup, and it wins the protein argument too. It puts 12.3 g of protein into 127 calories, while the bean soup needs 214 calories to reach 15.0 g and the noodle soup 221 calories to reach 13.4 g, both figures our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g values. For a lunch built around a deficit, this is the pick. For a cold evening when you want the bowl to be dinner, the bean soup carries more weight and the difference of 87 calories is small enough to be worth it. Matzo ball soup sits between the two on every row.
Most popular chicken soup with rice 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) |
|---|---|
| Progresso Organic Chicken & Wild Rice Soup | 31 cal |
| Progresso Traditional Chicken Rice with Vegetables Soup | 30 cal |
| P$$T... Chunky Chicken and Rice Soup | 29 cal |
| Campbell's Ready to Serve Chicken with Rice Soup | 24 cal |
| Health Valley Chicken and Rice Organic Low Sodium Soup | 24 cal |
| Healthy Choice Chicken with Rice Soup | 23 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Chicken soup with rice FAQs
How many calories in 1 cup of chicken with rice soup?
One cup (240 g) of canned chunky chicken rice soup, ready to serve, is 127 calories, from 53 calories per 100 g. That cup also brings 12.3 g of protein and 13.0 g of carbohydrate. A condensed soup mixed with an equal volume of water lands far lower, at 58 calories a cup.
How many calories are in a bowl of chicken and rice soup?
A diner-style bowl of about 1.5 cups (360 g) is 191 calories, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a listed USDA serving. Bowls run bigger than the can suggests. A single-serve Campbell's ready-to-serve bowl of 206 g is lighter still, at 49 calories on its label.
How many calories in a whole can of chicken with rice soup?
A 19 oz can (539 g) is 286 calories if you eat the whole thing, and USDA lists that can as one of its serving sizes. Sodium is the catch: about 1,994 mg by our own arithmetic from the 370 mg per 100 g figure, roughly 87% of the daily limit.
Condensed vs ready-to-serve chicken rice soup: which has more calories?
Undiluted condensed soup is denser, at 68 calories per 100 g against 53 for ready-to-serve, but nobody eats it that way. Mixed with an equal volume of water it drops to 24 calories per 100 g, so a 1-cup (243 g) portion is 58 calories, under half the ready-to-serve cup.
How much protein is in chicken rice soup?
A 1-cup (240 g) serving has 12.3 g of protein, 25% of the Daily Value, from 5.11 g per 100 g. That is a lot of protein for 127 calories, more per calorie than bean soup with meat or noodle soup. The chicken pieces, not the rice, do that work.
How many carbs are in chicken and rice soup?
One cup (240 g) has 13.0 g of carbohydrate, 5% of the Daily Value, with 1.0 g of it as fiber and 1.4 g as total sugars. The rice is spread thin across a lot of broth, so the carb count stays low for a dish with rice in its name.
Why is canned chicken rice soup so high in sodium?
One cup carries 888 mg of sodium, 39% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, at only 127 calories. Salt is what makes a shelf-stable broth taste like broth after sterilization. A reduced-sodium version such as the Healthy Choice record runs 181 mg per 100 g against 370 mg for the standard can.
Is chicken and rice soup good for weight loss?
At 127 calories and 12.3 g of protein a cup, it is one of the easier hot lunches to fit into a calorie deficit, since the volume fills the bowl before the calories add up. If you are watching sodium, the 888 mg in that same cup is the number to plan around.
Similar foods
- Milk — 149 cal per cup
- Wild Rice — 166 cal per cup, cooked
- Quinoa — 222 cal per cup cooked
- Rice — 205 cal per cup, cooked
- Pasta — 168 cal per cup penne
- Penne pasta — 169 cal per cup
Count it without the math
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