Calories and protein in two chicken tacos, with and without oil
Also called tacos de pollo.
The short answer
2 tacos, about 210 g, normal oil
300 kcal
24 g protein
Fat 9.5 g · carbs 31 g · fibre 5 g · With meat or fish
Portion: two small corn tortillas with filling. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
Counting tortillas works the same way as counting roti. Each small corn tortilla is a separate line you can fix.
With and without oil
The same 2 tacos, changing only the oil the chicken is cooked in. Normal is about 3.5 g in this portion. A little halves the recipe’s fat and a lot doubles it, so in a portion of the same weight a lot comes out a little under double. These are the four levels the app asks about, with the same numbers.
| Oil | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 270 kcal | 24 g |
| A little | 2 g | 290 kcal | 24 g |
| Normal | 3.5 g | 300 kcal | 24 g |
| A lot | 7 g | 330 kcal | 23 g |
What moves the number
- Corn tortillaabout 130 kcal
- Chicken thighabout 120 kcal
- Oil (the oil the chicken is cooked in)about 30 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 2 tacos, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table, with normal oil. Water, salt and spices add almost no energy but are listed so the recipe is complete. If your version has more of something, the numbers move with it.
| Ingredient | Weight | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corn tortillaUSDA: Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn | 59 g | 130 | 3.5 g |
| Chicken thighUSDA: Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, thigh, meat only, raw | 98 g | 120 | 19 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 22 g | 10 | 0 g |
| TomatoUSDA: Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average | 37 g | 5 | 0.5 g |
| Green chilliUSDA: Peppers, hot chili, green, raw | 2.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Coriander leavesUSDA: Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw | 2.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Lime juiceUSDA: Lime juice, raw | 3.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Chilli powderUSDA: Spices, pepper, red or cayenne | 1 g | 5 | 0 g |
| CuminUSDA: Spices, cumin seed | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OilUSDA: Oil, canolaThe oil the chicken is cooked in | 3.5 g | 30 | 0 g |
How this was worked out
This is the same dish the Homekcal app logs, from the same table. Each raw ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its per-100 g values in USDA FoodData Central, the batch is added up and divided by the cooked weight it makes. Calories are rounded to the nearest 10 and grams to the nearest gram, because a standard recipe is not your recipe. These are calculated values, not weighed or lab tested meals, and home versions vary a lot.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0).
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