Calories and protein in a pan of shakshuka for one, with and without olive oil
Also called eggs in tomato sauce.
The short answer
1 serving, about 280 g, normal olive oil
270 kcal
15 g protein
Fat 18 g · carbs 13 g · fibre 4.5 g · With egg
Portion: two eggs in sauce, without bread. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
A lot of food for the calories. The bread for the sauce is usually the bigger number.
With and without olive oil
The same 1 serving, changing only the olive oil the peppers cook in. Normal is about 8 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.
| Olive oil | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 200 kcal | 15 g |
| A little | 4 g | 240 kcal | 15 g |
| Normal | 8 g | 270 kcal | 15 g |
| A lot | 16 g | 330 kcal | 14 g |
What moves the number
- Eggabout 140 kcal
- Olive oil (the olive oil the peppers cook in)about 75 kcal
- Canned tomatoesabout 20 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 serving, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table, with normal olive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EggUSDA: Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 99 g | 140 | 12 g |
| Canned tomatoesUSDA: Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice | 132 g | 20 | 1 g |
| CapsicumUSDA: Peppers, sweet, green, raw | 49 g | 10 | 0.5 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 33 g | 15 | 0.5 g |
| GarlicUSDA: Garlic, raw | 2.5 g | 5 | 0 g |
| PaprikaUSDA: Spices, paprika | 1.5 g | 5 | 0 g |
| CuminUSDA: Spices, cumin seed | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Olive oilUSDA: Oil, olive, salad or cookingThe olive oil the peppers cook in | 8 g | 75 | 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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