High-Protein Chipotle: Best Orders and Exact Protein

The best high-protein order at Chipotle is the High Protein Cup, Chicken: 32g of protein for 180 calories, or 18g of protein per 100 calories. Every number on this page comes from Chipotle's own nutrition data, checked October 2, 2026.

Chipotle is one of the easiest chains to eat high-protein at, because the protein is a separate portion you can see and double. It also has an official High Protein Menu now, with set bowls and protein cups that Chipotle publishes totals for. Chicken does most of the work: one 4 oz portion lists 32g of protein for 180 calories.

The 5 best high-protein Chipotle orders

These all come straight off Chipotle’s High Protein Menu, so the numbers are Chipotle’s own totals for each finished order.

1. High Protein Cup, Chicken

   32g protein 180 calories 18g per 100 cal

   Order: High Protein Cup - Chicken, from the High Protein Menu

   Just the chicken, so almost all of its calories come with protein.

2. High Protein Cup, Pollo Asado

   37g protein 220 calories 17g per 100 cal

   Order: High Protein Cup - Pollo Asado, from the High Protein Menu

   The pollo asado version of the cup, with a larger 5 oz portion.

3. Double High Protein Bowl

   81g protein 760 calories 11g per 100 cal

   Order: Double High Protein Bowl, from the High Protein Menu

   Double chicken over light white rice and black beans, as a full meal.

4. High Protein-High Fiber Bowl

   46g protein 540 calories 9g per 100 cal

   Order: High Protein-High Fiber Bowl, from the High Protein Menu

   Single chicken with light brown rice, black beans, and corn salsa, which is where the fiber comes from.

5. High Protein - Low Calorie Bowl

   36g protein 470 calories 8g per 100 cal

   Order: High Protein - Low Calorie Bowl, from the High Protein Menu

   No rice or beans: chicken, greens, fajita veggies, salsa, and guacamole.

Every Chipotle protein item, ranked

The High Protein Menu items, plus one standard portion of each protein, beans, and cheese from Chipotle’s nutrition calculator. Rice, tortillas, salsas, and guacamole aren’t listed; they add calories without adding much protein.

1. Double High Protein Bowl: Chipotle High Protein Menu: Double Adobo Chicken, Light White Rice, Black Beans, Fajita Veggies, Fresh Tomato Salsa, Monterey Jack Cheese, Extra Shredded Romaine Lettuce
2. Double High Protein Burrito: Chipotle High Protein Menu: Double Adobo Chicken, Fajita Veggies, Fresh Tomato Salsa, Monterey Jack Cheese, and Lettuce
3. High Protein-High Fiber Bowl: Chipotle High Protein Menu: Adobo Chicken, Light Brown Rice, Black Beans, Fajita Veggies, Corn Salsa, Fresh Tomato Salsa, and Lettuce
4. High Protein - Low Calorie Bowl: Chipotle High Protein Menu: Adobo Chicken, Supergreens Lettuce Mix, Fajita Veggies, Fresh Tomato Salsa, and Guacamole
5. High Protein Taco: Chipotle High Protein Menu: Soft Flour Tortilla, Adobo Chicken, Fajita Veggies, Fresh Tomato Salsa, Monterey Jack Cheese, and Lettuce

Best Chipotle picks by goal

Easy ways to add protein at Chipotle

Doubling the protein adds another portion of the same meat. Here’s what one portion of each protein, bean, and cheese adds, from Chipotle’s nutrition calculator.

• Chicken (4 oz portion): adds 32g protein and 180 calories
• Pollo Asado (4 oz portion): adds 29g protein and 180 calories
• Barbacoa (4 oz portion): adds 24g protein and 170 calories
• Carnitas (4 oz portion): adds 23g protein and 210 calories
• Steak (4 oz portion): adds 21g protein and 150 calories
• Sofritas (4 oz portion): adds 8g protein and 150 calories
• Black Beans (4 oz portion): adds 8g protein and 130 calories
• Pinto Beans (4 oz portion): adds 8g protein and 130 calories
• Monterey Jack Cheese (1 oz portion): adds 6g protein and 110 calories

Make it at home

My black bean quinoa bowl is the closest thing on this site to a meatless Chipotle bowl, and the meal prep bowls cover the chicken-and-rice version for a full week of lunches. For the chicken on its own, the crockpot chicken makes a big batch of shredded chicken you can build bowls from. Every bowl on the site is collected in High-Protein Bowls.

FAQ

What's on Chipotle's High Protein Menu?

Five bowls and items plus three protein cups. The Double High Protein Bowl lists 81g of protein for 760 calories, the Double High Protein Burrito 79g for 840, the High Protein-High Fiber Bowl 46g for 540, the High Protein - Low Calorie Bowl 36g for 470, and the High Protein Taco 15g for 190.

How much protein is in a Chipotle protein cup?

The chicken cup lists 32g of protein for 180 calories, the steak cup 21g for 150, and the pollo asado cup 37g for 220. The pollo asado cup is a larger 5 oz portion; the other two are 4 oz.

Which Chipotle protein has the most protein?

Chicken, at 32g per 4 oz portion for 180 calories. Pollo asado lists 29g, barbacoa 24g, carnitas 23g, steak 21g, and sofritas 8g for the same 4 oz portion.

Can you get a high-protein vegetarian bowl at Chipotle?

You can get a reasonable one, but it takes building. Sofritas list 8g of protein per portion, so most of a vegetarian bowl's protein has to come from beans (8g per portion of black or pinto beans) and cheese (6g per portion). None of the High Protein Menu items are vegetarian.

What's the highest-protein order at Chipotle?

Of the items Chipotle publishes totals for, the Double High Protein Bowl, at 81g of protein for 760 calories. The Double High Protein Burrito is close behind with 79g for 840, the extra calories coming from the tortilla.

Where these numbers come from

Nutrition checked October 2, 2026 against Chipotle's official nutrition information. High Protein Menu items use the totals Chipotle publishes for each one. Single proteins, beans, and cheese are one standard portion from Chipotle's nutrition calculator.

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