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Low Calorie Chipotle Order

Yes — a real, filling order under 300 calories.

The floor on a low calorie Chipotle order is far lower than the menu suggests. Steak on supergreens with tomatillo-green chili salsa and fajita vegetables comes to 195 calories and still carries 23 g of protein. Rice, cheese and the tortilla account for most of what a standard bowl weighs; removing all three leaves a substantial plate of food.

What to build around

Volume is free here. The greens, salsas and fajita vegetables cost almost nothing and fill the container.

  • Supergreens (10 cal) or romaine (5 cal) as the base
  • Steak, carne asada or sofritas at 150 calories — the lightest proteins
  • Fajita vegetables at 20 calories for real volume
  • Tomatillo-green chili salsa at 15 calories, the lightest of the four

The four items that account for most of a bowl

Each of these costs more than the entire example order above.

  • Chips at 540 calories
  • The flour tortilla at 320
  • Guacamole at 230 and the chipotle-honey vinaigrette at 220
  • Rice at 210 a scoop, or 105 if you ask for light

A worked low-calorie order

Steak on supergreens with tomatillo-green chili salsa and fajita vegetables. No rice, no beans, no cheese.

Estimates from Chipotle's published nutrition data at standard serving sizes.
Worked example CalProteinCarbsFatFiberSodiumSugarSat fat
Low Calorie Chipotle Order example 19523 g12 g6 g2 g755 mg4 g2 g

195 calories and 23 g of protein, at 755 mg of sodium. Adding black beans takes it to 325 calories and 9 g of fiber, which is usually worth the trade.

Prefer a different combination? get the number for your own build.

Questions about eating low calorie at Chipotle

What is the lowest-calorie thing you can order at Chipotle?

The lowest-calorie order at Chipotle is a salad with one light protein and salsa. Steak on supergreens with tomatillo-green chili salsa and fajita vegetables comes to 195 calories carrying 23 g of protein. Dropping the fajita vegetables takes it to 175. Rice, cheese and the tortilla account for most of what a standard bowl weighs.

Does ordering light rice help much?

Yes, ordering light rice helps, though less than dropping a topping. Light rice saves 105 calories against a full scoop and halves the carbohydrate to 20 g. Leaving off cheese and guacamole together saves 340 calories, more than three times as much. Light rice is the least disruptive cut of the two.

Is a low-calorie order enough food?

Yes by volume, a low-calorie order fills the same container a bowl uses. Supergreens cost 10 calories and fajita vegetables 20, so the container can be full at well under 300 calories. Whether it satisfies you across a week is a separate question, covered in the weight-loss guide.

Per-ingredient figures sit on nutrition for the whole line, and how we calculate these explains how portion sizes are handled.