Chipotle high protein bowl (78g)

The Chipotle high protein bowl is the leanest way to hit a big protein number at the register. Build it yourself — double chicken over brown rice and black beans, with fajita veggies and fresh salsa — and you land around 745 calories, a huge 78g of protein and 12g of fiber, with no sour cream, queso or extra cheese padding the fat. Chipotle sells an official version now too, and its Double High Protein Bowl hits 81g. Below we cover both, the full macros, and how to order any chipotle protein bowl from 50g up to 100g.

What's in it

Chipotle's official high-protein menu

Chipotle launched its first-ever high protein menu in December 2025, and the headliner is the Double High Protein Bowl: double Adobo chicken, light white rice, black beans, fajita veggies, fresh tomato salsa, Monterey Jack cheese and extra romaine for 81g of protein, 11g of fiber and 760 calories. The build on this page swaps in brown rice and drops the cheese, so it comes in a touch leaner at 78g protein and 745 calories. Want the full playbook? Our guide to high-protein Chipotle orders breaks down every trick. Here is the official protein bowl lineup and its macros.

Full macro breakdown

Here is the full Chipotle high protein bowl nutrition breakdown, ingredient by ingredient. Double chicken does the heavy lifting at 64g, and black beans and brown rice fill in the rest. When people ask how much protein is really in a bowl built for protein, these Chipotle bowl protein numbers are the answer.

Rounding out the macros: roughly 67g carbs, 21g fat, 12g fiber and 1,490mg sodium. Protein accounts for 312 of the 745 calories, so about 42% of the bowl is protein by energy. If you track sodium, watch this one — beans and salsa alone push the bowl toward two-thirds of a day's limit, and that's before any cheese. Sodium is also the biggest caveat in our deeper look at how healthy Chipotle really is.

Why it's the best protein per calorie

Chicken is the reason this order works. One 4oz scoop delivers 32g of protein for 180 calories — about 5.6 calories per gram of protein, the leanest ratio on the menu. Double it and you have stacked on 64g of protein for 360 calories, all before a single side. What wrecks most bowls isn't the meat; it's the finishers. Guacamole runs 230 calories, queso 120, sour cream and cheese 110 each — mostly fat, almost no protein. Skip them, put those calories toward a second scoop of chicken, and you swap fat for protein at no calorie cost. That's the whole trick behind a high-protein bowl, and you can test any combination in the Chipotle macro calculator.

Best Chipotle proteins, ranked

Not every protein pulls its weight. Ranked by grams of protein per 100 calories, chicken and chicken al pastor win by a wide margin, while sofritas — the vegan pick — sits at the bottom. Want a leaner bowl with a beefier flavor? A steak bowl is the runner-up at 21g for just 150 calories.

Calorie variations

Build 50g, 70g or 100g of protein

Pick a protein target and order to it. These three high protein Chipotle bowl builds cover most goals, from a light lunch to a post-lift refuel. Each one starts with chicken, since it's the cheapest gram of protein at the counter.

The 50g build comes up one scoop short — add a second scoop of beans or a sprinkle of cheese to clear it. Tracking macros more broadly? Our macro-friendly Chipotle order guide pairs these builds with carb and fat targets.

How to order double protein (and the price)

Say "double chicken," not "extra chicken." Double always means two full 4oz scoops (+32g protein, +180 calories), while "extra" is only a half scoop at some locations. The upgrade usually runs about $4 to $5 on top of the entree, though it varies by region and protein — steak and barbacoa cost more than chicken. Even so, it's the best value on the menu, roughly a nickel per gram of protein. Chipotle ran a free double protein day in January 2026 to launch the new menu, so it's plainly the order they want you making. And get it as a bowl, not a burrito: the tortilla piles on 320 calories and 50g of carbs for only about 9g of protein, dragging your protein-per-calorie ratio down hard. The full burrito vs bowl calories comparison runs that trade-off for every protein on the menu.

High-protein bowl vs a standard chicken bowl

A typical chicken bowl — rice, beans, cheese, salsa and guacamole — runs about 905 calories and 54g of protein. Trade the guac, cheese and sour cream for a second scoop of chicken, and you get more protein, fewer calories and half the fat. Same restaurant, very different macros.

The double high protein bowl, explained

"Double high protein bowl" means one thing at the register: double meat. It's the doubled protein that moves the number, not some special ingredient. Double chicken on its own adds 64g; with black beans and cheese, a standard bowl tops out around 86g of protein before you go to a triple scoop. One ordering tip: ask for "double chicken," not "extra chicken" — extra is a half scoop at some locations, while double is always two full scoops.

Official vs DIY: side by side

Here's the head-to-head. Per Chipotle's published figures, the official Double High Protein Bowl runs 760 calories with 81g of protein, 54g carbs, 26g fat and 11g fiber — the Monterey Jack cheese and light white rice account for most of the fat gap over our version. Our double-chicken build trails it by just 3g of protein at 745 calories. Swap in double steak using this page's own per-scoop numbers (150 calories and 21g per 4oz) and the same build lands at 685 calories and 56g — leaner meat, but 22g less protein than chicken. If steak plus a tortilla sounds better than a bowl, run the steak burrito breakdown before you order.

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