Chipotle quesadilla
The Chipotle quesadilla is a grilled flour tortilla folded around melted cheese and a single filling, with salsa, guac and sour cream served on the side, not inside. Plain, a cheese one runs about 590 calories. Add chicken and you're at roughly 770 with 52g of protein; pile on rice, beans and guac and it can clear 1,250. Below, you'll find what comes on it, the calories and macros for every filling, the price, and how to order it lighter.
What comes on a Chipotle quesadilla
A Chipotle quesadilla is one large flour tortilla, folded around melted Monterey Jack cheese and a single filling, then pressed in a hot oven until the outside crisps. That's the whole build. Cheese, plus your pick of chicken, steak, barbacoa, carnitas, chicken al pastor, sofritas or fajita veggies. And since it starts from the same burrito-size flour tortilla as a Chipotle burrito, the base calories start high before a single topping goes on.
Everything else rides on the side. Each quesadilla comes with three included sides you pick at checkout — salsa, guacamole, sour cream, queso, rice or beans — and none of them touch the grill. One thing catches first-timers out: you can't order a quesadilla at the in-store line. It's digital-only, built through the Chipotle app or website for pickup or delivery.
What's in it
Calorie variations
Cheese quesadilla nutrition
The plain cheese quesadilla is the base every other version builds on. It's worth seeing where that ~590 calories comes from — and what happens once you load it up with rice, beans and the usual creamy sides.
That saturated-fat line is the one to watch. A cheese quesadilla carries roughly three-quarters of a day's saturated fat on its own, because the grilled cheese layer is the whole point. Now see how a typical loaded cheese quesadilla stacks up once you use those three included sides.
Calories by filling
Don't forget the sides
Those three included sides are exactly where a 770-calorie order quietly turns into a 1,200-calorie one. Fresh tomato salsa is basically free at 25 calories, but sour cream adds 110, queso 120 and guacamole 230. Order a chicken quesadilla with three salsas and you land near 845; swap in sour cream, queso and guac and the same quesadilla clears 1,200. The full side-by-side numbers live on the chips & sides page.
How much is a Chipotle quesadilla?
Expect roughly $8 to $14 before add-ons, depending on the filling and where you are. Cheese and fajita veggie come in cheapest, and both include guacamole for free; steak and barbacoa sit at the top of the range. Adding queso or an extra scoop of guac to a meat quesadilla runs another $2.35 to $2.90.
How to order it (and order it lighter)
This is the step that trips up regulars: there's no ordering a quesadilla at the front counter. It's digital-only, so you build it in the Chipotle app or on the website for pickup or delivery, pick your protein, then choose your three sides at checkout.
To hold the calories down, choose a lighter filling — steak or barbacoa over carnitas — keep fresh tomato salsa (25 cal) on the side in place of queso or guac, and skip the sour cream. Want that flavor for a fraction of the calories? A couple of Chipotle tacos come in lighter, and you can price out your exact build in our Chipotle calorie calculator before you check out.
Kids quesadilla vs full quesadilla
The kids menu cheese quesadilla is genuinely smaller — a taco-size tortilla with a lighter portion of cheese, around 300 calories before any sides. Want the quesadilla experience for about a third of the calories? The Chipotle kids meal is the quiet menu hack, and adults are welcome to order it. If it's protein you're after with fewer calories, a high-protein bowl gives you 78g for about 745 calories — more protein than any quesadilla, for less.
Is the Chipotle quesadilla healthy?
Treat it as a treat, not a daily driver. The chicken version really does pack about 52g of protein, which is genuinely useful. The catch is that grilled cheese layer: it pushes saturated fat toward a full day's worth, and the quesadilla brings almost none of the vegetables you'd get in a bowl. Calorie for calorie, a burrito bowl or a lean protein order wins on nutrition. If you're weighing the whole menu, our breakdown of whether Chipotle is healthy puts the quesadilla in context against the lighter builds.
FAQ
A cheese quesadilla is about 590 calories; adding chicken takes it to roughly 770, and steak to about 740. The folded flour tortilla and the melted cheese blend account for most of the total, so the filling you choose moves the number less than you might expect.
About 770 calories, with roughly 52g of protein. It is one of the highest-protein single items on the menu, but the tortilla-and-cheese base also brings around 35g of fat, so it is not a lean order.
Usually not. A chicken quesadilla (about 770 calories) is close to a chicken burrito in calories but carries more saturated fat from the grilled cheese layer and comes with fewer vegetables. A burrito bowl beats both for protein per calorie.
The plain cheese quesadilla at about 590 calories, with fresh tomato salsa (25 calories) on the side instead of creamy dips. Skipping the queso, sour cream and guacamole sides saves 110 to 230 calories each.
Roughly 46g of protein at about 740 calories. Chicken edges it out with about 52g for 770 calories, making chicken the better protein-per-calorie pick between the two.
A Chipotle quesadilla is a folded flour tortilla filled with melted Monterey Jack cheese and one protein — chicken, steak, barbacoa, carnitas, chicken al pastor, sofritas or fajita veggies. It comes with three sides you choose at checkout, such as salsa, guacamole, sour cream, rice or beans, all served on the side instead of inside the tortilla.
A Chipotle quesadilla costs roughly $8 to $14. Cheese and fajita veggie are the cheapest at about $8.35 to $11.05, with guacamole included free, while steak and barbacoa top out near $12.65. Adding queso or guac to a meat quesadilla costs an extra $2.35 to $2.90, and prices vary by location.
Only through the Chipotle app or website. Quesadillas are a digital-only item for pickup or delivery and cannot be ordered at the in-store line. You choose a filling, then pick your three included sides at checkout; guacamole and queso are paid add-ons on meat quesadillas.
It is more of a treat than a lean order. A chicken quesadilla delivers about 52g of protein, but the grilled cheese layer pushes saturated fat toward a full day's worth and brings almost no vegetables. A burrito bowl gives you more protein per calorie, so order the quesadilla when you want it rather than as an everyday healthy pick.
How we estimate
Values are compiled ingredient-by-ingredient from publicly available restaurant nutrition information and cross-checked against the USDA FoodData Central database at standard serving sizes. Hand-scooped portions vary, so treat these as close estimates. Last reviewed July 2026. Informational only — not medical or dietetic advice. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Estimate compiled from public data. Not official Chipotle figures.
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