Beef Barbacoa Tacos (3)

What Chipotle says it is

Chipotle’s printed nutrition sheet describes a order of three tacos as: “Your choice of three crispy corn or soft flour tortillas with meat, salsa, cheese or sour cream and romaine lettuce.”

On the protein, Chipotle’s ingredients page says of the beef: “Our steak and Barbacoa always start with Responsibly Raised beef. Then, we achieve tenderness in two ways. First, we cook it sous vide, which locks in moisture by heating the beef at a precise, low temperature for a looong time. Then we marinate it overnight in our smoky, spicy chipotle pepper adobo, and finish it on the grill (for steak) or add aromatic spices like oregano, cloves, and bay leaf, braise it slowly at a low temperature until it’s mouthwateringly tender, then shred it by hand (for Barbacoa). Sorry, is our beef-geek showing?” The statement for the barbacoa names eleven ingredients: Bay Leaf, Beef, Black Pepper, Chipotle Chili, Cloves, Cumin, Garlic, Oregano, Salt, High Oleic Sunflower Oil and Water.

On 25 September 2026 the Beef Barbacoa Tacos (3) was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC. That makes it a core item, on every open menu read. One of those menus marked it unavailable on the read day.

Why the listing and the build differ

The 170 calories the ordering menu lists for the Beef Barbacoa Tacos (3) are the 4 oz of barbacoa by itself; every other part of the order is chosen on the line and adds its own record. This site prints that figure as the listing and never as the meal.

Sum the classic build part by part and the Beef Barbacoa Tacos (3) is 670 calories: Barbacoa (170 calories), Soft Flour Tortilla (taco) (three, a taco order, 3 oz) (250 calories), Fresh Tomato Salsa (25 calories), Monterey Jack Cheese (110 calories), Sour Cream (110 calories) and Romaine Lettuce (5 calories). The other reference builds: light at 400 calories and loaded at 1,315 calories. Chipotle’s printed sheet gives a built order of three tacos as 390 to 1,140 calories; the classic build sits inside that range.

Protein runs 39 g across the classic build, 5.8 g per 100 calories, and sodium 1,780 mg, 77 percent of the 2,300 mg the FDA uses as the daily value. Press any part in the build above and the bars redraw from that part’s own record.

What the price buys

Between $10.45 and $14.10 for pickup depending on the restaurant; $11.80 is the median across 368 menus, read on 25 September 2026. The same menus carry Chipotle’s own delivery price: $15.35 at the median, 30.1 percent above pickup, before the service fees the checkout adds. It is the dearest of the seven taco orders on the board at the median, level with Steak Tacos (3); the cheapest is the Chicken Tacos (3) at $9.80. The barbacoa premium over chicken is $2.00 at the median on this format.

By state median, Kansas was lowest at $11.18 and New York highest at $13.15. A state median stands on eight restaurants at most, so one dear or cheap restaurant moves it; the national range is the safer figure. Pick a state at the top of the page and every price on this site prints that state’s median.

The priced add-ons on a order of three tacos: Guacamole $2.95 at the median ($2.85 to $3.20, 368 restaurants), Queso Blanco $1.70 at the median ($1.40 to $1.80, 368 restaurants) and Cilantro Lime Sauce $1.50 at the median ($1.50 to $1.50, 367 restaurants). So the classic build on this page stands at $11.80 and the loaded build at $14.75, the entree plus $2.95 of add-ons at the national medians.

The figures against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, the listed 4 oz of barbacoa is 8 percent of the calories and 23 percent of the sodium daily value. It carries 24 g of protein, 14.1 g per 100 calories, and 2.5 g of saturated fat (12 percent of the daily value). Cholesterol, which the calculator does not print, is 65 mg on the printed sheet’s row for the same portion.

The classic build is 34 percent of a 2,000 calorie day and 77 percent of the sodium daily value. Carbohydrate runs 50 g with 5 g of fiber (18 percent of the 28 g daily value); fat 32 g, of which 15 g saturated.

Allergens and diets on this order

Chipotle’s allergens and special diets chart has a row for Barbacoa: it contains none of the four chart allergens (dairy, soy, wheat and gluten, sulphites); the row marks it keto and paleo. The classic build on this page contains wheat and gluten, sulphites and dairy, by the rows for its parts; it is not vegetarian (Barbacoa rules it out).

On the tortilla the brand is plain: “If you avoid gluten, don’t eat our flour tortillas. If you are highly sensitive to gluten and would like us to change our gloves, just let us know at the start of your order.” Crispy corn tortillas are the gluten free choice on a taco order, with this caution: “You should be aware items containing corn, including corn tortillas (chips and crispy corn tortillas) and corn salsa, may have trace amounts of gluten from potentially co-mingling with gluten-containing grains in the field.” Every row on the chart carries the same two cautions: “Individual foods may come into contact with one another during preparation, which is not reflected on this chart.” “Although we do not use eggs, mustard, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, shellfish, or fish as ingredients in our food, Chipotle cannot guarantee the complete absence of these allergens in its restaurants.”

Where else the protein turns up

The same protein feeds the Family Meal - Beef Barbacoa, $64.00 at the median for four to six people, $16.00 a head at four. For a child, the Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Build Your Own is $5.70 and Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Quesadilla is $5.20 at their medians. The same protein in the other formats: Beef Barbacoa Burrito at $11.80, Beef Barbacoa Bowl at $11.80, Beef Barbacoa Salad at $11.80 and Beef Barbacoa Quesadilla at $12.35.

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