Chicken Bowl vs Chicken Salad
Chicken Bowl $9.80 and Chicken Salad $9.80 at the medians read on 25 September 2026; as classic builds, Chicken Bowl 770 calories and Chicken Salad 680 calories.
CP Menus review deskReviewed 28 September 2026Prices read 25 September 2026 at 368 restaurantsHow every figure gets here
Side by side
Chicken Bowl
Chicken Salad| Figure | Chicken Bowl | Chicken Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup median | $9.80 | $9.80 |
| Range read | $8.45 to $12.10 | $8.45 to $12.10 |
| Delivery median | $12.75 | $12.75 |
| Listed at | 368 of 368 | 368 of 368 |
| Calories | 180 listed | 180 listed |
| Portion | 4 oz | 4 oz |
| Protein | 32 g | 32 g |
| Sodium | 310 mg | 310 mg |
| Carbs | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 7 g | 7 g |
| Saturated fat | 3 g | 3 g |
| Sugar | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fiber | 0 g | 0 g |
| Cholesterol | 125 mg | 125 mg |
| $ per 100 calories | $5.44 | $5.44 |
| $ per 10 g protein | $3.06 | $3.06 |
| Contains | none of the four | none of the four |
| Diets | Keto, Paleo | Keto, Paleo |
| Availability | Core menu | Core menu |
The builds, summed
| Build | Chicken Bowl | Chicken Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 230 cal, 33 g protein, 1,010 mg sodium, $9.80 | 240 cal, 34 g protein, 1,025 mg sodium, $9.80 |
| Classic | 770 cal, 52 g protein, 1,640 mg sodium, $9.80 | 680 cal, 48 g protein, 2,125 mg sodium, $9.80 |
| Loaded | 1,195 cal, 62 g protein, 2,590 mg sodium, $14.45 | 1,310 cal, 59 g protein, 3,205 mg sodium, $12.75 |
The classic builds are the same parts but for the Cilantro-Lime White Rice, Sour Cream and Romaine Lettuce on the Chicken Bowl and the Romaine Lettuce (supergreens salad mix, the salad base, 3 oz) and Chipotle-Honey Vinaigrette on the Chicken Salad: Chicken Bowl at 770 calories against Chicken Salad at 680 calories, 90 calories apart. At the medians the classic builds cost $9.80 and $9.80: the format does not move the price.
The greens and the dressing
A salad swaps the bowl’s optional rice for a base of supergreens (15 calories on the printed sheet) and offers the vinaigrette, 220 calories per 2 oz with 12 g of sugars and 850 mg of sodium, marked as containing sulphites. The sheet describes it: “Chopped romaine lettuce, baby kale and baby spinach, with choice of beans, meat, salsa, cheese and chipotle-honey vinaigrette.” Leave the vinaigrette off and the classic salad build on this site is lighter than the classic bowl by the rice; add it and the two sit close.
Price
The medians on 25 September 2026: Chicken Bowl at $9.80 ($8.45 to $12.10, 368 restaurants) and Chicken Salad at $9.80 ($8.45 to $12.10, 368 restaurants). The two share a median: the format does not move the price on this menu, the protein does. For delivery on the brand’s own app: $12.75 for Chicken Bowl and $12.75 for Chicken Salad, before fees.
Calories, protein and sodium
The records the ordering menu lists are the proteins alone (180 calories for the Chicken Bowl and 180 calories for the Chicken Salad), so the formats compare as builds above; the yardsticks below are the classic builds. On the records Chicken Salad carries 680 calories and Chicken Bowl carries 770 calories: 90 calories apart. Protein: 52 g for Chicken Bowl and 48 g for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Bowl carries 4 g more. Sodium: 1,640 mg for Chicken Bowl and 2,125 mg for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Salad carries 485 mg more, 92 percent of the daily value against 71 percent. Carbohydrate: 70 g for Chicken Bowl and 48 g for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Bowl carries 22 g more. Fiber: 10 g for Chicken Bowl and 11 g for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Salad carries 1 g more. Fat: 29.5 g for Chicken Bowl and 32.5 g for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Salad carries 3 g more. Sugars: 5 g for Chicken Bowl and 16 g for Chicken Salad, so Chicken Salad carries 11 g more. Per 100 calories the protein is 6.8 g on Chicken Bowl and 7.1 g on Chicken Salad: Chicken Salad is the denser.
Allergens and diets on the chart
The chart marks neither as containing any of its four allergens (dairy, soy, wheat and gluten, sulphites). The diet marks: Chicken Bowl keto and paleo and Chicken Salad keto and paleo. Those are the proteins’ own rows; the classic builds add the tortilla (wheat and gluten), the cheese and the sour cream (dairy) and the salsa (sulphites) where they carry them, and each entree page prints the build’s marks under the bars. The chart’s caution applies to both: “Individual foods may come into contact with one another during preparation, which is not reflected on this chart.”
Availability
Chicken Bowl was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC. Chicken Salad was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC.
Which for what
Each yardstick picks its own line: for fewer calories, Chicken Salad; for protein, Chicken Bowl; for less sodium, Chicken Bowl; for fiber, Chicken Salad; for the cheapest protein, Chicken Bowl. The table above has every figure the choice can turn on, and the pages carry the records and the reads in full.
The two by state
The two at each state’s median, from the restaurants read there. The gap between them is the same, $0.00, in 49 of the 49 states read; where the two carry the same median the line prices them alike.
| State | Restaurants read | Chicken Bowl | Chicken Salad | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 8 | $9.18 | $9.18 | $0.00 |
| North Dakota | 4 | $9.18 | $9.18 | $0.00 |
| Minnesota | 7 | $9.20 | $9.20 | $0.00 |
| Missouri | 8 | $9.20 | $9.20 | $0.00 |
| Wyoming | 2 | $9.25 | $9.25 | $0.00 |
| Mississippi | 8 | $9.27 | $9.27 | $0.00 |
| Nebraska | 8 | $9.43 | $9.43 | $0.00 |
| Ohio | 8 | $9.43 | $9.43 | $0.00 |
| Florida | 7 | $9.50 | $9.50 | $0.00 |
| Illinois | 8 | $9.50 | $9.50 | $0.00 |
| Iowa | 8 | $9.57 | $9.57 | $0.00 |
| New Mexico | 8 | $9.57 | $9.57 | $0.00 |
| Texas | 8 | $9.57 | $9.57 | $0.00 |
| West Virginia | 8 | $9.57 | $9.57 | $0.00 |
| Colorado | 8 | $9.60 | $9.60 | $0.00 |
| Alabama | 7 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| Arkansas | 8 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| Georgia | 8 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| Indiana | 8 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| Montana | 8 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| South Carolina | 8 | $9.65 | $9.65 | $0.00 |
| Tennessee | 8 | $9.70 | $9.70 | $0.00 |
| Kentucky | 8 | $9.73 | $9.73 | $0.00 |
| Michigan | 8 | $9.73 | $9.73 | $0.00 |
| North Carolina | 8 | $9.73 | $9.73 | $0.00 |
| Nevada | 8 | $9.73 | $9.73 | $0.00 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | $9.75 | $9.75 | $0.00 |
| Idaho | 8 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| Louisiana | 8 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| Oregon | 8 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| South Dakota | 2 | $9.80 | $9.80 | $0.00 |
| New Jersey | 8 | $9.88 | $9.88 | $0.00 |
| Utah | 8 | $9.88 | $9.88 | $0.00 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | $9.88 | $9.88 | $0.00 |
| Arizona | 8 | $9.90 | $9.90 | $0.00 |
| Delaware | 8 | $9.95 | $9.95 | $0.00 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | $9.95 | $9.95 | $0.00 |
| Washington | 8 | $9.95 | $9.95 | $0.00 |
| Virginia | 8 | $10.07 | $10.07 | $0.00 |
| Connecticut | 8 | $10.15 | $10.15 | $0.00 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | $10.15 | $10.15 | $0.00 |
| Maryland | 8 | $10.35 | $10.35 | $0.00 |
| Maine | 7 | $10.35 | $10.35 | $0.00 |
| Vermont | 5 | $10.35 | $10.35 | $0.00 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | $10.43 | $10.43 | $0.00 |
| California | 7 | $10.65 | $10.65 | $0.00 |
| New York | 8 | $11.15 | $11.15 | $0.00 |
How this page is read
Every price on this page is a range read from 368 restaurants’ own ordering menus in 48 states and DC on 25 September 2026, printed with the count of restaurants behind it and the brand’s own delivery price beside it; every calorie and nutrient figure is Chipotle’s own record from its nutrition calculator, and every allergen mark is its own chart row or tag. The side by side table above prints every published figure both items carry; a blank cell means the record does not publish it. An entree’s record is its protein alone, which is why the formats compare as builds.
Questions
Which is cheaper, Chicken Bowl or Chicken Salad?
Neither: both are $9.80 at the median read on 25 September 2026, because the protein sets the price and the format does not move it. The ranges: $8.45 to $12.10 for Chicken Bowl and $8.45 to $12.10 for Chicken Salad.
Which has fewer calories, Chicken Bowl or Chicken Salad?
As classic builds on this site, Chicken Bowl 770 calories and Chicken Salad 680 calories; the ordering menu lists 180 calories for the Chicken Bowl and 180 calories for the Chicken Salad, the protein alone in each case.
Which has more protein?
Chicken Bowl as classic builds: 52 g for Chicken Bowl and 48 g for Chicken Salad.
Which has less sodium?
Chicken Bowl as classic builds: 1,640 mg for Chicken Bowl and 2,125 mg for Chicken Salad, against a 2,300 mg daily value.
Is one of them vegetarian?
Neither carries a vegetarian mark on the chart.
Where do the figures come from?
The prices are ranges read from 368 restaurants’ own ordering menus on 25 September 2026; the nutrition figures are Chipotle’s own calculator records, each part alone, summed where a build is shown; the allergen marks are its own chart.