Chicken Bowl

What Chipotle says it is

Chipotle’s printed nutrition sheet describes a bowl as: “Just like a burrito, but served in a bowl with no tortilla.”

On the protein, Chipotle’s ingredients page says of chicken: “To prep our grilled chicken, we marinate it overnight in our smoky, spicy chipotle pepper adobo, and then grill it until it’s perfectly charred with a subtle caramelized flavor. And when it comes to chicken, we don’t bawk around. We currently source only Responsibly Raised birds, which in the U.S. means they’re fed a 100% vegetarian diet with no antibiotics, but we’re always striving to raise our standards even higher.” The statement for the chicken names ten ingredients: Black Pepper, Chipotle Chili, Chicken, Cumin, Garlic, Oregano, Salt, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Distilled Vinegar and Water.

The Chicken Bowl was listed at all 368 restaurants read, in 48 states and DC on 25 September 2026. 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 ordering menu lists the Chicken Bowl at 180 calories. That figure is the 4 oz of chicken alone: the tortilla, the rice, the beans, the salsas and the toppings are chosen on the line and are not in it. This site prints that figure as the listing and never as the meal.

Seven parts make the classic build, 770 calories in all: Chicken (180 calories), Cilantro-Lime White Rice (210 calories), Black Beans (130 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 230 calories and loaded at 1,195 calories. Chipotle’s printed sheet gives a built bowl as 420 to 910 calories; the classic build sits inside that range.

Protein runs 52 g across the classic build, 6.8 g per 100 calories, and sodium 1,640 mg, 71 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

$8.45 to $12.10 for pickup across 368 restaurants, with a median of $9.80, read on 25 September 2026. The same menus carry Chipotle’s own delivery price: $12.75 at the median, 30.1 percent above pickup, before the service fees the checkout adds. Among the seven bowls on the board it is the cheapest at the median, level with Sofritas Bowl and Veggie Bowl; the dearest is the Steak Bowl at $11.80.

The cheapest state median on the read date was Kansas at $9.18, the dearest New York at $11.15. 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 bowl: 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 $1.00 at the median ($1.00 to $1.00, 368 restaurants). A second portion of chicken (double protein) adds $4.00 at the median, $3.35 to $5.10 across 368 restaurants. So the classic build on this page stands at $9.80 and the loaded build at $14.45, the entree plus $4.65 of add-ons at the national medians.

The figures against a day

Against a 2,000 calorie day, the listed 4 oz of chicken is 9 percent of the calories and 13 percent of the sodium daily value. It carries 32 g of protein, 17.8 g per 100 calories, and 3 g of saturated fat (15 percent of the daily value). Cholesterol, which the calculator does not print, is 125 mg on the printed sheet’s row for the same portion.

The classic build is 38 percent of a 2,000 calorie day and 71 percent of the sodium daily value. Carbohydrate runs 70 g with 10 g of fiber (36 percent of the 28 g daily value); fat 29.5 g, of which 15.5 g saturated.

Allergens and diets on this order

Chipotle’s allergens and special diets chart has a row for Chicken: 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 dairy, by the rows for its parts; it is not vegetarian (Chicken rules it out).

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 - Chicken, $53.00 at the median for four to six people, $13.25 a head at four. Three of the brand’s own configured orders builds on the Chicken Bowl: Bardi Bowl with Chili Lime Chips ($16.90, 1,550 calories), Double High Protein Bowl ($13.80, 1,040 calories) and High Protein-High Fiber Bowl ($9.80, 650 calories). For a child, the Chicken Kid’s Build Your Own is $5.70 and Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla is $5.20 at their medians. The same protein in the other formats: Chicken Burrito at $9.80, Chicken Salad at $9.80, Chicken Tacos (3) at $9.80 and Chicken Quesadilla at $10.35.

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