Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Quesadilla

What Chipotle says it is

Chipotle’s printed nutrition sheet describes a kid’s quesadilla as: “With a side of rice and beans. Includes fruit or kid’s chips, and organic juice or milk. Addition of protein is extra.”

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.

The Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Quesadilla 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 Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Quesadilla at 80 calories. That figure is the 2 oz of barbacoa 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.

Sum the classic build part by part and the Beef Barbacoa Kid’s Quesadilla is 610 calories: Barbacoa (kid’s portion, 2 oz) (80 calories), Soft Flour Tortilla (taco) (one tortilla, 1 oz) (80 calories), Monterey Jack Cheese (110 calories), Cilantro-Lime White Rice (kid’s portion, from the printed sheet) (100 calories), Black Beans (kid’s portion, from the printed sheet) (100 calories) and Tortilla Chips (kid’s chips, 1 oz) (140 calories). The other reference builds: light at 510 calories and loaded at 720 calories. Chipotle’s printed sheet gives a built kid’s quesadilla as 530 to 710 calories; the classic build sits inside that range.

Protein runs 30 g across the classic build, 4.9 g per 100 calories, and sodium 1,035 mg, 45 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

A median of $5.20 for pickup, from a low of $4.70 to a high of $6.35 at the 368 restaurants that listed it, read on 25 September 2026. The same menus carry Chipotle’s own delivery price: $6.75 at the median, 29.8 percent above pickup, before the service fees the checkout adds. It is the dearest of the eight kid’s quesadillas on the board at the median, level with Carnitas Kid’s Quesadilla, Chicken Kid’s Quesadilla, Guacamole Kid’s Quesadilla, Pollo Asado Kid’s Quesadilla, Sofritas Kid’s Quesadilla and Steak Kid’s Quesadilla; the cheapest is the Cheese Only Kid’s Quesadilla at $4.60.

The cheapest state median on the read date was Kansas at $5.12, the dearest Vermont at $6.25. 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 figures against a day

The listed protein alone is 4 percent of a 2,000 calorie day by calories and 11 percent of the 2,300 mg sodium daily value. It carries 12 g of protein, 15 g per 100 calories, and 1.5 g of saturated fat (8 percent of the daily value).

The classic build is 30 percent of a 2,000 calorie day and 45 percent of the sodium daily value. Carbohydrate runs 69 g with 8.5 g of fiber (30 percent of the 28 g daily value); fat 22.5 g, of which 8 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 (kid’s portion, 2 oz) 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.” 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.”

Guides and comparisons that mention it

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