Chipotle Steak Nutrition Facts

Steak's calorie advantage has a tradeoff

The four-ounce Chipotle steak row lists 150 calories, making it the lowest-calorie animal protein among chicken, steak, barbacoa, and carnitas in the source. Sofritas also lists 150 calories, although its carbohydrate, fiber, sugar, fat, and protein pattern is very different. Steak's useful contrast is therefore a relatively low calorie figure paired with a smaller protein total than chicken.

Steak contributes 21 grams of protein, 6 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of carbohydrate, and 330 milligrams of sodium. Its single gram of carbohydrate is also listed as fiber. The serving has no sugar, so most of its planning value lies in the calorie, protein, fat, and sodium columns.

How steak sits among the meat options

Compared with chicken, steak saves 30 calories and 1 gram of fat but gives up 11 grams of protein. Barbacoa has 20 more calories and 3 more grams of protein than steak, together with 200 additional milligrams of sodium. Carnitas has 60 more calories, twice the total fat, and nearly three times the saturated fat of steak.

Those differences make steak a defensible choice when reducing the protein component's calories matters more than maximizing grams of protein. It is not automatically the lowest-calorie meal choice because the tortilla, rice, queso, guacamole, chips, and dressing are separate source rows. A single 320-calorie burrito tortilla is more than twice the steak row's calorie value.

Using steak in calorie-aware orders

A steak bowl with vegetables and salsa can remain far below the total of a steak burrito with the same fillings because the bowl contributes no separate shell component. Brown and white rice each list 210 calories; skipping rice or choosing beans instead changes both carbohydrates and fiber. The most useful decision is often the format or base, not the 30-calorie gap between steak and chicken.

For protein-aware planning, steak and pinto beans total 29 grams of protein from their standard portions. Chicken with the same beans reaches 40 grams. This is a meaningful difference for someone targeting protein, while a person prioritizing the lowest animal-protein calories may accept the smaller steak total.

Sodium can erase the apparent simplicity

Steak begins at 330 milligrams of sodium, only 20 milligrams above chicken and below carnitas, barbacoa, and sofritas. Fresh tomato salsa adds 550 milligrams despite its 25 calories, and the red chili salsa adds 500 milligrams for 30 calories. A low-calorie topping is not necessarily a low-sodium topping.

Compare steak meals by holding every other ingredient constant and changing one source row. That approach reveals whether the calorie saving matters in the final configuration and prevents an unrelated salsa or side from being credited to the protein swap. Actual restaurant scoops may differ from the printed four-ounce reference.

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