Applebee's calorie calculator: build a plate under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build an Applebee's plate from 46 dishes, each counted with the choices it comes with (46 are served as listed), using Applebee's own published figures, rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest plate is the Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Salad at 430 calories with its lightest choices. The most protein in a complete meal under 800 is 60 g.
Source: Applebee's nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed
- 46 plates
- 430 cal lightest plate
- 60g protein in a meal under 800
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 46 Applebee's dishes can go into a built plate, and the most protein in a complete Applebee's meal under 800 calories is 60 g (A Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken, and a Bottled Water).
Build your Applebee's plate
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove a dish, a side or a sauce; a plate keeps the choices it comes with, and the total, the macros and the words to tell your server update as you go.
Applebee's meals under 800 calories
Starting points for the builder: one plate with a pick for each of its choices and at most one drink, the best under the cap for each goal, as the MinMax app builds it.
Most protein
- Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken640 cal · 60g
- Bottled Water0 cal · 0g
640 of 800 cal · 60 g protein
What to tell your server: “A Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken, and a Bottled Water.”
Get it at the nearest Applebee's →Most filling
- Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken640 cal · 60g
- Strawberry Lemon Poppi30 cal · 0g
670 of 800 cal · 60 g protein
What to tell your server: “A Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken, and a Strawberry Lemon Poppi.”
Get it at the nearest Applebee's →Lightest
- Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Salad430 cal · 48g
- Bottled Water0 cal · 0g
430 of 800 cal · 48 g protein
What to tell your server: “A Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Salad and a Bottled Water.”
Get it at the nearest Applebee's →The 20 lightest Applebee's plates
Each dish alone and with its lightest choices, the plates the builder starts from at a tight cap. Every Applebee's row is on the Applebee's calories page and in /data/applebees.json.
| Dish | Comes with | Dish alone | With its lightest choices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Balsamic Chicken Salad | nothing to choose | 430 | 430 |
| California Grilled Chicken Salad | nothing to choose | 460 | 460 |
| USDA Select Sirloin (6 oz) | nothing to choose | 560 | 560 |
| Grilled Chicken Breast | nothing to choose | 560 | 560 |
| USDA Select Sirloin (8 oz) | nothing to choose | 620 | 620 |
| Crispy Chicken Tender Salad with Grilled Chicken | nothing to choose | 640 | 640 |
| Grilled Chicken Balsamic Berry Salad | nothing to choose | 660 | 660 |
| Blackened Cajun Salmon | nothing to choose | 690 | 690 |
| Oriental Chicken Salad with Grilled Chicken | nothing to choose | 710 | 710 |
| Tex-Mex Shrimp Bowl | nothing to choose | 710 | 710 |
| Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp | nothing to choose | 800 | 800 |
| Bourbon Street Steak | nothing to choose | 820 | 820 |
| Caesar Salad with Blackened Shrimp | nothing to choose | 830 | 830 |
| Crispy Chicken Tender Salad | nothing to choose | 830 | 830 |
| Southwest Chicken Bowl | nothing to choose | 830 | 830 |
| Ribeye (12 oz) | nothing to choose | 870 | 870 |
| Oriental Chicken Salad with Crispy Chicken | nothing to choose | 900 | 900 |
| Shrimp 'N Parmesan Sirloin | nothing to choose | 910 | 910 |
| Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken | nothing to choose | 950 | 950 |
| Lemon Parmesan Chicken | nothing to choose | 1,030 | 1,030 |
Eat at Applebee's without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Applebee's meal under your calorie goal — at the location nearest you — and lets you swap items to hit your protein. Free on iPhone.
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