Carrabba's Italian Grill under 500 calories: 10 plates, ranked

Of the 48 dishes we track at Carrabba's Italian Grill, 10 come to 500 calories or less with the sides and choices they come with — 21%. The most protein in one plate under 500 is the Tuscan-Grilled Chicken with sautéed broccoli, 60 g for 410 calories, and it is the most filling of them by protein and fiber per calorie too. 38 dishes do not fit under 500.

Source: Carrabba's Italian Grill nutrition guide (official), May 2026 edition · Data refreshed October 17, 2026

• 10 plates under 500
• 60g most protein in one plate
• 60g protein in a full meal
• 38 dishes over 500

As of October 2026, 10 of the 48 Carrabba's Italian Grill dishes we track come to 500 calories or less with the choices they come with, and the most protein in a complete Carrabba's Italian Grill meal under 500 is 60 g (A Tuscan-Grilled Chicken with sautéed broccoli).

Three complete Carrabba's Italian Grill meals under 500 calories

Under 500, the most-protein meal is built on the Tuscan-Grilled Chicken (270 cal for the dish alone), which leaves 230 calories for the sides it comes with and a drink. One plate — a dish with a valid pick for each choice it comes with, never the same row twice — and at most one drink: the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included.

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Every Carrabba's Italian Grill plate under 500 calories, ranked by protein

One row per dish, counted once with the best choices that still fit under 500 — by grams of protein, then calories. The median plate under 500 is 405 calories. Figures as Carrabba's Italian Grill published them, rounded to whole numbers (how we check them).

What 500 calories buys at Carrabba's Italian Grill

The 8 lightest plates under 500: Minestrone Soup, Bowl (270), Tuscan-Grilled Sirloin (7 oz) (310), Mama Mandola's Sicilian Chicken Soup, Bowl (320), Tomato Basil Soup, Bowl (370), Tuscan-Grilled Pork Chop (One Chop) (400), Tuscan-Grilled Chicken (410), Simply Grilled Trout (430) and Tuscan-Grilled Sirloin (10 oz) (440). Across the 10 plates on this page, the choices a dish comes with add as much as 140 calories. The heaviest plate that still fits is the Sausage & Lentil Soup, Bowl at 490 calories, 10 under the cap.

What doesn't fit under 500

38 of 48 Carrabba's Italian Grill dishes are over 500 calories even with their lightest choices; the lightest of them, the Chicken Marsala, misses by 5 calories at 505. With more room, see Carrabba's Italian Grill under 600. Closest misses: Chicken Marsala (from 505), Spiedino di Mare (Shrimp & Scallops) (from 530), Chicken Bryan (from 535), Simply Grilled Salmon (from 540) and Pollo Rosa Maria (from 550).

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Under 500 calories at other chains

The same cap at 2 other sit-down chains, where a dish is also counted with its sides. The counter chains are ranked on fast food under 500 calories.

• California Pizza Kitchen under 500
• Beef 'O' Brady's under 500