Hardee's calorie calculator: build an order under your cap
Set a calorie cap from 200 to 1,500 and build a Hardee's order from 57 single orders — 25 entrées, 6 sides and 26 breakfast items — using the figures in a copy of Hardee's nutrition guide hosted by a third party (healthyfastfood.org), rounded to whole calories and grams. The lightest meal-sized main is the Hamburger (Small) at 250 calories; the heaviest entrée, the Monster Double Thickburger, is 1,400. The most protein in a complete meal under 500 is 43 g.
Source: healthyfastfood.org (third-party host) · Data refreshed
- 57 single orders
- 250 cal lightest main
- 43g protein in a meal under 500
- 200–1,500 cal cap range
As of October 2026, 57 Hardee's single orders can go into a built order, and the most protein in a complete Hardee's meal under 500 calories is 43 g (5 Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders, a side of Green Beans, and a water).
Build your Hardee's order
Pick a cap, choose what matters, then add, swap or remove items; the total, the macros and the words to say at the counter update as you go, and the link in the address bar carries your order.
Three complete Hardee's meals under 500 calories
Starting points for the builder — One meal-sized entrée, up to two different sides and a drink — the MinMax app's meal and the best under the cap, drink included (water only where no published drink fits; the lightest meal takes a zero-calorie drink, or water).
Most protein
- Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5)440 cal · 41g
- Green Beans60 cal · 2g
- Water0 cal
500 of 500 cal · 43 g protein
What to say at the counter: “5 Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders, a side of Green Beans, and a water — 500 cal, 43 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →Most filling
- Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5)440 cal · 41g
- Green Beans60 cal · 2g
- Water0 cal
500 of 500 cal · 43 g protein
What to say at the counter: “5 Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders, a side of Green Beans, and a water — 500 cal, 43 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →Lightest
- Hamburger (Small)250 cal · 11g
- Water0 cal
250 of 500 cal · 11 g protein
What to say at the counter: “A small Hamburger and a water — 250 cal, 11 g protein.”
Get it at the nearest Hardee's →The 20 lightest meal-sized mains at Hardee's
Meal-sized entrées and breakfast mains (at least 150 calories or 10 g protein), lightest first — the mains the builder builds on at a tight cap; sides and drinks are added in the builder. Every Hardee's item is in the full table on the Hardee's calories page and in /data/hardees.json (each row carries its role and id).
| Item | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|
| Hamburger (Small) | 250 | 11g |
| Cheeseburger (Small) | 300 | 13g |
| Charbroiled Slider (Double) | 360 | 19g |
| Jelly Biscuit | 390 | 5g |
| Jumbo Chili Dog | 390 | 15g |
| Crispy Curls (Medium) | 420 | 5g |
| Sunrise Croissant (Bacon) | 420 | 18g |
| Frisco Breakfast Sandwich | 430 | 24g |
| Hand Breaded Chicken Tenders (5) | 440 | 41g |
| Beyond Breakfast Sausage Biscuit | 480 | 16g |
| Big Roast Beef | 500 | 30g |
| Country Ham Biscuit | 510 | 16g |
| Loaded Hash Round Bowl | 510 | 16g |
| Big Hot Ham 'N' Cheese | 530 | 34g |
| Double Cheeseburger | 530 | 25g |
| Redhook Beer-Battered Cod Fish Sandwich | 530 | 20g |
| Big Cheeseburger | 540 | 28g |
| Pork Chop 'n Gravy Biscuit | 550 | 13g |
| Loaded Breakfast Burrito | 580 | 30g |
| Big Chicken Fillet Sandwich | 590 | 21g |
Eat at Hardee's without blowing your cap
MinMax finds the best Hardee'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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