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Texas Roadhouse under 800 calories: 16 plates, ranked

Of the 56 dishes we track at Texas Roadhouse, 16 come to 800 calories or less with the sides and choices they come with — 29%. The most protein in one plate under 800 is the USDA Choice Sirloin (11 oz) with a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans, 103 g for 790 calories, and it is the most filling of them by protein and fiber per calorie too. 40 dishes do not fit under 800.

Source: Texas Roadhouse nutrition guide (official) · Data refreshed

As of October 2026, 16 of the 56 Texas Roadhouse dishes we track come to 800 calories or less with the choices they come with, and the most protein in a complete Texas Roadhouse meal under 800 is 104 g (An 11 oz USDA Choice Sirloin with a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans, and a Diet Coke).

Three complete Texas Roadhouse meals under 800 calories

Under 800, the most-protein meal is built on the USDA Choice Sirloin (11 oz) (460 cal for the dish alone), which leaves 340 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.

Most protein

  • USDA Choice Sirloin (11 oz)460 cal · 84g
  • House Side Salad Included side230 cal · 13g
  • Green Beans Included side100 cal · 6g
  • Diet Coke0 cal · 1g

790 of 800 cal · 104 g protein

What to tell your server: “An 11 oz USDA Choice Sirloin with a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans, and a Diet Coke.”

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Most filling

  • USDA Choice Sirloin (11 oz)460 cal · 84g
  • House Side Salad Included side230 cal · 13g
  • Green Beans Included side100 cal · 6g
  • Diet Coke0 cal · 1g

790 of 800 cal · 104 g protein

What to tell your server: “An 11 oz USDA Choice Sirloin with a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans, and a Diet Coke.”

Get it at the nearest Texas Roadhouse →

Lightest

  • House Salad230 cal · 13g
  • Dasani Bottled Water0 cal · 0g

230 of 800 cal · 13 g protein

What to tell your server: “A House Salad, no dressing, and a Dasani Bottled Water.”

Get it at the nearest Texas Roadhouse →

Every Texas Roadhouse plate under 800 calories, ranked by protein

One row per dish, counted once with the best choices that still fit under 800 — by grams of protein, then calories. The median plate under 800 is 750 calories. Figures as Texas Roadhouse published them, rounded to whole numbers (how we check them).

Texas Roadhouse plates under 800 calories
#DishCounted withFromCalories as countedProteinProtein / 100 cal
1USDA Choice Sirloin (11 oz)a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans670790103g13.0g
2Grilled BBQ Chicken & Sirloinapplesauce and green beans80080098g12.3g
3Chicken Critters & Sirloinsautéed mushrooms and green beans, no dipping sauce73074081g10.9g
4USDA Choice Sirloin (8 oz)a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans55067080g11.9g
5Dallas Filet (8 oz)a house side salad (no dressing) and green beans57069079g11.4g
6New York Strip - 8 oz. Thick Cuta house side salad (no dressing) and green beans63075076g10.1g
7Smothered Chicken with Jack Cheesea house side salad (no dressing) and green beans64076074g9.7g
8Herb Crusted Chickenmac and cheese and green beans47074070g9.5g
9USDA Choice Sirloin (6 oz)mac and cheese and green beans46073069g9.5g
10Grilled BBQ Chickenmac and cheese and green beans51078069g8.8g
11Dallas Filet (6 oz)mac and cheese and green beans48075068g9.1g
12Grilled Pork Chops - Single Chopa house side salad (no dressing) and green beans65077061g7.9g
13Chicken Critter Saladno dressing69069056g8.1g
14Chicken Crittersseasoned corn and green beans, no dipping sauce69077056g7.3g
15House SaladCaesar dressing23077017g2.2g
16Caesar Saladserved as listed4404406g1.4g

What 800 calories buys at Texas Roadhouse

The 8 lightest plates under 800: Caesar Salad (440), USDA Choice Sirloin (8 oz) (670), Chicken Critter Salad (690), Dallas Filet (8 oz) (690), USDA Choice Sirloin (6 oz) (730), Chicken Critters & Sirloin (740), Herb Crusted Chicken (740) and Dallas Filet (6 oz) (750). Across the 16 plates on this page, the choices a dish comes with add as much as 540 calories. The heaviest plate that still fits is the Grilled BBQ Chicken & Sirloin with applesauce and green beans at 800 calories, exactly at the cap.

What doesn't fit under 800

40 of 56 Texas Roadhouse dishes are over 800 calories even with their lightest choices; the lightest of them, the Grilled Salmon Salad, misses by 30 calories at 830. With more room, see Texas Roadhouse under 1,000. Closest misses: Grilled Salmon Salad (from 830), New York Strip - 12 oz. Traditional Cut (from 850), Grilled Shrimp Dinner (9 Shrimp) (from 870), 6 oz. Sirloin & Grilled Shrimp (from 880) and USDA Choice Sirloin (16 oz) (from 880).

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Under 800 calories at other chains

The same cap at 3 other sit-down chains, where a dish is also counted with its sides. The counter chains are ranked on fast food under 500 calories.