12 Highest-Protein Taco Bell Foods

Grilled Cheese Burrito: 23-29 grams

The grilled cheese burritos are made with a nacho cheese sauce and extra three-cheese blend sprinkled on top and grilled. It ranges from 23 grams of protein for beans to 26 grams for just cheese, 28 grams for steak, and 29 grams for chicken.

Quesadilla: 18-29 grams

If you opt for the purist’s quesadilla — just the three-cheese blend and a flour tortilla — you’ll get 18 grams of protein. Add steak and chicken and that number soars to 26 grams. Go for the Cantina Chicken version, which includes slow-roasted chicken, and you’ll get 29 gams, one of the highest-protein offerings on the menu.

Breakfast Quesadilla: 23-28 grams

What makes a quesadilla count as breakfast? Eggs, which are sandwiched between a flour tortilla along with a meat (there’s sausage for 23 grams of protein, bacon for 25 grams, and steak for 28 grams) and cheese to deliver a quesadilla with a solid 28 grams of protein.

Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito: 21-27 grams

Eggs, cheese, and potato bites, wrapped in a flour tortilla and grilled. That sounds good any time of day, to be honest. You’ll get 21 grams of protein if you add sausage, 23 grams for bacon, and 27 grams for steak.

Cantina Chicken Burrito: 25 grams

This is basically the Cantina Chicken Bowl, but wrapped in a a grilled flour tortilla. Cross your fingers that the Avocado Verde Salsa Packet isn’t out of stock by the time you place your oder.

Cantina Chicken Bowl: 25 grams

Taco Bell’s bowls are surprisingly colorful — a sign that they’re packed with nutrient-rich veggies. This one includes chicken, beans, and cheese (all high in protein), as well as purple cabbage, fresh pico de gallo, guac, and seasoned rice.

Breakfast Crunchwrap: 21-24 grams

Taco Bell’s beloved Crunchwrap also exists in breakfast form, clocking in at 21 grams of protein if you order it with bacon or sausage and 24 grams of protein if you opt for steak.

Hash Brown Toasted Breakfast Burrito: 18-24 grams

Choose from sausage (18 grams of protein), bacon (20 grams of protein), or steak (24 grams) in this burrito that combines the best of both worlds — burritos and hash browns — while providing plenty of protein.

Cheesy Double Beef Burrito: 21 grams

It contains double the seasoned beef as a regular crunchy taco — and the protein content proves it.

Cheesy Gordita Crunch: 20 grams

This beloved menu option features a crunch taco wrapped in a warm flatbread with cheese between the layers. There’s the regular version and the Doritos Nacho Cheese version, and both deliver 20 grams of protein.

Three-Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt: 20 grams

This soft flatbread has cheese, cheese sauce, and chicken, all of which add in protein for a grand total of 20 grams.

Nachos BellGrande: 17-20 grams

Your basic nachos, with beans, cheese sauce, and beef (for 17 grams of protein), steak, or chicken (each for 20 grams of protein).

Kaley Rohlinger is a freelance writer for PS who focuses on health, fitness, food, and lifestyle content. She has a background in the marketing and communications industry and has written for PS for over four years.