Jack In The Box is a jack of all trades and one of the top fast food restaurants. The casual dining spot serves everything you can think of, including breakfast all day long, burgers, tacos, chicken nuggets, fish sandwiches, and salads.
You can eat low carb here by avoiding breaded meat, bread, and sauces. Opt for a salad with ranch dressing, a bunless burger without any sauce or ketchup, or a breakfast sandwich sans the bread.
Here are the top low carb and keto-friendly options you can order at Jack In The Box in order from the lowest carbs to highest, based on the website’s nutrition information.
Grilled Chicken Strips
Most crispy chicken strips and nuggets contain breaded meat, which has too many carbs to be eaten on a keto diet.
According to the nutrition information, Jack In The Box offers grilled chicken strips that contain 199 calories, 7 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbs, 0 grams of fiber, and 43 grams of protein for every four pieces.
We noticed that the grilled chicken strips are not offered on the main website. You may have to ask if your Jack In The Box location offers these.
What to order: a four-piece order of the grilled chicken strips with ranch dipping sauce.
Grilled Chicken Salad
The grilled chicken salad comes with grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, and croutons over a bed of lettuce with low-fat balsamic dressing.
If you get it without croutons or dressing, it will contain 230 calories, 8 grams of fat, 12 grams of carbs (8 grams net carbs), 4 grams of fiber, and 30 grams of protein.
Ask for ranch dressing instead of low-fat balsamic to keep your carbs down.
What to order: the grilled chicken salad with ranch dressing and avoid croutons.
Grilled Chicken Club Salad with Grilled Chicken Strips
The grilled chicken club salad comes with your choice of grilled or crispy (breaded) chicken, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, bacon, and croutons over a bed of lettuce with ranch dressing.
If you go with grilled chicken and hold the croutons, this salad will contain 618 calories, 45 grams of fat, 15 grams of carbs (11 grams net carb), 4 grams of fiber, and 40 grams of protein.
What to order: the chicken club salad with grilled chicken, no croutons, and ranch dressing.
Extreme Sausage Sandwich
Jack In The Box serves breakfast all day, which means you can always get a sandwich with meat, cheese, and a fried egg.
Most breakfast sandwiches do not contain sauce, so you won’t have to worry about holding any. Toss the bread to keep it low-carb.
The extreme sausage sandwich is a breakfast sandwich that comes with two sausage patties, two slices of American cheese, and an egg on a bun.
It contains 650 calories, 49 grams of fat, 29 grams of carbs, 1 gram of fiber, and 25 grams of protein.
You can stick to the low carb diet with around 1 gram by holding the bun.
What to order: the extreme sausage sandwich minus the bun.
Ultimate Breakfast Sandwich
The ultimate breakfast sandwich has two eggs, two slices of American cheese, and two slices of ham and bacon on a bun.
It contains 520 calories, 31 grams of fat, 30 grams of carbs, 1 gram of fiber, and 31 grams of protein.
You can eliminate almost all of the carbs by holding the bun.
What to order: the ultimate breakfast sandwich minus the bun.
Bacon Ultimate Cheeseburger
The bacon ultimate cheeseburger comes with two quarter-pound beef patties, American and Swiss cheese, mayo, mustard, ketchup, and three slices of bacon on a bun.
It contains 930 calories, 65 grams of fat, 32 grams of carbs, 1 gram of fiber, and 55 grams of protein.
You can reduce the net carbs to one or two grams by holding the bun and ketchup.
What to order: the bacon ultimate cheeseburger minus the bun and ketchup.
Sourdough Grilled Chicken Club
The sourdough grilled chicken club sandwich comes with chicken, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo on sourdough bread.
It has 580 calories, 30 grams of fat, 38 grams of carbs, 3 grams of fiber, and 39 grams of protein.
You will need to hold the bread to keep it low-carb or toss it when it comes.
What to order: the sourdough grilled chicken club minus the bread.
Loaded Breakfast Sandwich
The loaded breakfast sandwich contains eggs, bacon, ham, sausage, and American cheese on sourdough bread.
It contains 707 calories, 47 grams of fat, 36 grams of carbs, 2 grams of fiber, and 36 grams of protein.
However, you can reduce the carbs to nearly 0 grams by holding the bread.
What to order: the loaded breakfast sandwich minus the sourdough bread.
Buttery Jack Burger Swiss and Bacon
The buttery jack with Swiss and bacon contains a quarter-pound beef patty topped with garlic herb butter, bacon, Swiss cheese, and creamy bacon mayo on a bun.
It contains 890 calories, 59 grams of fat, 48 grams of carbs, 3 grams of fiber, and 42 grams of protein.
To keep it low-carb, you will need to hold the bun.
What to order: the buttery jack with Swiss cheese and bacon without the bun.
Buttery Jack Burger Classic
The swiss buttery jack classic burger features a quarter-pound beef patty topped with melted garlic herb butter, Swiss cheese, ketchup, mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes on a bun.
It contains 860 calories, 58 grams of fat, 51 grams of carbs, 4 grams of fiber, and 37 grams of protein.
However, you can reduce the net carbs to one or two grams by holding the bun and ketchup.
What to order: the buttery jack classic burger without the bun or ketchup.
Conclusion
Jack In The Box serves a hodgepodge of many different foods, including breakfast foods, sandwiches, low carb jack burgers, tacos, salads, and more.
Breakfast is served all day! You can eat low-carb here by sticking with a breakfast sandwich minus the bun. You can also go with a butter burger minus the bun and ketchup. Although bacon curly fries sound delicious – make sure to stay away!
They also offer two grilled chicken salads that you can enjoy with a low-carb dressing, such as ranch, and no croutons. Be sure to stick with water or unsweetened tea as your beverage.
For more places to eat, check our low carb eating out guide.
