Keto at Jack In The Box is doable as long as you know how to customize your dish. The casual dining spot serves all-day breakfast, burgers, tacos, sandwiches, and salads.
You can eat low carb at Jack In The Box by avoiding crumbed or coated meat, fries, and sauces. Opt for a salad with ranch dressing, a bunless burger without ketchup, or a breakfast sandwich sans the bread.
Here are the top low carb Jack In The Box options, based on the website’s nutrition information.
Meat Lovers Breakfast Burrito
The Meat Lovers’ Breakfast Burrito is a popular option at Jack In The Box. It contains scrambled eggs, cheese, ham, bacon, sausage, and salsa wrapped in a tortilla. To make it keto friendly, skip the tortilla and ask to have it served in a bowl.
Without the tortilla, it contains 505 calories, 41g fat, 30g protein, 4g carbs, and 2g net carbs.
What to order: Meat Lovers’ Breakfast Burrito without the flour tortilla.
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, 7g fat, 5g carbs, 0g fiber, and 43g 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, 8g fat, 12g carbs (8g net carbs), 4g fiber, and 30g 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, 45g fat, 15g carbs (11g net carb), 4g fiber, and 40g 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, 49g fat, 29g carbs, 1g fiber, and 25g 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, 31g fat, 30g carbs, 1g fiber, and 31g 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, 65g fat, 32g carbs, 1g fiber, and 55g 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, 30g fat, 38g carbs, 3g fiber, and 39g 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, 47g fat, 36g carbs, 2g fiber, and 36g 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, 59g fat, 48g carbs, 3g fiber, and 42g 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 buttery jack classic burger features a quarter-pound beef patty topped with melted garlic herb butter, cheese, ketchup, mayo, lettuce, and tomatoes on a bun.
It contains 860 calories, 58g fat, 51g carbs, 4g fiber, and 37g 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.
