Chicago · Mexican

Healthy Mexican food in Chicago

The best Mexican food for protein and calories at 7 local restaurants. Top pick: Coctel Mixto at Cecina Grill.

How this is picked: Local Mexican restaurants in the Chicago area whose menus My Fit Menu has read, excluding big chains. Menus read up to September 29, 2026.

The best dishes

One per restaurant, ranked by protein inside a moderate calorie range.

#	Dish · restaurant	Calories	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Protein / 100 cal	Source
1	Coctel MixtoCecina Grill · Cocteles	488–813	46–76 g	~67 g	~15 g	9.4 g	Estimated
2	Two Choices Chicken Salad5 Rabanitos Restaurante and Taqueria · Chopped Salad	473–788	34–56 g	~22 g	~40 g	7.1 g	Estimated
3	Taco RancheroTaqueria Los Comales 3 · Tacos	364–606	27–45 g	~39 g	~21 g	7.4 g	Estimated
4	Quesadilla AsadaRubi’s Tacos · Quesadillas	390–650	27–45 g	~29 g	~29 g	6.9 g	Estimated
5	Saturday Special 2 Groun Beef TacosDe Pasada · Specials	405–675	27–45 g	~48 g	~23 g	6.7 g	Estimated
6	Chicharron GuisadoCarnitas Uruapan Restaurant	630–1,050	35–59 g	~62 g	~45 g	5.6 g	Estimated
7	Ground Turkey TacoTaylor’s Tacos · Specialty Tacos	248–413	16–26 g	~25 g	~16 g	6.4 g	Estimated

All 7 restaurants

Cecina GrillMexican · Top pick: Coctel Mixto · 488–813 cal · 46–76 g 5 Rabanitos Restaurante and TaqueriaMexican · Top pick: Two Choices Chicken Salad · 473–788 cal · 34–56 g Taqueria Los Comales 3Mexican · Top pick: Taco Ranchero · 364–606 cal · 27–45 g Rubi’s TacosMexican · Top pick: Quesadilla Asada · 390–650 cal · 27–45 g De PasadaMexican · Top pick: Saturday Special 2 Groun Beef Tacos · 405–675 cal · 27–45 g Carnitas Uruapan RestaurantMexican · Top pick: Chicharron Guisado · 630–1,050 cal · 35–59 g Taylor’s TacosMexican · Top pick: Ground Turkey Taco · 248–413 cal · 16–26 g

Where these numbers come from

Nutrition values here are Estimated, not verified restaurant nutrition. They are based on menu descriptions or dish names and assumed ingredients and portions. The displayed ranges use a fixed margin of ±25% for a described dish and ±35% when only its name is available; they are not measured confidence intervals, and actual values may fall outside them. A source label links to the menu used when available, which may not provide nutrition information.

“Best” means the most protein inside a moderate calorie range: 400–650 calories and a 40 g protein target, the same formula as the app’s Fat-loss goal. Portions vary and menus change, so confirm with the restaurant, and never rely on these for allergies.

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