Taco Bell Cantina Menu: Cantina Chicken Prices, Bowls & Calories (2026)

Cantina Chicken is Taco Bell's premium chicken lineup, and its bowl is the most expensive single entrée on the menu. This page lists every item with price and calories, compares the two bowls Taco Bell sells, and shows where the best value sits. The rest of the lineup is on the Taco Bell menus home page.

Taco Bell Cantina menu with prices and calories

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Tacos320 cal

Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco

$3.29Details →

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Tacos260 cal

Cantina Chicken Soft Taco

$3.29Details →

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Burritos570 cal

Cantina Chicken Burrito

$6.29Details →

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Quesadillas650 cal

Cantina Chicken Rolled Quesadilla

$6.99Details →

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Bowls630 cal

Cantina Chicken Bowl

$8.59

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Cantina50 cal

Avocado Verde Salsa (packet)

$0.29

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Combo860-1280 cal

Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco Combo

$10.99Details →

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Combo960-1380 cal

Cantina Chicken Burrito Combo

$11.99Details →

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Combo820-1240 cal

Cantina Chicken Rolled Quesadilla Combo

$11.99Details →

What is Cantina Chicken?

Cantina Chicken is a line of tacos, a burrito, a rolled quesadilla and a bowl built on slow-roasted chicken, sold with an Avocado Verde Salsa packet ($0.29, 50 calories) as an extra. Every Cantina item costs more than its closest standard counterpart:

Taco Bell Cantina vs Cantina Chicken

The names overlap, but they are different things. Taco Bell Cantina is a separate restaurant format found at select locations, with menus, including drinks, that can differ from a standard store. Cantina Chicken is the food line on Taco Bell's regular U.S. online menu, and it is what this page covers.

When can you order Cantina Chicken?

Cantina Chicken is part of the regular menu, which starts when breakfast ends at 11 AM and runs until the restaurant closes. Many stores stay open late, but closing times are set by each location; check the Taco Bell hours guide before a late-night run.

Cantina Chicken Bowl: price and nutrition

The Cantina Chicken Bowl costs $8.59 and has 630 calories, just under a third of the FDA's general 2,000-calorie daily guide. It is the priciest single entrée Taco Bell sells and one of its highest-calorie items.

Calories are the Cantina bowl nutrition figure published on the menu. For protein, fat, carbs and sodium, use the nutrition calculator on Taco Bell's website, which updates when recipes change. To lighten the bowl, ask for "easy" cheese or remove any creamy sauce, and use free sauce packets for heat.

Because it has no tortilla, the bowl is a common choice for people limiting wheat. Taco Bell does not certify any item as gluten-free, though, and shared kitchens mean cross-contact can happen. The burrito, soft taco and rolled quesadilla all use flour tortillas, which contain wheat. Read the Taco Bell gluten-free and allergen guide before ordering.

Cantina Chicken burrito, tacos and rolled quesadilla

• Cantina Chicken Burrito – $6.29, 570 calories. The most expensive burrito on the menu; the combo is $11.99. See how it compares on the Taco Bell burritos page.
• Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco – $3.29, 320 calories. The crunchier, heartier of the two tacos. Its $10.99 combo is the cheapest Cantina combo.
• Cantina Chicken Soft Taco – $3.29, 260 calories. The lightest item in the line. Other taco options are on the Taco Bell tacos page.
• Cantina Chicken Rolled Quesadilla – $6.99, 650 calories. The highest-calorie Cantina item. Its $11.99 combo costs $0.50 less than the Chicken Quesadilla Combo; both are compared on the quesadillas and nachos page.

Taco Bell bowls: Cantina Chicken Bowl vs Veggie Bowl

As of October 2026, Taco Bell's national online menu lists two full-size bowls:

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Bowls630 cal

Cantina Chicken Bowl

$8.59

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Bowls510 calVeggie

Veggie Bowl

$7.99

The Veggie Bowl costs $0.60 less and has 120 fewer calories. Because it is lacto-ovo vegetarian, it may contain dairy; for a vegan-style bowl, remove cheese, sour cream and creamy sauces. More meatless builds are on the Taco Bell vegetarian menu page.

Smaller and test bowls

For a cheaper bowl-style meal, the Mini Taco Salad on the Luxe Value Menu costs $2.49 and has 280 calories. In October 2026, some Houston-area stores are also testing mini bowls, including a Mini Fiesta Bowl ($2.99), Mini Tostada Bowl ($2.79) and Mini Chicken Tostada Bowl ($2.99). That test is not nationwide, so don't expect those bowls elsewhere.

Best value on the Cantina Chicken menu

Two Cantina Chicken Crispy Tacos cost $6.58 and total 640 calories, about the same as the bowl for $2.01 less. The bowl ranks last on calories per dollar, so you are paying for the format rather than more food.

The Soft Taco, at 260 calories, is the lightest way to try the line. More lower-calorie choices are collected in the healthiest Taco Bell menu items guide.

Cantina Chicken combos

Three Cantina items come as combos. Each combo's calorie range depends on the options you choose, so check what's included at your store in the app.

The Rolled Quesadilla Combo adds $5.00 to the quesadilla's price, while the Burrito Combo adds $5.70 to the burrito's, so the quesadilla combo gives you more for the upgrade.

Cheaper chicken alternatives

If $6 to $9 is more than you want to spend on chicken, the value side of the menu has several options under $3:

• Classic Chicken Crunchadilla ($2.00, 280 calories): grilled white-meat chicken and three-cheese blend, with 15 grams of protein. Limited time.
• 3 Cheese Chicken Flatbread Melt ($2.39, 320 calories)
• Avocado Ranch Chicken Stacker ($2.99, 350 calories)

Two Crunchadillas ($4.00) cost less than one Cantina Chicken Burrito and total 560 calories versus 570.

How to order Cantina Chicken

• Add salsa: Avocado Verde Salsa packets cost $0.29 each and add 50 calories, far fewer than a side of a creamy sauce such as Avocado Ranch (220) or Chipotle (200).
• Free heat: grab a few Mild, Hot, Fire or Diablo packets; they're free and calorie-free.
• Customize in the app: the Taco Bell app offers add, remove, "easy" and "extra" options on most ingredients.
• Use Taco Bell Rewards: Rewards members ordering in the app often get early access to new items.
• Compare boxes: the limited-time $9 Discovery Luxe Box, with two Slow-Roasted Chicken Double Dipping Burritos, a Chalupa Supreme, Cinnamon Twists and a medium drink, costs $1.99 to $2.99 less than a Cantina combo. See the Taco Bell Luxe Box page.