Chic-Fil -A is a popular fast food chain in the United States, specializing in Chicken, mainly chicken sandwiches. In the US and many other countries world wide the Keto diet is gaining many followers, keen to achieve weight and fat loss effectively. In order to adapt to new trends in the eat out market, Chic-Fil-A like many food outlets around the world have adapted or introduced menu items that customers on a Keto diet, may order, guilt free, off menu.
Here’s a guide to the dos and don’ts … to have Chic-Fil-A, Ketogenic.
Breakfast Items (Typically available only until 10:30am):
Egg White Grill: 0g net carbs (without the English muffin)
Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit: 1g net carbs (without the biscuit)
Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit: 1g net carbs (without the biscuit)
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl: 1g net carbs (without the hash browns, with chicken)
Hash Brown Scramble Bowl: 1g net carbs (without the hash browns, with sausage)
In particular, it is worth noting that the Sausage, Egg and Cheese entrée without the biscuit as well as the Hash Brown Scramble Bowl with sausage but without the hash brown entrée are 2 items in the menu that are high fat and have the most fat-friendly macros
Regular Items:
Grilled Chicken Sandwich at 3g net carbs (without the bun)
Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich at 3g net carbs (without the bun)
Grilled Nuggets at 2g net carbs (without the bun)
Cobb Salad with Grilled Chicken: 10g net carbs
Sauces:
Even the Chic-Fil-A salad dressings and sauces are friendly to the keto diet, sauces such as Garden & Herb Ranch Sauce; Zesty Buffalo Sauces; Creamy Salsa Dressing; Light Italian Dressing; Avocado Lime Ranch Dressing all fall within the 0-3g net carb range. The lowest carb sauce being the zesty buffalo sauce at 0g net carbs and the highest, the light Italian Dressing at 3g net carbs.
Items to Avoid:
Sides to avoid – The Superfood side or salad, which is filled with high carb ingredients such as maple syrup, dried cherries and glazed nuts
Sauce to avoid: Polynesian sauce.
Dessert to avoid: ALL of them as they range from 38g net carbs for the frosted coffee to 84g net carbs for the chocolate milkshake.
Lunch/dinner entree to avoid: Fried Chick-n-Strips. 20g net carbs.
Beverage to avoid: Orange juice. 38g net carbs.