Guzman y Gomez Chicken Tenders

The 13 tender items cover two or three crispy chicken tenders with a sauce, or a tenders-and-fries combo. Calories run from 273 Cal for two tenders with ketchup to 977 Cal for tenders and fries with chipotle mayo.

Two tenders with ketchup are 273 Cal; swap the sauce to chipotle mayo and the same two tenders are 440 Cal, a gap of 167 Cal from the dip alone. BBQ (302 Cal) and honey habanero ranch (356 Cal) fall in between. Tenders all contain wheat from the crumb coating, so none are gluten-friendly, and protein is moderate at 16.6 g for two or 24.7 g for three.

Choose ketchup or BBQ, and keep fries as an optional side: the tenders-and-fries combos start at 763 Cal, against 273 Cal for two tenders with ketchup. Or put the tenders on a Caesar salad or in a crispy tender taco at 256 Cal.

Sauce choice is worth checking before you order: the GYG sauces and dips page lists the calories, sugar and sodium of every option. Tenders are also salty. Three tenders with BBQ sauce carry 1,430 mg of sodium, about 72% of the 2,000 mg daily reference, and the combo with fries and chipotle mayo reaches 1,700 mg. See the GYG sodium ranking for how that compares with the rest of the menu.