High Protein Comfort Food: 10 Takeout Classics, Ranked by Protein

The best high protein comfort food at a big chain is rotisserie chicken or wings. Swiss Chalet’s Quarter Chicken Dinner has 63g of protein, and Little Caesars’ Oven Roasted wings have 56g.

This guide is for the nights you want the cozy, greasy, cheesy thing and still care about protein. You’ll get the highest-protein version of 10 comfort food classics, from burgers to poutine.

What is high protein comfort food

High protein comfort food is the food you crave on a bad day, in the version with the most protein. It’s still a burger or a poutine, just the order that does the most for you.

We judged each one by protein per 100 calories. That tells you how much protein you get for the calories, so a heavy dish with lots of protein can still score well.

These aren’t light meals, and they don’t have to be. Comfort food is allowed to be comfort food.

The best high protein comfort food, one per craving

For each comfort food, we picked the order with the best mix of protein and protein per calorie at the chains in our data. Every number comes from the chain’s official Canadian nutrition guide, as of October 2026.

Comfort food	Order	Calories	Protein	Protein per 100 cal
Burger	Dairy Queen Hamburger, Triple	630	48g	7.6g
Fried chicken	Popeyes Tenders, Classic	350	31g	8.9g
Wings	Little Caesars Caesar Wings, Oven Roasted	560	56g	10.0g
Hot chicken sandwich	St-Hubert Hot chicken, white meat	440	38g	8.6g
Rotisserie chicken dinner	Swiss Chalet Quarter Chicken Dinner, White Meat	540	63g	11.7g
Grilled cheese	Tim Hortons Bacon Grilled Cheese Melt	650	35g	5.4g
Pizza	Tim Hortons Chicken Parmesan Flatbread Pizza	760	48g	6.3g
Pasta	Boston Pizza Baked Seven-Cheese Ravioli	710	39g	5.5g
Mac and cheese	Boston Pizza Mac & Cheese	1120	49g	4.4g
Poutine	St-Hubert Chicken poutine, white meat	1240	66g	5.3g

Burgers and fried chicken

Dairy Queen’s triple hamburger has 48g of protein in 630 calories, more than many chicken sandwiches. Popeyes’ Classic Tenders give you 31g in 350 calories.

St-Hubert’s hot chicken is the sleeper pick, with 38g of protein in 440 calories. It’s gravy, bread and chicken, so it ticks the comfort box.

Pizza, pasta and grilled cheese

Tim Hortons’ Chicken Parmesan Flatbread Pizza has 48g of protein in 760 calories. Boston Pizza’s Baked Seven-Cheese Ravioli has 39g in 710.

Tim Hortons’ Bacon Grilled Cheese Melt has 35g of protein. It’s the grilled cheese with the most protein in our data.

Poutine and mac and cheese go big

St-Hubert’s chicken poutine with white meat has 66g of protein, but it’s 1,240 calories. A regular Harvey’s Classic Poutine is 700 calories with 22g.

Boston Pizza’s Mac & Cheese has 49g of protein in 1,120 calories. Split either one and you have comfort food for two nights.

Want it lighter?

Tim Hortons Chili is cozy at 300 calories with 21g of protein. It’s the lightest comfort food in this guide.

How Pleit finds high protein comfort food

Tell Pleit what you’re craving, like “comfort food with protein” or “cheesy but 40g protein”. It checks every meal in its database and gives you three picks with the numbers.

Pleit doesn’t push you toward a salad. If you want poutine, it shows you the poutine that fits best.

The protein calculator works out your daily target. Or ask Pleit on the homepage for high protein comfort food tonight.

Frequently Asked Questions

What comfort food is high in protein?

Rotisserie chicken, wings, burgers and hot chicken sandwiches are the strongest. Swiss Chalet’s Quarter Chicken Dinner has 63g of protein.

Is there a high protein pizza?

Tim Hortons’ Chicken Parmesan Flatbread Pizza has 48g of protein. Chicken or meat toppings add the most.

What is the highest protein poutine?

In our data, St-Hubert’s chicken poutine with white meat has 66g of protein in 1,240 calories. Osmow’s large Beef Shawarma Poutine has more, but at 1,710 calories.

Where do these numbers come from?

Every value comes from each chain’s official Canadian nutrition guide. Sides, sauces and drinks aren’t included unless the meal name says so.