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LongHorn Steakhouse Keto Guide 2026: What to Order (Net Carbs per Item)

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Yes, LongHorn is one of the easiest chain restaurants for keto. Plain grilled steak and chicken have almost no carbs, and you can swap the potato or rice for broccoli, asparagus, or a salad. One honest note first: LongHorn does not publish a keto menu. This guide is our own ordering guide, built from LongHorn’s real menu items and verified nutrition figures, not an official keto list. The safest picks are Flo’s Filet and the New York Strip at ~0 g carbs, the Lemon Garlic Chicken at ~0 g carbs, the Renegade Sirloin at ~2 g carbs, and the Redrock Grilled Shrimp at ~2 g carbs. The LongHorn Salmon works too, but only with the rice swapped, because it comes in a sweet bourbon marinade served over rice. The one “safe” pick to watch is the Parmesan Crusted Chicken. It still works on keto, but its crust adds about 8 g carbs, the most of any item on the safe list below. Skip the free honey wheat bread, the breaded appetizers, and the sweet drinks, and a full LongHorn meal can stay in single-digit carbs. Prices vary by location, and every price below is a researched 2026 range, checked November 2026. See the full menu with prices →

Jump to: Best keto orders · By category · Swaps and sides · What to avoid · Sample meals · Low-carb overall · How we keep this accurate · FAQs

Best keto orders at LongHorn (net carbs per item)

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These are the main dishes on their own, steak, chicken, or fish only, with no sides added yet. Sides are covered in the swaps section below.

Prices are USD, checked November 2026. Prices vary by location, so your LongHorn may charge slightly more or less.

A quick note on net carbs: for plain grilled meat and fish, net carbs and total carbs are about the same. There is almost no fiber in a plain steak, so there is nothing to subtract. That is why the carb counts above are so low, and that is why breading, crusts, and sweet sauces are where the carbs hide.

A note on the salmon: the LongHorn Salmon is not plain grilled fish. It is marinated in LongHorn’s signature bourbon marinade, which is sweet, and it is served over rice by default. The rice alone adds about 230 calories on top of the fish. The salmon still works on keto if you ask for the rice swapped for broccoli or asparagus, but it is an ask-first pick, not a plain-grilled safe pick, and we do not print a carb count for it because we could not verify one.

Warning on the ribs: the Baby Back Ribs make this list only with a catch. The glaze and sauce on ribs carry sugar. We could not verify a carb count for the sauced ribs, so we do not print one. If you order ribs on keto, ask for no sauce, or sauce on the side, so you control how much you use.

The lowest-carb steak on the menu is a tie at the top: Flo’s Filet and the New York Strip, both at ~0 g carbs for the plain grilled steak. Flo’s Filet price, calories & nutrition → The best value keto steak is the Renegade Sirloin →. It starts at the lowest price of any steak here and still lands at only ~2 g carbs. The lowest-carb chicken is the Lemon Garlic Chicken →, also at ~0 g carbs.

What to order by category

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Steaks: the easy part. Any plain grilled steak works: sirloin, filet, strip, T-bone, or ribeye. The seasoning adds very little. Just keep the steak plain, with no sweet sauces on top, and pick a keto side instead of the potato or rice that comes by default.

Chicken: two good picks, one trap. The Lemon Garlic Chicken → is the lowest-carb chicken on the menu: 9 oz, 330 calories, ~0 g carbs, 53 g protein, finished with a lemon garlic butter glaze and no breading or crust. The Parmesan Crusted Chicken → is the chicken to order for flavor: 650 calories (official) and about 8 g carbs from the crust. That is higher than a plain steak, but it still fits a normal keto day. The trap is anything breaded. Hand-breaded tenders and coated wings have a flour coating, and that coating is carbs.

Seafood: simple, with one catch. The Redrock Grilled Shrimp → is 160 calories for 8 shrimp at ~2 g carbs (FatSecret), grilled with a smoky tomato butter glaze and no breading. It is served over rice pilaf by default, so swap the pilaf for steamed broccoli or a side salad. The LongHorn Salmon → (7 oz) is 300 calories before the rice, but it is marinated in a sweet bourbon marinade and served over rice, so it is an ask-first pick: ask for the rice swapped and keep the marinade in mind. We do not print a carb count for the salmon because we could not verify one.

Ribs: only with the sauce change. Half rack, official check $20.99–$22.29, 820 calories (official per-item figure, via a restaurantguru crawl of the official menu). Order them with no sauce or sauce on the side, as explained above. Sauced ribs are not a verified keto pick. Baby Back Ribs price and nutrition →

Salads: check the extras. A side salad is a good keto base, but ask for no croutons. Dressing carbs vary by dressing and by location, and we could not verify one number that fits them all, so pick a simple dressing, ask for it on the side, and use a little. Full salad options are on the salads menu →

Drinks: keep it plain. Water, unsweetened tea, and black coffee are the safe choices. Sweet tea and sodas are sugar drinks, listed at $2.99–$3.49 in our price research, though that figure comes from a thin source, and they do not fit keto. Full drinks list is on the drinks menu →

Swaps & sides

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Your steak comes with a side, so the swap matters as much as the steak. In our price research, regular sides are listed at $3.49 each and signature sides at $5.99 each. That figure comes from a single source (menulonghorn.com), so treat it as a guide, not a promise.

Keto sides to pick:

Steamed broccoli: the classic swap. Plain, filling, and the side used in the sample meals below.

Fresh asparagus: a good pick with a big steak.

Side salad, no croutons: ask for dressing on the side, since dressing carbs vary.

Sides to swap away from:

Loaded baked potato: 440 calories (official per-item figure) before you count the toppings, and a potato is starch, not keto.

Steakhouse mac & cheese: pasta plus sauce.

Seasoned fries: fried potato.

Rice pilaf: rice is one of the highest-carb sides on the menu.

The bread basket: see the avoid list below.

Three simple swap rules:

1. Say “broccoli or asparagus instead of the potato” when you order. It is a normal request and staff hear it often.

2. Ask for sauces and dressings on the side, every time. You decide how much goes on.

3. If a dish comes breaded or crusted, ask what the coating adds before you order, or pick the plain grilled version.

What to avoid on keto at LongHorn

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The free honey wheat bread. This is the honest one: diners love this bread. People say they would go to LongHorn just for it, and it lands on your table free, warm, and first. It is also bread, so it does not fit keto. It is the hardest skip on this list, and the most important one. Ask your server not to bring the basket if that helps.

Texas Tonion. It is breaded and fried. The coating is the problem, not the onion.

Breaded tenders and coated wings. Same rule as above. The breading and coatings add the carbs.

All desserts. To give you the scale: the Chocolate Stampede is 2,460 calories (third-party listings, no official figure published). Dessert at LongHorn is a treat-day choice, not a keto one.

Sweet tea and sodas. Sugar drinks at $2.99–$3.49 (thin source, see above). One glass can use up a full day’s carb limit.

Sweet sauces and glazes. This includes the rib glaze above and the salmon’s sweet bourbon marinade. If a sauce tastes sweet, treat it as sugar until you know better.

Sample keto meals

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1. Budget keto (about $12.29–$21.99 for the steak, before sides and tax)
6 oz Renegade Sirloin (320 cal, ~2 g carbs, 36 g protein, FatSecret) + steamed broccoli + a side salad with no croutons. The cheapest steak on the menu, and the whole plate stays very low in carbs. Renegade Sirloin price, calories & nutrition →

2. The 700-calorie hack (the viral pick)
9 oz Parmesan Crusted Chicken (650 cal, official; ~8 g carbs) + steamed broccoli. This is the meal behind the viral ~700-calorie parmesan chicken hack that spread on TikTok, a full, filling plate that lands at ~700–750 calories once the broccoli is added. It is the highest-carb meal of these three because of the crust, but at ~8 g carbs it still fits keto for most people. Parmesan Crusted Chicken price, calories & nutrition →

3. Big keto (carb-light, calorie-heavy)
Outlaw Ribeye, 20 oz (~1,250 cal, ~2–3 g carbs, 94 g protein, third-party estimate) + fresh asparagus. Be clear about what this meal is: it is carb-light but calorie-heavy. On carbs alone it is an easy keto fit. On calories, it can be most of a day in one plate. Order it as a treat meal, or split it.

Is LongHorn good for low-carb eating overall?

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Yes, better than most chain restaurants, for one simple reason: the core of the menu is grilled meat and fish, served plain. You do not have to rebuild the menu to eat low-carb here. You pick a plain grilled main, swap one side, skip the bread basket, and drink something unsweetened. That is the whole system.

Two honest limits:

We cannot give you an official carb count for every dish. LongHorn publishes no national nutrition PDF and no keto menu. Per-item figures come from official location menus, shown only after you pick a location on the official site, cross-checked against third-party databases like FatSecret. Where a figure is a third-party estimate, this page says so. Where we could not verify a number at all, like the carbs in sauced ribs, the salmon, or in salad dressings, we left it out instead of guessing.

Keto-safe is not the same as gluten-safe. Plain grilled meats have no gluten ingredients, but LongHorn kitchens are not allergen-free, and cross-contact is possible from shared grills, shared prep space, and coatings nearby. If you have celiac disease or a severe gluten allergy, tell your server and speak to the manager before you order.

People ask about keto at LongHorn a lot. It came up four times in our questions research, across Reddit and a YouTube keto video, and “What’s the healthiest / low-carb thing to order?” is a live question on TikTok too. The short answer those threads land on is the same one on this page: plain steak, green side, no bread.

How we keep this page accurate

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Most menu sites copy each other’s numbers, including stale 2020 prices and pages that have not been updated in 500 plus days. We do not. Every price range on this site is checked the same way.

Last checked

This page was last checked November 2026. Figures were re-verified November 8, 2026 against the live dish-page tabs and the project’s price research.

Price sources

Researched 2026 price ranges from the project’s price research (menulonghorn.com, allfoodmenuprices.org, PriceListo and other cross-checks, plus official LongHorn location menu checks, 10 Oct 2026). Side prices ($3.49 regular / $5.99 signature) and drink prices ($2.99–$3.49) are single- or thin-source figures and are labeled as such on the page.

Nutrition sources

No official national nutrition PDF exists, stated honestly rather than faked. Figures labeled “official” come from official per-location menu listings (the salmon and ribs calorie figures via a restaurantguru crawl of the official menu). Figures labeled third-party come from the FatSecret nutrition database and similar cross-checks (Renegade Sirloin, Outlaw Ribeye, Lemon Garlic Chicken, Redrock Grilled Shrimp, Parmesan Crusted Chicken carbs/protein, Flo’s Filet / NY Strip / T-Bone carbs).

Real-people material

Questions hub (keto at LongHorn asked ×4 on Reddit and in a YouTube keto video; “What’s the healthiest / low-carb thing to order?” on TikTok) plus the viral ~700-calorie parmesan chicken hack.

Confidence note, stated honestly

Steak prices and the plain-steak carb counts are strong. The Parmesan Crusted Chicken carb count (~8 g) is a third-party estimate, and the competitor lists ~12 g for the same dish; both are estimates, and we keep our dish-tab figure of ~8 g. Carbs for sauced ribs, the salmon, and salad dressings are not verified and are deliberately not printed as numbers on this page. The 700-calorie hack total is ~700–750 calories per the Parmesan dish tab’s hack section; one body line in that same dish tab says ~750–800, a small internal inconsistency in the dish tab, not in this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What can I eat at LongHorn on keto?

Plain grilled steak, chicken, or salmon with a green side. The best picks are Flo’s Filet (~0 g carbs), the New York Strip (~0 g carbs), the Lemon Garlic Chicken (~0 g carbs), the Renegade Sirloin (~2 g carbs), and the Redrock Grilled Shrimp (~2 g carbs). Swap the potato or rice for steamed broccoli, fresh asparagus, or a side salad with no croutons, and skip the free bread.

What is the lowest-carb steak at LongHorn?

Flo’s Filet and the New York Strip, both at ~0 g carbs for the plain grilled steak. Flo’s Filet (6 oz) is 330 calories (official) at $20.79–$32.99. The New York Strip (12 oz) is 630 calories (official) at $27.49–$28.79. Prices vary by location.

Is the Lemon Garlic Chicken keto?

Yes, it is the lowest-carb chicken on the menu. The 9 oz serving is about 330 calories with ~0 g carbs and 53 g of protein, finished with a lemon garlic butter glaze and no breading or crust. Dinner runs $18.79–$21.49, with lunch from $14.29. Pair it with broccoli or asparagus, not rice or potatoes.

Is the Parmesan Crusted Chicken keto?

Yes, with one note: it has about 8 g carbs, and those carbs come from the crust, which contains breadcrumbs. At 650 calories (official) for the 9 oz portion, it still fits a normal keto day. It is just the highest-carb pick on the safe list. It is also the chicken behind the viral ~700-calorie hack when paired with broccoli.

Can I eat the free bread on keto?

No, honestly, no. The free honey wheat bread is the item diners praise most, and it is still bread. Eating it will use up your carb limit fast. If the basket makes it hard to stick to your plan, ask your server not to bring it.

What sides are keto at LongHorn?

Steamed broccoli, fresh asparagus, and a side salad with no croutons and dressing on the side. Avoid the loaded baked potato, mac & cheese, fries, and rice pilaf. Dressing carbs vary, so use dressing lightly.

Is LongHorn good for low-carb eating overall?

Yes. The core menu is plain grilled meat and fish, so a low-carb meal needs only small changes: a plain main, a green side, no bread, and an unsweetened drink. The limits are the bread basket, breaded items, sweet sauces, and desserts.

Related

More from the LongHorn Steakhouse menu: Flo’s Filet → · Renegade Sirloin → · Lemon Garlic Chicken → · Parmesan Crusted Chicken → · LongHorn Salmon → · Dinner menu → · Lunch menu → · Full menu and prices →

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