Protein at Hardee's
Every chain menu in America is required to show you calories. Not one is required to print protein on the menu. So here it is — 15 Hardee's items, using the figures Hardee's publishes.
Source: Hardee's published nutrition, read 22 October 2026.
Ranked by protein per 100 g
Not by total. A big salad can carry a lot of protein and still be mostly volume — which matters if you can’t finish a large plate. Items without a published serving weight are listed after.
| Item | Protein | per 100 g | Serving |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders (3 pc)three hand-breaded tenders, standard build | 25 g | 19.5 | 128 g |
| Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders (5 pc)five hand-breaded tenders, standard build | 41 g | 19.2 | 213 g |
| Hardee's Friscohardee's frisco, standard build | 38 g | 14.6 | 261 g |
| Super Starsuper star, standard build | 49 g | 14.4 | 341 g |
| Mushroom & Swissmushroom & swiss, standard build | 31 g | 14.4 | 215 g |
| Bacon Cheeseburgerbacon cheeseburger, standard build | 34 g | 14.3 | 237 g |
| Big Hot Ham 'N' Cheesebig hot ham 'n' cheese, standard build | 29 g | 14.1 | 205 g |
| Big Cheeseburgerbig cheeseburger, standard build | 27 g | 13.9 | 194 g |
| Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwichhand-breaded chicken sandwich, standard build | 30 g | 13.5 | 223 g |
| BLT Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwichblt hand-breaded chicken sandwich, standard build | 37 g | 13.4 | 276 g |
| Nashville Hot Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwichnashville hot hand-breaded chicken sandwich, standard build | 30 g | 13.3 | 226 g |
| Homestyle Loaded Breakfast Burritohomestyle loaded breakfast burrito, standard build | 36 g | 13.2 | 273 g |
| Hand-Breaded Chicken Biscuithand-breaded chicken biscuit, standard build | 30 g | 13.2 | 227 g |
| Frisco Breakfast Sandwichthe chart's build; the menu lists 490 to 630 cal depending on the meat | 27 g | 12.4 | 217 g |
| Famous Starfamous star, standard build | 28 g | 11.0 | 254 g |
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