The Unhealthiest Menu Items At Outback Steakhouse Gallery

Outback Steakhouse is a restaurant chain known for its steak, ribs, and other red meats. They famously advertise with their signature Australian-accented spokesperson (even though the chain is actually American, not Australian at all). It's owned by Bloomin' Brands, a company that also runs the chain restaurants Bonefish Grill, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar. But of all the chains this corporation owns, Outback Steakhouse is the largest and most successful.

Their one fatal flaw? They don't greet you at your table with a bread basket. Part of the complicated reason restaurants give you bread is actually to make you feel hungrier — and since Outback Steakhouse has so many calorie-dense, overloaded menu items, you'd think they'd capitalize on the opportunity.

Let's face it: You don't go to Outback because you're craving a salad — but even still, some of their items have more saturated fat and calories than you might expect.

The unhealthiest item on their menu might not surprise you — it's world famous for being impossibly greasy and humongous. But the other options on this list might seem like average menu options. If you have health concerns when you're going out to eat, it's important to know which orders could put your health at risk.

For your reference the next time you eat at the nationwide chain, here are the menu items with the most calories.

We also collected the healthiest Outback Steakhouse menu items.

Outback Steakhouse offers either a half rack or a full rack of their popular baby back ribs. They're served with a tangy barbecue sauce and French fries, plus an add-on of rice. The full order is 1,410 calories and 2,200 milligrams of sodium. There's no way you'll go home hungry.

Most Outback Steakhouse locations offer crab cakes as an appetizer or serve crab meat as an accompaniment to a piece of tilapia. However, at some regional locations, there is an option to order either two or three crab cakes as an entrée. Crab cakes are often deep-fried and loaded with fatty ingredients — these are no exception. If you opt for three crab cakes, your order will be 1,470 calories and 119 grams of fat.

We're genuinely confused as to why this weighty, cheesy meal is on the menu as an appetizer. Sure, it's appetizing, but it's large enough for multiple meals. The greasy tortillas are stuffed with slow-roasted ribs, Monterey Jack cheese, a chipotle spread, cilantro, and green onions, served with a generous dollop of sour cream on the side. The regular size is 1,590 calories and 107 grams of fat. To scale it down to 820 calories, you can order the small size instead.

Not all locations offer this deep-fried chunk of meat, but depending on where you dine you might come across Chicken Fried Chicken and Chicken Fried Steak on the menu. The chicken is slightly lower in calories and fat than the steak, but anything fried is going to throw your calorie number overboard. Served with mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables, the Chicken Fried Chicken is 1,630 calories, 102 grams of fat, and 4,100 milligrams of sodium.

Can't decide on which grease-soaked appetizer to order from Outback? With the Aussie Signature Sampler, you'll get a combination of three of the fattiest, cheesiest, most caloric items on their appetizer menu. They serve their Bloomin' Onion petals, Steakhouse Mac & Cheese Bites, and a sample-sized portion of the Aussie Cheese Fries. The monstrous combination is 1,780 calories and 125 grams of fat.

They don't just fry chicken at Outback Steakhouse — they fry steak. And, like you would expect from any deep-fried portion of greasy red meat, the caloric consequences are monstrous. This entrée, including the side of mashed potatoes and vegetables, contains 1,880 calories, 125 grams of fat, and 4,560 milligrams of sodium.

The Steak Quesadilla and Fries is another regional item not sold at every location. It's an entrée, unlike the similar Steakhouse Quesadilla, and a larger portion. Including the French fries, this menu item contains 2,000 calories, 125 grams of fat, and 3,260 milligrams of sodium.