Cheesecake Factory Cajun Jambalaya Pasta: Price & Calories (2026)
Cheesecake Factory Cajun Jambalaya Pasta puts shrimp and chicken on fresh linguini for $25.95 to $30.95, and at 1,270 calories it ties Evelyn's Favorite as the lightest full-size pasta on the menu, which is a strange thing to say about a plate the menu itself calls very spicy. The range below is 21 location menus checked November 8, 2026, and the 1,270 calories are the brand's own published figure.
Two proteins, one plate: what Cajun Jambalaya Pasta actually is
The official menu lists the whole plate in one breath: "Shrimp and Chicken Sauteed with Tomato, Onions and Peppers in a Very Spicy Cajun Sauce. All on Top of Fresh Linguini". The two words doing the work are shrimp and chicken. This is one of the few pastas that carries two proteins, and the only pasta whose sauce the menu calls very spicy, so the heat is not a suggestion, it is the point. The tomato, onions and peppers are sauteed with the proteins, not served beside them, and everything sits on fresh linguini, not penne or rigatoni. If you want a pasta that eats like a full dinner and still leaves room for dessert, this is the one built for that. If you want heat with something sweet pulling against it, Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta is the sweet-hot one, and if you want no heat at all, Fettuccini Alfredo is the plain cream plate.
How much does Cajun Jambalaya Pasta cost?
Six of the 20 menus charge $28.95, the most common price, and the full spread runs $25.95 to $30.95 with $27.73 in the middle. Six stores charge the most common price, $28.95, five charge the $25.95 low end, five charge $27.50, two charge $27.95, and two charge the $30.95 top end, so the range is five dollars wide and most of the country pays within a few dollars of the median. The two middle menus charge $27.50 and $27.95, which is why the median sits at $27.73, a number no single store charges. The only menu below the range is Chesterfield at $24.95, and since every other menu sits higher, $25.95 is the floor this page uses.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 official location menus (range) | $25.95–$30.95 |
| 20-menu median | $27.73 |
| Most stores (6 of 20) | $28.95 |
1,270 calories for a very spicy plate
A plate has 1,270 calories, and that number is the surprise of this post, because it ties Evelyn's Favorite Pasta as the lightest full-size pasta on the menu. The fat is only 49g, the lowest of any pasta on the menu, with 440 calories from fat and 28g of saturated fat, and the protein is 83g, which is more than double Evelyn's 29g. The carbohydrates are 125g with 7g of fiber and 13g of sugar, the cholesterol is 455mg, and the sodium is 3,000mg. Against the other pastas it sits at the light end: Four Cheese is 1,280, Pasta Da Vinci is 1,540, Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta is 1,770, Fettuccini Alfredo is 1,930, Pasta Carbonara is 2,030, and Louisiana Chicken Pasta is 2,270. The guide's full row is on the nutrition page, the jambalaya pasta nutrition numbers, same columns as the other pastas.
| Measure | Per plate |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,270 |
| Calories from fat | 440 |
| Total fat | 49g |
| Saturated fat | 28g |
| Trans fat | 1.5g |
| Cholesterol | 455mg |
| Sodium | 3,000mg |
| Carbohydrates | 125g |
| Fiber | 7g |
| Sugar | 13g |
| Protein | 83g |
Why the salt and cholesterol run so high
The plate is light on calories and fat, and heavy on salt and cholesterol, and both halves of that sentence come from the same two proteins. The sodium is 3,000mg, which is 125 percent of the 2,400mg daily reference value in a single plate, and the cholesterol is 455mg, which is more than the 300mg daily reference value. Shrimp carries cholesterol, chicken carries salt when it is seasoned this hard, and the Cajun sauce carries the rest. For scale, Louisiana Chicken Pasta runs higher on both, 4,660mg of sodium and 555mg of cholesterol, while Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta runs higher on sodium at 3,230mg and lower on cholesterol at 215mg. So this is not the saltiest pasta on the menu, and it is not the highest in cholesterol either, but it is the only pasta that is light and salty at the same time. If salt is the number you watch, this plate deserves the same caution as the heavy pastas, even though the calories say otherwise.
No smaller plate, no discount hour, no gluten-free swap
There is no lunch version, no Happy Hour price, and no gluten-free version, and all three are worth saying plainly because the menu looks like it should have them. The lunch menu lists nine pastas by name, Fettuccini Alfredo, Four Cheese, Pasta Carbonara, Pasta Da Vinci, Spaghetti and Meatballs, Louisiana Chicken, Spicy Chicken Chipotle, Evelyn's Favorite and Spicy Rigatoni Vodka, and Cajun Jambalaya Pasta is not one of them, so there is no lunch price and no lunch calorie count to quote. There is no Happy Hour angle here either: the jambalaya pasta is not on that menu, so the dinner price is the price at every hour. And on gluten-free, the menu carries no Gluten Free Upon Request marker for this dish and the nutrition guide carries no gluten-free preparation row, so there is no gluten-free version to order. One size, one price, one plate.
The other jambalaya dishes are not this dish
Three dishes on the menu share the jambalaya name, and only one of them is this pasta. Jambalaya Hash and Eggs is a Saturday and Sunday brunch plate, spicy Cajun andouille sausage with tomatoes, peppers, onion and potatoes over white rice and topped with fried eggs, at 1,750 calories and $18.95 to $21.95. Spicy Jambalaya Arancini is a Bites plate, spicy Creole rice fried crisp with andouille sausage, peppers and onions, at 730 calories and $7.95 to $8.50. Neither one is a pasta, neither one has shrimp and chicken, and neither one tells you anything about this plate's price or calories. If a search result shows you 1,750 calories or $8.50 next to the word jambalaya, it is showing you the wrong dish.
Before you order the jambalaya pasta: the questions that come up
It is $25.95 to $30.95 a plate, $27.73 in the middle across the 20 official location menus in the range.
One plate is 1,270 calories, which ties Evelyn's Favorite as the lightest full-size pasta on the menu.
Shrimp and chicken sauteed with tomato, onions and peppers in a very spicy Cajun sauce, all on top of fresh linguini.
Yes. The official menu calls the sauce very spicy, and it is the only pasta on the menu with that wording.
No. It carries no Gluten Free Upon Request marker on the official menu, and there is no gluten-free preparation in the nutrition guide.
No. It is not one of the nine pastas on the lunch menu, so there is no lunch portion or lunch price for it.
No. Jambalaya Hash and Eggs is a weekend brunch dish with andouille sausage, potatoes and fried eggs, at 1,750 calories.
Should you order Cajun Jambalaya Pasta?
It looks like the light dinner, 1,270 calories with shrimp and chicken, and the spiciest sauce on the pasta menu. The numbers underneath say otherwise: 3,000mg of sodium and 455mg of cholesterol on a plate that looks light, and there is no smaller lunch portion to fall back on. At $25.95 to $30.95 it is a full dinner priced like one, so order it for the spice, not for the calories, and check the sodium and cholesterol numbers before you decide it is light.