If anyone wants and even easier option, grab the vegan orange chicken from Trader Joe's. Both the veggie fried rice and Japanese fried rice are vegan too. Both items are well under $10, are really good quality, you get a TON more than Panda, and it's all ready in 5-15 minutes depending on your stove. Pretty great out of the bag... but the pro-tip is to throw in some chili flakes about 30 seconds before dumping the orange sauce in the pan. Then if you have it, some Chinese black vinegar REALLY makes the sauce pop. Even white or rice vinegar makes it a bit better. If you like it sweet, skip either or both suggestions. But personally, I always LIVED when I got orange chicken and it was really vinegary 👌🔥
The Panda Express orange chicken could definitely benefit from a larger portion size and some kind of veggies or garnish. I've always been a little surprised by Panda's lack of vegan options, but now I see that they have a couple more vegan sides than they had before which is progress. As a Chinese-American, I can say that it's VERY easy to come up with vegan options when it comes to Chinese/Chinese-American cuisine.
Yeah I wish there was a bit more veg options with this!!! It woulda made it so much better! But yes progress... I also wish it wasnt for a limited time
Honestly the hype is just having a fast vegan option that is finally not a burger. I work upwards of 12 hour days and dont always have the tome or energy to come home and cook so having something that is quick, tastes good and different and is not just a different flavor of beyond/impossible/veggie burger most places offer is where yhe hype is at least for me. That all said homemade is better so excited to try this recipe out on my day off!
I think you can easily do half-meal prepping . You could just make the sauce and rice and store em until you're ready to air fry your beyond chick'n ..
I definitely think anyone can make it better at home, but I love that they're offering it again because it's about representation and convenience. It's really nice to go to a fast food place and find something you can eat as a vegan. Sometimes you don't have time to cook. I know I'll probably miss the window which is why I'm writing down some orange sauce recipes!
Yeah, my biggest challenge trying to eat vegan is accessibility. There are few if any decent options at restaurants. And the only premade vegan stuff at grocery is ridiculously expensive, like dinner entrees that are $6.
I actually gave up on being full vegan bc of the accessibility issues. An anxiety disorder (or something) prevents me from cooking regularly, and I'm poor, so i don't have much of an option other than buying cheaper meat products for some of my meals, and generally vegetarian not vegan for the others.
This has to be the most frustrated i've ever seen you. Your disdain for Panda Express' offering/price is so honest. I love it. Great recipe, i've made orange sauce and a garlic sauce many times and it always blows me away how easy it is to throw together.
We literally drove 3 and a half hours to St. louis from Kansas City just to have this for lunch and come back home 😅 We think it's THAT good. And we make almost all of our own food because we make it better. We usually each just order a large entree of beyond chicken only. Looking forward to trying this.
I don't know why but as not a vegan I enjoy your content. My vegan orange (not chicken) made by a friend consisted of grilled for texture and apple wood smoked for flavor cauliflower small pieces in orange chicken sauce and while it doesn't taste like chicken it was one of the best orange chicken I have had even panda express real orange chicken couldn't compare. Most of it is dry chicken and I found that the orange sauce was basically used to distract you from the chicken. Surprisingly orange chicken sauce made eating cauliflower delicious 😋
Love that you kept it simple in this one. It won’t take long to plan or shop for this and it looks awesome! Plus, that sauce is no doubt excellent on so many other things as well.
It's so easy! I didnt want to make a complicated recipe for a fast food replacement... It's crazy how simple this recipe can be, even using like super firm tofu it comes out awesome!! And yeah the sauce is really great!!! Thank you as always!!
I'm in a part of the world where Panda Express doesn't exist, so I emulated the concept with oven-baked smoked tofu, which was quite the succes. 350 g of really good smoked tofu cost around € 2,30ish, which is enough for two decent portions, so it wasn't exactly expensive either.
I think it's exciting and worth celebrating because it's a major chain stocking a vegan option. Can you make something at home that's cheaper and better? Absolutely. But it's an important thing to support because it's a step towards a plant-based future. I hope we get to the point where the majority of menus are plant-based! Imagine if everyone orders this and Panda Express realizes they should stock this year-round, and introduce more vegan options.
I tried supporting them. They had an entree of mixed vegetables. I went there often and bought it. They discontinued it. Now you can get greens as a side, but it's not filling cause it's just greens. The discontinued mixed vegetables was filling. And they never have the eggplant tofu entree that their website claims they have. As a vegan wanting quick good food, I quit panda and get Chipotle. Chipotle is vegan paradise! I wish we had a Chinese chain like Chipotle. I will be happy to support actual food options that are vegan. If panda starts offering vegan food options, I'll come back and support them. But not frankenfoods.
I think the same way! My local Sam’s just started carrying plant based ramen. I can obviously make this better and easier at home, but bought a case to support that I want more plant based options in store.
Aah yes, a corporation doing the bare minimum offering a highly processed food item that vegetarians and vegans can eat has to be applauded! Sarcasm aside, I am amazed at the lack of plant based food in a country as huge as the US even here in the Pacific Northwest where I live. Panda Express needs to be ashamed of serving such food to a paying customer. Can’t they even bother adding some chopped green onions or add a side of steamed broccoli? I don’t even bother looking at any chains except for maybe Chipotle or MOD pizza.
I was excited that they brought the beyond chicken and got it immediately because i was so sad that they took it away. I thought it might have been hecause beyond's stock had gone down a whole lot and it caused scaling issues. I buy it to show companies that PLANT BASED OPTIONS ARE LUCRATIVE!
Irritated Mark is an amusing Mark! Glad there's a version that people can get at the restaurant, but of course home-made is better. Thanks for posting 🙂
If it wasnt for a limited time and at more locations I woulda been totally fine with this release! But it's like super inconvenient and they are just going to rip it away! Totally irritated haha
@@SauceStache Basic Alfredo ... Nothing incredibly special, salt pepper garlic, a little onion powder, Noochit parmesan and some shredded vegan mozzarella for density. Like the first time I ever had it. Served with streamed green beans. So now I'll be looking to add some variety. Thanks for asking.
Oh, yeah, I did add some 10 mushroom blend powder that gave the sauce a deep savory flavor. For the base, I used gluten-free flour, nutritional yeast, vegan butter and oat milk.
I agree that henson razors are the best I have ever used. And I am on my first box of 100 blades after 5 years. Oh, and your orange sauce is killer. I made it right after watching this video and I had to come back and let you know. I didn't have any of the highly over processed "chicken" nuggets. I only had a block of frozen tofu. But that was perfect because frozen tofu turns into a sauce sponge when it is thawed when all of the millions of ice crystals melt and leave holes all the way to the center. Just simmer the tofu in the sauce for a while, lift it out with a slotted spoon before thickening the sauce and put the togu back in.
The Henson razors are amazing!!! Im glad you like it!! And thank you!!! Honestly I used beyond for this because it was the closest comparison but to me just popping some tofu in the air fryer and tossing them in the sauce comes out so much better haha I love your idea of marinating it of sorts with the unthickened sauce
I live in Tokyo and the severe lack of vegan meat options is appalling ‼️ The retailers that are "testing" the market with dribs and drabs of a product now and then is very frustrating😮 I don't understand why a supermarket, for example, just can't keep a product there all the time.... awesome vids as always dude... cheers to you 🤟🎶
Man you look like a different person! How you been doing with your amazing journey?? This looks so awesome by the way! I was even just craving some orange chicken before I saw this video!
You did yourself dirty with your Panda Express order- gotta pair orange beyond chicken with chow mein (vegan), super greens, springs rolls, then pour the sweet and sour onto the chow mein and greens. 😍
Panda Express would not even keep in stock the tofu eggplant dish they used to have. Or the brown rice. I have lived in several cities. Same thing. I asked them why it was discontinued, they responded that no one ever bought it. Well….maybe they would have if you ever had it. I would drive across town. Same deal. If the local manager did not care to deal with it, seems they just decided not to offer it. Now, here where I live in beef country, can’t even imagine they would have it. Plus there are never any cars outside the place. It has a terrible reputation here locally of serving unfresh, too long on the steam table food and leaving a lot of ingredients out.
Yeah, I ate at panda often for years. At different locations. I NEVER saw the eggplant and tofu dish. They used to have mixed vegetables entree. That's what I got....until they discontinued it. Now when I want quick vegan food, I go to Chipotle.
Loved this video! Thanks for the optional meal prep info. I keep some of the “less than healthy but soooooo convenient” stuff like this on hand for those times when you just need to kick back and enjoy! Thanks for how to make the orange sauce, it’s not one I knew how to do well!
I will have to say Panda Express having this was really nice when I travel. It was just another option I had but was taking away and now is back in select cities for a limited time .😔
Yeah thats what I was so upset about, why such a limited release! If it was nationwide and for good I woulda given them props even with the lack of substance
Hoping more convenient fast food places with plant based options open up. But also would love to see some more mid range places, because currently the only options in my area are ramen
I make this at home with tofu tossed in tapioca starch and air fried. For the sauce I use orange juice and sweeten it with orange marmalade instead of sugar.
Better idea instead of orange juice: get yourself a navel orange. Zest it, then squeeze it to make the orange juice. At the end, after you turn off the heat, mix in the orange zest for added orange flavor.
This sounds good 🙂👍👍👍👍👍 I went to the grocery store this morning to get sweet and sour chicken with rice, and when I got home, I received a notice about this/your UA-cam video... strange/cool 🙂
So in other words, it gave you the authentic Panda Express experience, just vegan? ;) I don't know that I ever had anything particularly fresh there, even in my meat eating days.
If you are really short on time there are so many orange sauce bottles you can buy and still be close to the $10 they charge at panda express. They even have bottles of their own sauce. Just Air fry and dip in the bottled sauce.
I love the intro - "it's back but who cares" XD I actually never made orange chicken in the past or it's plant based version since going plant-based and honestly, I don't know why! It seems just as easy as most Asian sauces (sweet yet very balanced and not complicated) and actually very summery for some reason. Thank's for the inspo! Will be giving this a go with some tofu or seitan as I am not a big nugget fan :D
Their online menu has tofu and eggplant dish. But I've never seen it at any location. It probably tastes good. They used to have a entree of mixed vegetables. That was what I usually got. Don't really like mock meats. So....anymore, I just cook Chinese at home. If you're a vegan, and you want health whole food, and you don't like mock meats and cheeses....you'd better like cooking, cause you will be preparing most of your food.
years ago when i was eating both meat and fast/chain food establishments...a friend and i tried a new Panda Express location as they had just entered the Memphis market. the food, sitting under heat lamps, was stone cold. my first and very last Panda Express experience.
I wanna say the hype is just because it's a "convenience" since sometimes you don't have the time or energy to cook but for that "convenience" to truly be a convenience it should definitely not be a limited time item and it should be available in more locations but that's one Dread Fighter's opinion (also for almost $11 it should have more chicken) Personally I would just make it at home just so I can control how sweet it is (I have a low tolerance for sweet tasting things and Panda Express' orange sauce is WAY TOO sweet for me) great recipe as always
Beyond Chicken is good, but honestly I prefer Quorn. Not Vegan, but meatless, my meat eating brother will eat them, so that says something. Make orange Chik'un with them, Make KFC (Kentucky Faux Chicken) Famous Bowls with them, Make Chik'un Parm. Love Quorn breaded Chik'un.
Argh, why cant they just roll this out to all the Pandas? There isnt a single one offering it in Oregon. I totally get your point that homemade is best, but sometimes we're on the road or starving when we're not home, so WE NEED VEGAN OPTIONS!! Looking at you, fast food restaurants...😆
Great idea! Although I will say I keep a bag of either the trader joes ($4) or gardein ($7) version + frozen prepared rice in my freezer for emergency dinner and add some veggies in. (way too junky for every day) That said I only ever eat fast food if I am away from home & CAN'T cook and in those cases I would personally love having a vegan option even if it's expensive and blah. This is bottom of the barrel emergency meal for me.
As I understand it, the beyond orange chicken is not actually vegan. They prepared it in the same pot that they'll prepare the regular orange chicken. So I imagine that there's chicken grease on it if I am wrong, let me know!
@Karenhicks7816, Here’s my version of the recipe from watching the video: From video: (no written recipe) Ingredients One Bag Beyond Meat chik'n nuggets. Sauce: Olive oil Minced garlic Grated ginger 1/2 c oj A bit of water 1/4 c Soy sauce 1/4 c Rice vinegar Maple syrup or brown sugar Corn starch Air fry the chik'n. Sauce: Sauté minced garlic and ginger. Add oj, water, and sweetener. Bring to a slight almost boil. Make cornstarch slurry (1 T cornstarch and 1 T plus a bit more water) and toss in. Simmer until sauce is somewhat reduced. Assemble: Coat the chik'n in the sauce and serve over rice. Top with scallions, sesame seeds,etc.
Haven't seen the Beyond Chicken here in Mexico, but I'll look for it, but in case I don't find it, I'm thinking citrus pithe coated with rice flour or bread crumbs would taste as good as the Beyond Chicken.🤣@you Sauce Stache, sorry but hilarious to see ya shave your head clean and let your moustache and beard grow out.😉👍
I love it! I love having more options and people being able to explore veganism 😊 it is overpriced and should be bigger portion. I think this is another test to see how well it does- if it does good it may be launched nationally.
You guys commented that the other rice was bland did you buy rice with spices already in it or did you add something that I missed so that yours wasn’t bland
But it's not even convenient, it's only at limited locations and it's not easy to figure out where... and only for a limited time. so who knows if they will have it when you go. That is what I was irritated about! If it wasnt so limited, I woulda been a lot more forgiving
@SauceStache I've never had a problem of them not having it when it shows that's it's available on the app. I get not everyone will have it available near them, but for the ones that do, I think convenience is a big factor.
I have never and would never buy anything from Panda Express. I once walked into one and walked right out. I feel they are to Chinese food what McDonald's is to burgers.
yeah I did and I mentioned that in the video. I checked the website which claimed the location nearest me had the beyond orange chicken. When I got to that location they said that must of been an error because they had not received it yet. ;) but thanks
Tbf, you chose the boring brown rice, and you let the panda cool before eating, which could affect crispiness. Idk if their chow mein or fried rice is vegan ... So maybe i can't blame you for "choosing" the bland option.
Do you want to know what’s even crappier?!? My friend’s son is district manager at Panda Express & he said the orange sauce with made with chicken stock. If you ask them they have to tell you. I tried it here & they said the sauce was not vegan.
@@winnie6203 sweet!! Maybe it just depends on the location?!? I’m obviously not the expert but I did ask if their beyond meat or chicken was vegan and they said no. Also my friends son said that so I don’t know. I did find it alarming that they said that it wasn’t vegan. I guess just asked before you order to see if it’s vegan.
Why does no one say how they cook the "beyond orange chicken" in the same oils as their other meats, so its not vegan. They don't even advertise it to be vegan, it says plant based. If you ask the workers they aren't trying to hide it, they cook all the products in the same oils.
Hype is probably nostalgia. For fast food panda was pretty good before I went vegan. This looks lame to me too. I do have a fully vegan Chinese place near where I live now, so probably won't try this even if it does reach where I'm at.
Nope just changed my life. I work out around 2 hours a day now, training for a marathon and eat healthier than ever. This has been over a 2 year journey for me.
Thank you for hiding your card information on your receipt!!!! I cringe every time someone shows their info! 🤦🏽♀️😵💫 ~ Food always looks amazing!!!!!!
You ordered it wrong. Get the Plate with two Beyond chickens as the protein, I picked some up in Gainesville and it was way more than enough and it was delicious. Listen, at this point, the most important thing is that we've got another excellent option in the fast food market, making a video like this does nothing to help progress for vegans that want some level of equality in a mainstream space.
I do not eat beyond anything , use the TVP soak steam then make nuggets, seasoning as usual using Plant People seasonings, flaxseed or egg replacer to hold it together and use the orange sauce see what you have , great tasting.
whahah what? WHAT??? haha its not an option though unless you live in the select market during the select time which who knows how long its going to be and even at that when you do get it its not even going to be that good because none of the other things they have there can be added as a combo unless you want super plain rice. The whole point of the video was THEY fd up the option. If you got like 2-3 more nuggets and maybe a bit of veg at that price and if it was at all locations this video wouldn't have been made. Who did you feel I was preaching too here bud?
@@SauceStache it feels like the kind of vegan stuff some other vegan gets into, attacking the good for not being perfect. You are putting down the option, it feels like. I could be wrong. But for this to be more widely available it needs to be successful in the markets it's in (also, it's probably only available in the markets it did well in previously). I don't mind paying $15 for the double beyond chicken plate with half chow mein and half super greens. Hell I'll even pay $2 for 2 veggie spring rolls that are also accidentally vegan. Love your content my dude, I just think you were a little hard on this one.
But they did the test market…. It was wildly successful. Now this is just pure marketing. I could be wrong but to me this feels just like the McRib. They know they have a successful product as long as the keep it a limited time. It’s a hype product for them and has nothing to do with actually providing an option. If they roll out out full time I’ll make another video praising them.
this video is a miss. Your bowl was in no way "half the price" if you add the ingredients needed to make it. Sure you could say you can get more portions but the actual bowl you showed was not half the price. there is no way to make that bowl from scratch with 5 dollars or even the 10 it costs from Panda.
If anyone wants and even easier option, grab the vegan orange chicken from Trader Joe's. Both the veggie fried rice and Japanese fried rice are vegan too. Both items are well under $10, are really good quality, you get a TON more than Panda, and it's all ready in 5-15 minutes depending on your stove.
Pretty great out of the bag... but the pro-tip is to throw in some chili flakes about 30 seconds before dumping the orange sauce in the pan. Then if you have it, some Chinese black vinegar REALLY makes the sauce pop. Even white or rice vinegar makes it a bit better.
If you like it sweet, skip either or both suggestions. But personally, I always LIVED when I got orange chicken and it was really vinegary 👌🔥
The Panda Express orange chicken could definitely benefit from a larger portion size and some kind of veggies or garnish. I've always been a little surprised by Panda's lack of vegan options, but now I see that they have a couple more vegan sides than they had before which is progress. As a Chinese-American, I can say that it's VERY easy to come up with vegan options when it comes to Chinese/Chinese-American cuisine.
Yeah I wish there was a bit more veg options with this!!! It woulda made it so much better! But yes progress... I also wish it wasnt for a limited time
They have Super greens
Also, why do people call it "Panda"?
Honestly the hype is just having a fast vegan option that is finally not a burger. I work upwards of 12 hour days and dont always have the tome or energy to come home and cook so having something that is quick, tastes good and different and is not just a different flavor of beyond/impossible/veggie burger most places offer is where yhe hype is at least for me.
That all said homemade is better so excited to try this recipe out on my day off!
I think you can easily do half-meal prepping .
You could just make the sauce and rice and store em until you're ready to air fry your beyond chick'n ..
I definitely think anyone can make it better at home, but I love that they're offering it again because it's about representation and convenience. It's really nice to go to a fast food place and find something you can eat as a vegan. Sometimes you don't have time to cook. I know I'll probably miss the window which is why I'm writing down some orange sauce recipes!
Yeah, my biggest challenge trying to eat vegan is accessibility. There are few if any decent options at restaurants.
And the only premade vegan stuff at grocery is ridiculously expensive, like dinner entrees that are $6.
I actually gave up on being full vegan bc of the accessibility issues. An anxiety disorder (or something) prevents me from cooking regularly, and I'm poor, so i don't have much of an option other than buying cheaper meat products for some of my meals, and generally vegetarian not vegan for the others.
homemade nearly is always better!
Yeah and this time easily.
Yup!! And this one is soooo easy which makes it even better!!
Mary the goat
That would be great with 1/3 of the rice, but add some steamed veggies.
Boom!! yes
That sounds perfect. How about a bunch of broccoli and maybe some red bell pepper?
I was trying to figure out where the veggies were!
@@prosperitydarling you can get a side of the greens, which are cabbage and broccoli.
Yes, I wanted the broccoli.
This has to be the most frustrated i've ever seen you. Your disdain for Panda Express' offering/price is so honest. I love it. Great recipe, i've made orange sauce and a garlic sauce many times and it always blows me away how easy it is to throw together.
We literally drove 3 and a half hours to St. louis from Kansas City just to have this for lunch and come back home 😅 We think it's THAT good. And we make almost all of our own food because we make it better. We usually each just order a large entree of beyond chicken only. Looking forward to trying this.
I don't know why but as not a vegan I enjoy your content. My vegan orange (not chicken) made by a friend consisted of grilled for texture and apple wood smoked for flavor cauliflower small pieces in orange chicken sauce and while it doesn't taste like chicken it was one of the best orange chicken I have had even panda express real orange chicken couldn't compare. Most of it is dry chicken and I found that the orange sauce was basically used to distract you from the chicken. Surprisingly orange chicken sauce made eating cauliflower delicious 😋
Love that you kept it simple in this one. It won’t take long to plan or shop for this and it looks awesome! Plus, that sauce is no doubt excellent on so many other things as well.
It's so easy! I didnt want to make a complicated recipe for a fast food replacement... It's crazy how simple this recipe can be, even using like super firm tofu it comes out awesome!!
And yeah the sauce is really great!!!
Thank you as always!!
As someone not in a “select market”, I thank you.
Enjoy!!! Honestly even just using super firm tofu comes out REALLY good!
I'm in a part of the world where Panda Express doesn't exist, so I emulated the concept with oven-baked smoked tofu, which was quite the succes. 350 g of really good smoked tofu cost around € 2,30ish, which is enough for two decent portions, so it wasn't exactly expensive either.
I think it's exciting and worth celebrating because it's a major chain stocking a vegan option. Can you make something at home that's cheaper and better? Absolutely. But it's an important thing to support because it's a step towards a plant-based future. I hope we get to the point where the majority of menus are plant-based! Imagine if everyone orders this and Panda Express realizes they should stock this year-round, and introduce more vegan options.
Good point! We need to support the restaurants so they keep supporting us.
I tried supporting them.
They had an entree of mixed vegetables. I went there often and bought it. They discontinued it. Now you can get greens as a side, but it's not filling cause it's just greens. The discontinued mixed vegetables was filling.
And they never have the eggplant tofu entree that their website claims they have.
As a vegan wanting quick good food, I quit panda and get Chipotle.
Chipotle is vegan paradise!
I wish we had a Chinese chain like Chipotle.
I will be happy to support actual food options that are vegan. If panda starts offering vegan food options, I'll come back and support them. But not frankenfoods.
@@langreeves6419 Chipotle is a great fast casual option for vegans and plant-based folks! More places should take their lead.
I think the same way! My local Sam’s just started carrying plant based ramen. I can obviously make this better and easier at home, but bought a case to support that I want more plant based options in store.
Aah yes, a corporation doing the bare minimum offering a highly processed food item that vegetarians and vegans can eat has to be applauded! Sarcasm aside, I am amazed at the lack of plant based food in a country as huge as the US even here in the Pacific Northwest where I live. Panda Express needs to be ashamed of serving such food to a paying customer. Can’t they even bother adding some chopped green onions or add a side of steamed broccoli? I don’t even bother looking at any chains except for maybe Chipotle or MOD pizza.
I was excited that they brought the beyond chicken and got it immediately because i was so sad that they took it away. I thought it might have been hecause beyond's stock had gone down a whole lot and it caused scaling issues. I buy it to show companies that PLANT BASED OPTIONS ARE LUCRATIVE!
Irritated Mark is an amusing Mark! Glad there's a version that people can get at the restaurant, but of course home-made is better. Thanks for posting 🙂
If it wasnt for a limited time and at more locations I woulda been totally fine with this release! But it's like super inconvenient and they are just going to rip it away! Totally irritated haha
Thanks for the awesome new video. Veganization is my life these days. Doing an Alfredo tonight.
Nice!!! Any certain recipe you’re doing??
@@SauceStache Basic Alfredo ... Nothing incredibly special, salt pepper garlic, a little onion powder, Noochit parmesan and some shredded vegan mozzarella for density. Like the first time I ever had it. Served with streamed green beans. So now I'll be looking to add some variety. Thanks for asking.
Oh, yeah, I did add some 10 mushroom blend powder that gave the sauce a deep savory flavor. For the base, I used gluten-free flour, nutritional yeast, vegan butter and oat milk.
I agree that henson razors are the best I have ever used. And I am on my first box of 100 blades after 5 years.
Oh, and your orange sauce is killer. I made it right after watching this video and I had to come back and let you know. I didn't have any of the highly over processed "chicken" nuggets. I only had a block of frozen tofu. But that was perfect because frozen tofu turns into a sauce sponge when it is thawed when all of the millions of ice crystals melt and leave holes all the way to the center. Just simmer the tofu in the sauce for a while, lift it out with a slotted spoon before thickening the sauce and put the togu back in.
The Henson razors are amazing!!! Im glad you like it!!
And thank you!!! Honestly I used beyond for this because it was the closest comparison but to me just popping some tofu in the air fryer and tossing them in the sauce comes out so much better haha
I love your idea of marinating it of sorts with the unthickened sauce
I live in Tokyo and the severe lack of vegan meat options is appalling ‼️
The retailers that are "testing" the market with dribs and drabs of a product now and then is very frustrating😮
I don't understand why a supermarket, for example, just can't keep a product there all the time.... awesome vids as always dude... cheers to you 🤟🎶
It's 2024 and we're seeing a vegan But Better against Panda Express. What a time to be alive!
hahahah
your version looks stellar mr boss stache
Thank you sooo much!!
Man you look like a different person! How you been doing with your amazing journey??
This looks so awesome by the way! I was even just craving some orange chicken before I saw this video!
You did yourself dirty with your Panda Express order- gotta pair orange beyond chicken with chow mein (vegan), super greens, springs rolls, then pour the sweet and sour onto the chow mein and greens. 😍
Yuuuup. That is so good.
Panda Express would not even keep in stock the tofu eggplant dish they used to have. Or the brown rice. I have lived in several cities. Same thing. I asked them why it was discontinued, they responded that no one ever bought it. Well….maybe they would have if you ever had it. I would drive across town. Same deal. If the local manager did not care to deal with it, seems they just decided not to offer it. Now, here where I live in beef country, can’t even imagine they would have it. Plus there are never any cars outside the place. It has a terrible reputation here locally of serving unfresh, too long on the steam table food and leaving a lot of ingredients out.
Yeah, I ate at panda often for years. At different locations. I NEVER saw the eggplant and tofu dish.
They used to have mixed vegetables entree. That's what I got....until they discontinued it.
Now when I want quick vegan food, I go to Chipotle.
@@langreeves6419 I finally found a location with the eggplant tofu and it was the saddest blandest junk ever. So you havent missed out.
@@adamcrisis8442 I had the eggplant tofu in San Francisco years ago, and it was quite delicious. Was so sad when it disappeared.
They have eggplant tofu at the one near me and it is really good. It’s a shame it’s not in all the stores.
Loved this video! Thanks for the optional meal prep info. I keep some of the “less than healthy but soooooo convenient” stuff like this on hand for those times when you just need to kick back and enjoy!
Thanks for how to make the orange sauce, it’s not one I knew how to do well!
I will have to say Panda Express having this was really nice when I travel. It was just another option I had but was taking away and now is back in select cities for a limited time .😔
Yeah thats what I was so upset about, why such a limited release! If it was nationwide and for good I woulda given them props even with the lack of substance
I was thinking about what to eat today. I found it : ) Thx for your inspiration!
Thanks. My wife needs this
Hope she enjoys!!!
@@SauceStache trader Joe's has orange chicken as well. I will make this this week.
What an awesome person you are!
Hoping more convenient fast food places with plant based options open up. But also would love to see some more mid range places, because currently the only options in my area are ramen
I make this at home with tofu tossed in tapioca starch and air fried. For the sauce I use orange juice and sweeten it
with orange marmalade instead of sugar.
Better idea instead of orange juice: get yourself a navel orange. Zest it, then squeeze it to make the orange juice. At the end, after you turn off the heat, mix in the orange zest for added orange flavor.
Yeah that woulda been awesome !!! Great tips!!
If i could get a $10 basic vegan meal in AUS, I'd be stoked.. no matter how basic it was... this would be like $23 here from a major chain
I tried this recipe and it it very good and very easy!!! 👍🏾
This sounds good 🙂👍👍👍👍👍
I went to the grocery store this morning to get sweet and sour chicken with rice, and when I got home, I received a notice about this/your UA-cam video... strange/cool 🙂
I'll keep buying orange chicken and chow mein from panda. It's delicious!
Getting the rice is boring and you can always add spring rolls and greens.
Last time Panda had the vegan orange chicken I got it and it was old and stale like it had been sitting around all day.
Had a similar experience the first time which is why I was so confused around the hype.
So in other words, it gave you the authentic Panda Express experience, just vegan?
;)
I don't know that I ever had anything particularly fresh there, even in my meat eating days.
They overcook it and/or they don't turn it over fast enough.
If you are really short on time there are so many orange sauce bottles you can buy and still be close to the $10 they charge at panda express. They even have bottles of their own sauce. Just Air fry and dip in the bottled sauce.
Thank you for doing this experiment for us. I also don’t understand the hype when you can buy the beyond nuggets at most stores nowadays.
I love the intro - "it's back but who cares" XD I actually never made orange chicken in the past or it's plant based version since going plant-based and honestly, I don't know why! It seems just as easy as most Asian sauces (sweet yet very balanced and not complicated) and actually very summery for some reason. Thank's for the inspo! Will be giving this a go with some tofu or seitan as I am not a big nugget fan :D
Beyond orange chicken is really good with the chow mein. Also Panda Express has the eggplant tofu dish.
Great Job for making the same dish with same product and your looks %100 better ❤
Their online menu has tofu and eggplant dish.
But I've never seen it at any location.
It probably tastes good.
They used to have a entree of mixed vegetables. That was what I usually got. Don't really like mock meats.
So....anymore, I just cook Chinese at home.
If you're a vegan, and you want health whole food, and you don't like mock meats and cheeses....you'd better like cooking, cause you will be preparing most of your food.
years ago when i was eating both meat and fast/chain food establishments...a friend and i tried a new Panda Express location as they had just entered the Memphis market. the food, sitting under heat lamps, was stone cold. my first and very last Panda Express experience.
I don’t frequent Panda Express, but your dish looks amazing😃
I wanna say the hype is just because it's a "convenience" since sometimes you don't have the time or energy to cook but for that "convenience" to truly be a convenience it should definitely not be a limited time item and it should be available in more locations but that's one Dread Fighter's opinion (also for almost $11 it should have more chicken) Personally I would just make it at home just so I can control how sweet it is (I have a low tolerance for sweet tasting things and Panda Express' orange sauce is WAY TOO sweet for me) great recipe as always
Beyond Chicken is good, but honestly I prefer Quorn. Not Vegan, but meatless, my meat eating brother will eat them, so that says something.
Make orange Chik'un with them, Make KFC (Kentucky Faux Chicken) Famous Bowls with them, Make Chik'un Parm. Love Quorn breaded Chik'un.
I was so excited but its not back in tx. I just wanted fast food every once in a while while out with ppl.
😂 😬 you're not bitter over beyond orange chicken! Having said that..I love your videos.. your version looks really good too
Argh, why cant they just roll this out to all the Pandas? There isnt a single one offering it in Oregon. I totally get your point that homemade is best, but sometimes we're on the road or starving when we're not home, so WE NEED VEGAN OPTIONS!! Looking at you, fast food restaurants...😆
Youve lost so much weight i barely recognized you. I had to look at the channel name to make sure it was you. Great job
So excited about this, it's addictive and they'll definitely get rid of it again.
Thank you!!! Yeah it’s not going to be around long
Great idea! Although I will say I keep a bag of either the trader joes ($4) or gardein ($7) version + frozen prepared rice in my freezer for emergency dinner and add some veggies in. (way too junky for every day) That said I only ever eat fast food if I am away from home & CAN'T cook and in those cases I would personally love having a vegan option even if it's expensive and blah. This is bottom of the barrel emergency meal for me.
wow the weather is so beautiful where you are
Florida!!! Its always sunny... but always super humid haha
@@SauceStache awesome 😎
Love your comparison. Is there a written recipe for your orange sauce?
If only I could get a vegan substitute for the honey walnut shrimp...
As I understand it, the beyond orange chicken is not actually vegan. They prepared it in the same pot that they'll prepare the regular orange chicken. So I imagine that there's chicken grease on it if I am wrong, let me know!
Can’t find the recipe on your website. Is it posted yet? Thanks
I couldn’t find it either.
@Karenhicks7816, Here’s my version of the recipe from watching the video:
From video: (no written recipe)
Ingredients
One Bag Beyond Meat chik'n nuggets.
Sauce:
Olive oil
Minced garlic
Grated ginger
1/2 c oj
A bit of water
1/4 c Soy sauce
1/4 c Rice vinegar
Maple syrup or brown sugar
Corn starch
Air fry the chik'n.
Sauce:
Sauté minced garlic and ginger.
Add oj, water, and sweetener.
Bring to a slight almost boil.
Make cornstarch slurry (1 T cornstarch and 1 T plus a bit more water) and toss in.
Simmer until sauce is somewhat reduced.
Assemble:
Coat the chik'n in the sauce and serve over rice.
Top with scallions, sesame seeds,etc.
They have options to add veggies or noodles not just the rice
I cant believe mark missed an opportunity to add a little Not Steak Sauce to that orange chicken sauce😂
I almost did!!! it woulda been even better hahahahahaa
@@SauceStache 😉
Haven't seen the Beyond Chicken here in Mexico, but I'll look for it, but in case I don't find it, I'm thinking citrus pithe coated with rice flour or bread crumbs would taste as good as the Beyond Chicken.🤣@you Sauce Stache, sorry but hilarious to see ya shave your head clean and let your moustache and beard grow out.😉👍
Nobody is saying its amazing. Its the convenience!
You look great.
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MY MAAAAAAAN!!!!!
The crunch wrap Supreme is still available in Texas.
NO WAY!!! That needs to come back full time, it was good
@@SauceStache my husband likes them but I miss the tostada
I would make that with crispy tofu.
PE doesn't even put sesame or onions on it? Sheesh, that's cheap as heck to do and same if you don't. :(. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you!! Yeah they really cheapened out!!
I love it! I love having more options and people being able to explore veganism 😊 it is overpriced and should be bigger portion. I think this is another test to see how well it does- if it does good it may be launched nationally.
It would be cool if you did a homemade daves not chicken 😊
You guys commented that the other rice was bland did you buy rice with spices already in it or did you add something that I missed so that yours wasn’t bland
Yeah im not going out of my way to get that… it’s cool but they should’ve brought it back full time.
I was so disappointed when they stopped the tofu. Employee said they didn't sell enough 😮
Needs some broccoli and also flavor for the rice. Your version does look better tho.
Thank you!! and good tips!
Is the bottled Panda Express Orange sauce in stores vegan?
Nope
It's not that it's so good, it's that it's convenient.
But it's not even convenient, it's only at limited locations and it's not easy to figure out where... and only for a limited time. so who knows if they will have it when you go.
That is what I was irritated about!
If it wasnt so limited, I woulda been a lot more forgiving
@SauceStache I've never had a problem of them not having it when it shows that's it's available on the app. I get not everyone will have it available near them, but for the ones that do, I think convenience is a big factor.
How about orange jam/ marmalade
You could make a veg fried rice with it
IF I PAY OVET$10.00, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME VEGGIE LIKE CABBAGE OR BROCCOLI OR BAK CHOY OR AN AVOCADO IN MY MEAL.
I much prefer the heft of my stainless steel double edge razors. I let the weight do the shaving.
I want Nathan's vegan dog so expensive would Luv for you to do impossible dog
I have never and would never buy anything from Panda Express. I once walked into one and walked right out. I feel they are to Chinese food what McDonald's is to burgers.
U didn't have to drive Around town. Just check the site n itll tell u which location has it! That was all on u
yeah I did and I mentioned that in the video. I checked the website which claimed the location nearest me had the beyond orange chicken. When I got to that location they said that must of been an error because they had not received it yet. ;) but thanks
Tbf, you chose the boring brown rice, and you let the panda cool before eating, which could affect crispiness.
Idk if their chow mein or fried rice is vegan ... So maybe i can't blame you for "choosing" the bland option.
Do you want to know what’s even crappier?!? My friend’s son is district manager at Panda Express & he said the orange sauce with made with chicken stock. If you ask them they have to tell you. I tried it here & they said the sauce was not vegan.
UM
I have a bottle I bought of PE orange sauce. I don't see that in there.
@@winnie6203 sweet!! Maybe it just depends on the location?!? I’m obviously not the expert but I did ask if their beyond meat or chicken was vegan and they said no. Also my friends son said that so I don’t know. I did find it alarming that they said that it wasn’t vegan. I guess just asked before you order to see if it’s vegan.
WHAT
Are you fricking kidding me?!?!🤬
Why does no one say how they cook the "beyond orange chicken" in the same oils as their other meats, so its not vegan. They don't even advertise it to be vegan, it says plant based. If you ask the workers they aren't trying to hide it, they cook all the products in the same oils.
Hype is probably nostalgia. For fast food panda was pretty good before I went vegan. This looks lame to me too. I do have a fully vegan Chinese place near where I live now, so probably won't try this even if it does reach where I'm at.
Everytime i come back to his channel he gets skinner. Is he sick or something?
Nope just changed my life. I work out around 2 hours a day now, training for a marathon and eat healthier than ever. This has been over a 2 year journey for me.
No veggies added 😢
Feel free to add them. I love adding peppers, onion and some carrots
Thank you for hiding your card information on your receipt!!!! I cringe every time someone shows their info! 🤦🏽♀️😵💫 ~ Food always looks amazing!!!!!!
You ordered it wrong. Get the Plate with two Beyond chickens as the protein, I picked some up in Gainesville and it was way more than enough and it was delicious. Listen, at this point, the most important thing is that we've got another excellent option in the fast food market, making a video like this does nothing to help progress for vegans that want some level of equality in a mainstream space.
Except they already did a test market and now this is a marketing ploy. It’s a limited release for a limited time
Sorry I have to be that guy: 90 seconds was not plenty of time for the sponsor😅 Great video though! Looks tasty
I do not eat beyond anything , use the TVP soak steam then make nuggets, seasoning as usual using Plant People seasonings, flaxseed or egg replacer to hold it together and use the orange sauce see what you have , great tasting.
Oooooo, sounds awesome!
Panda Express vegan orange chicken is HORRIBLE!
Hold on. Why is he hawking razors when he has a beard? He doesn't shave, correct?
How do you think my head is so shiny hahah I have to shave that thing daily!!!
Just seems like fake hype
Bro, this is awfully preachy. It's about having the option. We all don't make UA-cam videos for a living.
whahah what? WHAT??? haha its not an option though unless you live in the select market during the select time which who knows how long its going to be and even at that when you do get it its not even going to be that good because none of the other things they have there can be added as a combo unless you want super plain rice.
The whole point of the video was THEY fd up the option. If you got like 2-3 more nuggets and maybe a bit of veg at that price and if it was at all locations this video wouldn't have been made.
Who did you feel I was preaching too here bud?
@@SauceStache it feels like the kind of vegan stuff some other vegan gets into, attacking the good for not being perfect. You are putting down the option, it feels like. I could be wrong. But for this to be more widely available it needs to be successful in the markets it's in (also, it's probably only available in the markets it did well in previously). I don't mind paying $15 for the double beyond chicken plate with half chow mein and half super greens. Hell I'll even pay $2 for 2 veggie spring rolls that are also accidentally vegan. Love your content my dude, I just think you were a little hard on this one.
But they did the test market…. It was wildly successful.
Now this is just pure marketing.
I could be wrong but to me this feels just like the McRib. They know they have a successful product as long as the keep it a limited time. It’s a hype product for them and has nothing to do with actually providing an option.
If they roll out out full time I’ll make another video praising them.
this was really dissapointing, I was hoping you'd make it from scratch.
i dont eat out but you basically spent 10 dollars or more on the homemade version and you literally only made the sauce????
yeah I spent like $12 and made like 6 servings of it hahah
I’m sorry but the amount of sodium in that is off the charts. That’s more sodium than I eat in a week. Definitely not healthy.
this video is a miss. Your bowl was in no way "half the price" if you add the ingredients needed to make it. Sure you could say you can get more portions but the actual bowl you showed was not half the price. there is no way to make that bowl from scratch with 5 dollars or even the 10 it costs from Panda.
I see you have lost some weight was that on purpose
Yep started eating healthier, working out and running over the last 2 1/2 years. Lost 110 pounds
@@SauceStache good I was hoping that you weren’t sick very good thanks for answering