Panda Express Sichuan Hot Chicken

Panda Express brings the heat with new Sichuan Hot Chicken strips. Adding a customizable component to the menu, the new Sichuan Hot Chicken features 100 percent, all-white meat chicken breast tenders hand-tossed in new spicy Sichuan peppercorn sauce inspired by the flavors of Chengdu, China and Nashville, Tennessee.

The new menu item has a serving size of 4.3 oz and contains 400 calories. Each serving comes with three chicken tenders which contain 19 grams of protein and 22 grams of carbs.

Panda Express’s new Sichuan Hot Chicken is moist and juicy, the crust is nice and crispy, and the spicy seasoning hits the spot. But is it healthy for you?

It depends.

The chicken tenders have a decent amount of protein per serving, which is good, but they’re also high in fat and very high in sodium.

Panda Express Sichuan Hot Chicken Calories and Nutritional Information

As mentioned above, the spicy chicken strips have 400 calories per serving. Of those calories, 59 percent are from fat, 22 percent from carbs, and 19 percent from protein.

You can see the full nutritional breakdown of this menu item in the table below:

Nutrition Facts
Calories400
Calories From Fat235
Total Fat26g
Saturated Fat4.5g
Trans Fat0g
Cholesterol45mg
Sodium910mg
Carbohydrates22g
Fiber2g
Sugars1g
Protein19g

How Much Exercise to Burn Three Sichuan Hot Chicken Strips?

You would need to run for 42 minutes to burn off the calories you take in from 3 spicy chicken tenders. You could also swim for 41 minutes or do high-impact aerobics for about 50 minutes.

Allergens

Panda Express’s Sichuan Hot Chicken contains the following allergens:

  • Wheat
  • Milk
  • Soy

References: PandaExpress.com.

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