<p>It’s Meatless Monday and Panda Express is making one of their classics without meat.</p> <p>That’s right, the orange chicken can now be ordered without the chicken! Panda Express has teamed up with the Beyond Meat team to bring a plant-based twist on their classic orange chicken dish.</p> <p>Listen as chef Nyesha Arrington and restaurateur Philip Camino give you a little history lesson on Panda Express’ orange chicken, Beyond Meat’s foray into chicken, and how this new plant-based dish might stack up to the original.</p> <h2><strong>Listen to Philip and Nyesha discuss orange chicken:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Panda Express chef Andy Kao created the famous orange chicken dish in 1987, four years after the first store opened<br> </li> <li>Panda Express has served more than 80 million pounds of orange chicken since 2016 alone<br> </li> <li>Panda Express chef Jimmy Wong spent more than a year working with Beyond Meat to develop the product<br> </li> <li>It will have the same size, taste, and texture of the original orange chicken<br> </li> <li>Beyond Meat recently launched plant-based chicken tenders nationwide<br> </li> <li>Beyond Meat’s plant-based chicken tenders are made with fava beans and peas and have 14 grams of protein per serving<br> </li> <li>The dish is only available for a limited time in select locations in New York City and southern California<strong><br> </strong></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/happymouthpodcast/"><u>Happy Mouth Podcast Instagram</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/food/panda-express-transforms-its-signature-original-orange-chicken-plant-based-dish?LID=26778836&amp;mkt_tok=NTYxLVpOUC04OTcAAAF-SXPviq6hxh5f2R0KY3cZvlRAikb8zEkdNbRG2ktRIr1A4T806Z1ont86t8bH1it4OdU3uKlWrsO8jmX4x7VSQaveQ7eJ3mG4dMjuzmG7l6c0Zg&amp;utm_campaign=NL_RB_Daily_07-15-21&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Marketo"><u>Restaurant Business Online</u></a> - Panda Express transforms its signature original orange chicken into a plant-based dish</p> <p><a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/food/beyond-chicken-tenders-launch-restaurant-menus-nationwide"><u>Restaurant Business Online</u></a> - Beyond Chicken Tenders launches on restaurant menus nationwide</p> <p><a href="https://www.pandaexpress.com/ourfamilystory"><u>Panda Express</u></a> - Our family story</p> <p><strong>We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://restaurants.yelp.com/full-comp-podcast/"><u>Full Comp&nbsp;</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://restaurants.yelp.com/happy-mouth-podcast/"><u>The Happy Mouth Morning Show</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://restaurants.yelp.com/happy-mouth-podcast/"><u>Restaurant Marketing School</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://restaurants.yelp.com/the-playbook-restaurant-stories/"><u>The Playbook &nbsp;</u></a></p>