Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken Menu Prices 2026
Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken prices for 2026 across every size and format — A La Carte, Panda Cub Meal, Family Meal, Bowls and catering trays — all from the same three-city menu research behind this guide.
Kung Pao Chicken at Panda Express — also searched as Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken — A La Carte prices for 2026 run from $5.40 (Small) to $14.90 (Large), based on the same three-city menu research (Los Angeles, Dallas, New York) captured on 8 Sep 2026 behind this whole guide. A Medium order runs $8.70-$10.50, 320 calories and 17g of protein, and it contains peanuts. Kung Pao Chicken also shows up in the Panda Cub Meal, the 5 Person Family Meal, on the catering menu, and as a standalone Bowl item at some locations. For every other item, see our complete Panda Express Menu Prices guide.
What Is Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken?
Panda Express’s own official description, published on the brand’s international site, calls Kung Pao Chicken “a Szechwan-inspired dish with chicken, peanuts and vegetables, finished with chili peppers.” It’s diced white-meat chicken wok-tossed with roasted peanuts and vegetables (typically zucchini and red bell peppers) in a savory, mildly spicy sauce built around dried chili peppers — Panda Express’s version of the classic Sichuan stir-fry.
Kung Pao chicken as a dish traces back to Sichuan Province in China and is traditionally said to be named after Ding Baozhen, a Qing dynasty governor of Sichuan whose court title was “Gong Bao” (anglicized as “Kung Pao”). Panda Express’s version adapts that classic profile for its own menu rather than following a single traditional recipe — the company doesn’t publish a detailed public ingredient list beyond the short description above.
For calorie and allergen information beyond this taste description, see our Panda Express Nutrition & Calories guide or Panda Express’s own official nutrition page.
Kung Pao Chicken A La Carte Prices
Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken A La Carte prices cover three sizes sold at all three restaurants we checked. Calories were only captured at Medium size in our three-city research — Small and Large weren’t captured, so this guide doesn’t show a Small/Large calorie figure rather than estimate one from the Medium count.A La Carte sizes
| Kung Pao Chicken (Small)Los Angeles $5.40 · Dallas $5.40 · New York $5.80 | $5.40–$5.80 |
| Kung Pao Chicken (Medium)Los Angeles $9.50 · Dallas $8.70 · New York $10.50 · 320 Cal | $8.70–$10.50 |
| Kung Pao Chicken (Large)Los Angeles $13.60 · Dallas $12.15 · New York $14.90 | $12.15–$14.90 |
Kung Pao Chicken in Panda Cub Meal & Family Meal
Unlike Orange Chicken, Grilled Teriyaki Chicken and Broccoli Beef — each sold as its own named Panda Cub Meal(tm) — Kung Pao Chicken has no separately named Panda Cub Meal SKU in our research. It’s one of the free entree choices inside Build Your Own Panda Cub Meal, priced at the same $6.80-$9.00 meal price at all three restaurants we checked, at a smaller 220-calorie portion than every other Kung Pao Chicken serving on the menu.
Build Your Own Panda Cub Meal (Kung Pao Chicken choice)
| Item | Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Kung Pao Chicken | Included (meal $6.80-$9.00) | 220 Cal |
Meal price: $6.80-$9.00 across the three restaurants we checked — Kung Pao Chicken itself adds nothing extra as an entree choice.
Kung Pao Chicken is also one of the free entree choices in the 5 Person Family Meal (320-330 Cal depending on the store), included in that meal’s flat price rather than priced on its own — see our Family Meal Menu guide for the full Family Meal pricing.
Kung Pao Chicken for Catering
Kung Pao Chicken is available as a full catering tray at all three restaurants we checked, priced the same as Orange Chicken’s catering tray. It’s also one of the swap-in entree choices inside Catering Party Bundles — but it carries the same Dallas gap already documented on our Catering Menu guide: at capture time, Dallas showed “Not offered at this store” for the whole Party Bundle program, so Kung Pao Chicken wasn’t selectable as a bundle choice there either, while Los Angeles and New York both included it.Catering tray
| Kung Pao ChickenLos Angeles $49.00 · Dallas $44.00 · New York $50.00 · 320 Cal | $44.00–$50.00 |
Kung Pao Chicken in Bowls & Plate Builds
Beyond A La Carte, Kung Pao Chicken shows up in several build-your-own formats — and availability varies more by store here than for almost any other format on the menu, so this guide reports the real per-store differences rather than assuming it’s available everywhere:
- Bowl: Kung Pao Chicken was only orderable as a standalone Bowl item at Los Angeles ($9.50, 320 Cal) in our research — Dallas and New York both showed “Not offered at this store” for it in the Bowl category.
- Bigger Plate: offered as a free entree choice at Dallas only — Los Angeles and New York both showed “Not offered at this store.”
- Balanced Protein Plates: offered at Dallas and New York — Los Angeles showed “Not offered at this store.”
- Panda Bundles: offered at New York only — Los Angeles and Dallas both showed “Not offered at this store.”
The Bigger Plate, Balanced Protein Plates and Panda Bundles builds are all free entree choices with no separate price when they’re offered, so this isn’t a data gap in our pricing research — it’s a genuine, store-by-store menu-builder difference we observed directly. If you’re building a plate rather than ordering a standalone Bowl or A La Carte, confirm Kung Pao Chicken is offered as a choice at your specific restaurant before counting on it.
Kung Pao Chicken Nutrition, Macros & Allergens
Panda Express’s own official nutrition documentation lists the following for a Medium Kung Pao Chicken entree (the same 320-calorie serving used throughout this guide):
Kung Pao Chicken (Medium entree) nutrition facts
| Item | Price | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | — | 320 Cal |
| Protein | — | 17g |
| Total Carbohydrates | — | 15g |
| Total Fat | — | 21g |
| Sodium | — | 1,050mg |
Allergen alert: Panda Express’s own allergen documentation confirms Kung Pao Chicken contains peanuts — avoid it if you have a peanut allergy, and ask restaurant staff about shared kitchen equipment if cross-contact is a concern. The dish is wok-tossed diced chicken, not a breaded or fried preparation, based on Panda Express’s own description.
Is Kung Pao Chicken healthy? At 320 calories, 17g protein and 15g carbs for a Medium entree, it’s one of the leaner protein-forward entrees on the menu compared to breaded options, though the 21g fat and 1,050mg sodium are worth factoring in if you’re watching either. See our Panda Express Nutrition & Calories guide for how it compares to other entrees.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken?
Panda Express describes it as a Szechwan-inspired dish with chicken, peanuts and vegetables, finished with chili peppers — diced chicken wok-tossed with peanuts and vegetables in a savory, mildly spicy sauce.
How much is Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken?
Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken A La Carte runs $5.40-$5.80 for Small, $8.70-$10.50 for Medium, and $12.15-$14.90 for Large, based on the three restaurants we checked on 8 Sep 2026.
How many calories are in Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken?
320 calories for a Medium A La Carte order, matched exactly at all three restaurants we checked. The Panda Cub Meal portion is smaller at 220 calories. Small and Large A La Carte calorie counts weren’t captured in our research.
Is Kung Pao Chicken available as a Bowl or in plate builds?
As a standalone Bowl item, only at Los Angeles ($9.50) in our research — Dallas and New York showed it as not offered. As a free entree choice in Bigger Plate, Balanced Protein Plates and Panda Bundles builds, availability varies by store; see the Bowls & Plate Build Availability section above.
How much does a Kung Pao Chicken catering tray cost?
$44.00-$50.00, the same price tier as Orange Chicken’s catering tray, based on the three restaurants we checked. It’s also a swap-in choice in Catering Party Bundles, except at Dallas, where the whole Party Bundle program wasn’t offered at capture time.
Does Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken contain peanuts?
Yes — Panda Express’s own official allergen documentation confirms Kung Pao Chicken contains peanuts. Avoid it if you have a peanut allergy, and ask staff about shared kitchen equipment if cross-contact is a concern.
How much protein and carbs are in Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken?
A Medium entree has 17g of protein and 15g of total carbohydrates, per Panda Express’s own official nutrition documentation, alongside 320 calories, 21g of fat and 1,050mg of sodium.
Is Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken spicy or breaded?
It’s mildly spicy, built around dried chili peppers in the sauce, and it’s wok-tossed diced chicken — not breaded or fried — based on Panda Express’s own description.
Our Methodology
Prices and calories in this Panda Express Kung Pao Chicken Menu Prices guide were captured directly from each restaurant’s live official online-ordering menu at pandaexpress.com on 8 Sep 2026, the same three-city dataset (Los Angeles, Dallas, New York) used across this cluster.
The official taste description quoted above comes from Panda Express’s own international brand site (pandaexpress.kr), since the U.S. site’s JS-rendered menu pages did not return readable item-description text for Kung Pao Chicken at the time we checked — it is not pulled from any third-party recipe or menu-price site.
The Bowl and Bigger Plate / Balanced Protein Plates / Panda Bundles availability differences above are reported exactly as observed at each store at capture time — not averaged, assumed, or filled in for a store where Kung Pao Chicken wasn’t shown as available.
A La Carte Small and Large calorie figures weren’t captured in our three-city research — only Medium (320 Cal) was — and this guide discloses that gap rather than estimating a Small/Large figure from it.
Protein, carbohydrate, fat, sodium and allergen figures in the Nutrition, Macros & Allergens section were checked directly against Panda Express’s own official nutrition and allergen documentation at pandaexpress.com/nutritioninformation, not estimated or pulled from a third-party source.