Panda Express prints no off-menu list, so every build below is an ordinary order placed in particular words. The Panda Express secret menu works because the line already holds each part behind glass. The Original Orange Chicken, Kung Pao Chicken and a tray of fried rice sit within reach of one server.
What a build costs starts from the board item behind it, so every row below names the item it begins with. Entree rows list the Small size and side rows the Medium size, except Wok-Fired Shrimp, which carries a single price.
The short answer
Nothing on the Panda Express secret menu is a separate product. Each build adds a wrap, asks for more sauce or splits a base using food the line already carries. Both figures on a row belong to the board item underneath it.
Panda Express secret menu at a glance
$5.40
orange chicken
$4.60
fried rice
$6.90
honey walnut shrimp
How the Panda Express Secret Menu Works
The Panda Express line hides no second kitchen behind it. Each build swaps one component of something already sitting in the steel trays, or asks a server to wrap it differently. The Panda Express secret menu therefore shifts from one restaurant to the next, depending on what that line is holding when you reach it.
Every row names the board item the order starts from, and both figures beside it belong to that item before the change. A change alters what lands in the box. Each item on the line carries a price and a calorie figure of its own.
Panda Express Secret Menu Chicken and Shrimp Builds
Five scoops carry a twist here. A tortilla turns The Original Orange Chicken and rice into a burrito, which works best at restaurants that keep tortillas on hand. A bacon ask runs through that same scoop, while the Kung Pao Chicken ask is a drier plate with less sauce. The shrimp ask is more honey glaze than the standard scoop carries, and Wok-Fired Shrimp is simply ordered by name.
| Item | Base calories | Base price |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Chicken Burrito Ask for The Original Orange Chicken with rice and vegetables wrapped in a tortilla | 560 | $5.40 |
| Dry-Style Kung Pao Chicken Ask for Kung Pao Chicken with less sauce so it eats more like a stir-fry | 270 | $5.40 |
| Honey Walnut Shrimp with Extra Glaze Order Honey Walnut Shrimp with extra honey glaze, and ask for the sauce on the side to control the sweetness | 340 | $6.90 |
| Orange Chicken with Bacon Order The Original Orange Chicken and ask for bacon run through the scoop before it is boxed | 560 | $5.40 |
| Wok-Fired Shrimp Order wok-fired shrimp by name, a build that started off the board and now sits on it | 190 | $7.20 |
Panda Express Secret Menu Noodle and Rice Swaps
Chow Mein with extra sauce asks the server to work more sauce through the noodles. Half-and-Half Fried Rice splits one base between Fried Rice and White Steamed Rice, and the ordering menu itself offers a half and half base. Brown Fried Rice swaps the white grain under Fried Rice for brown. All three ride on sides that already carry a printed price, and extra sauce adds calories beyond the base figure.
| Item | Base calories | Base price |
|---|---|---|
| Chow Mein with Extra Sauce Ask for extra sauce worked through the Chow Mein | 520 | $4.60 |
| Half-and-Half Fried Rice Ask for the base split half Fried Rice and half White Steamed Rice | 610 | $4.60 |
| Brown Fried Rice Ask for the fried rice built on steamed brown rice in place of the white grain | 610 | $4.60 |
Panda Express Secret Menu Questions
About the author
Sophia W. Steadham writes MenuQuill. She is a food blogger and restaurant review expert who has spent years eating her way through American chain menus, from small-town drive-thrus to national roll-outs.