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$Backpacker\'s Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings$

Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings

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Full of flavor, quick and easy--this spiced up meal is sure to please.

Instant brown rice and an array of vegetables all come together in this favorite dish
Just add the boiling water, let stand and your meal is done within minutes
No artificial ingredients
Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
May contain traces of peanuts and/or tree nuts
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Ingredients: precooked parboiled long grain brown rice, sauce (organic textured soy protein, soy sauce (soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), maltodextrin and salt), corn starch, onion, sugar, garlic, salt, sesame oil (maltodextrin, sesame oil, salt), balsamic vinegar (maltodextrin, balsamic vinegar, food starch-modified, natural flavor, molasses and caramel color), vegetarian soup with imitation chicken flavor (maltodextrin, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, yeast extract, onion powder, turmeric extract (color), sunflower oil), pepper, dextrose (from corn), citric acid, crushed red chili pepper, fructose (from corn), maltodextrin), chicken (cooked, diced and freeze-dried), roasted peanuts, carrots, onion, celery, bell pepper, parsley, crushed red chili pepper. contains: peanut, soybean, gluten, wheat. Allergens: soybean, peanuts, wheat, gluten

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Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings Customer Reviews

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Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings

2.1

(based on 10 reviews)

20%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to prepare (9)
Nutritious (3)
Quick cook time (3)

Cons

Lacks flavor (6)

Best Uses

Backpacking (6)

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- Avid adventurer (4), Casual adventurer (3)

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Dec

2007

(2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Spicy, Tangy, Tasty...

By Getaway Geek

from Colorado Springs, CO

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Nutritious
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Weekend Trips

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

Tasty and filling backpacking food is a must and Backpacker's Pantry does it right.

The Kung Pao is awesome! Peanuts, vegetables, and rice with spicy peppers. Yum! I found myself licking the bag.

Backpacker's Pantry meals are slick and easy to prepare. Just boil (purified) water, add to bag, and stir. Hardest part is waiting...

Sturdy bag holds up to the heat and doesn't burn your hands. A little messy to eat from but you can just pour it out on mess kits.

If you've been hiking all day this 2-person meal is probably enough for just one (average adult male)

Jun

2008

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good stuff

By jah rib

from Temecula, CA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful

Cons

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

A good meal, although sodium level was higher than other meals. I'll be taking it again on my next trip!

Sep

2007

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Better than horrible

By C-Dizzle

from Portland, OR

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Cons

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Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

After climbing Mt Adams and returning to camp, I looked forward to a great meal. Unlike the Backpacker's Pantry Pad Thai I had the night before, I was able to finish it, but I would equate this dinner with the flavor of Ramen noodles. That is being charitable.

Oct

2011

1.0

Inedible! Stick to the comfort foods!

By Moonbean

from Los Angeles, CA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare

Cons

Long Cook Time
Unappetizing

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

While backpacking in Big Sur, my friend & I boiled some water and wanted for some Kung Pao Chicken-y goodness.

I rarely eat Asian food made by non-Asians. However, this is backpacking food and thus, my expectations are automatically lowered.

Apparently, they were not low enough. After a few spoonfuls, my friend and I exchanged unhappy looks and opted to cook up something else. We decided it might have needed more cook time so we set it aside and tried to reheat it in the morning.

Why are there peanuts in this thing (yes, I realize they are packaged separately but my friend just threw them in without asking me)? I picked out every crunchy peanut. I would have preferred to eat the peanuts on their own.

It was so unappetizing we couldn't finish it. Please heed this warning so you're not in the same predicament. For a good meal, stick to the hearty comfort foods. They're a safe bet.

Mar

2010

1.0

if your really hungry

By sin1134

from Saint Paul, MN

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Pros

Easy To Prepare

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

Making you not hungry

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

just not good, like most things try before you bring it out there

Aug

2009

1.0

Terrible

By 68black

from seattle

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Pros

Easy To Prepare

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

Fish food

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

This dinner was really bad. The rice was mushy and the sauce was thin and runny. It was spicy in the sense that it burned on the way down, but it was practically flavorless. Couldn't finish it.

Jul

2009

3.0

Kung Pao Chicken is OK

By CuzzDaddy101

from Campbell, CA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight
Nutritious
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

Backpacking
Car Camping
Extended Trips
Weekend Trips

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

This is pretty good. I love Kung Pao anything. The way they spiced it up though it would have been better with Tofu.

Jul

2009

2.0

maybe i wasn't hungry enough...

By Rhiannon

from Boston, MA

About Me Casual Adventurer

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Pros

Easy To Prepare

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

the kung pao chicken has decent flavor but the texture was very mushy. the added packet of peanuts did help it a bit but i'd avoid this particular meal in the future.

Jun

2009

2.0

Disappointing

By Little Oz

from Monument, Colorado

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Easy To Prepare

Cons

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Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

After a 15 mile day in Rocky Mountain NP I was looking forward to this meal. The rice just lacked texture and flavor and i ditched it after forcing myself to eat half. It's good that you can adjust flavor with peanut and red chile packets, but the rest of it was liking eating mealworms. Better than going without a meal, though.

Mar

2009

2.0

Flavor, PLEASE!?!

By WeShuffle

from Eastern Washington

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight
Nutritious
Quick Cook Time

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

FIRE STARTER
Maraca

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Kung Pao Rice with Chicken - 2 Servings:

I used this on day 8 of a 25 day hike. It was the least flavorful of the 15+ variety I had between Backpackers Pantry and Mountain House. It may be because I didn't add the red peppers (6 year drought area and I was forced to ration water). Did BP think the peppers would be hot enough that any flavor they might add would go unnoticed? Maybe I just got a flavorless batch, who knows?