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$Backpacker\'s Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings$

Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings

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A spicy entree of brown rice, cashews, oinions, mushrooms, celery and chicken in an Indian curry sauce.

Easy to prepare--just mix contents with boiling water in the pouch provided, let stand a few minutes, and serve!
All-natural entree has no artificial colors, flavors, additives or preservatives--vitamin fortified
Nutrition facts displayed here and on packaging may differ; information on packaging reflects actual contents
May contain traces of peanuts and/or tree nuts
*Discount will be applied when you check out. Offer not valid for sale-price items ending in $._3 or $._9

Ingredients: precooked long grain white rice, curry sauce [chicken (cooked, diced and freeze-dried), cashews, onion, celery, vegetarian soup with imitation chicken flavor (maltodextrin, salt, autolyzed yeast extract, yeast extract, onion powder, turmeric extract (color), sunflower oil), sugar, garlic, paprika, turmeric, soy sauce (soy sauce (wheat, soybeans, salt), maltodextrin and salt), cumin seed, ginger, cayenne pepper, coriander seed, fenugreek, nutmeg, pepper, bay leaves, cloves, fennel seed, cinnamon, dill weed]. Allergens: gluten, soybean, tree nuts, wheat,

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Item 722162

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Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings Customer Reviews

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Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings

1.8

(based on 13 reviews)

15%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Easy to prepare (6)
Lightweight (6)
Nutritious (5)

Cons

Lacks flavor (6)
Long cook time (6)

Best Uses

Backpacking (8)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid adventurer (7), Casual/ recreational (5)
- Was this a gift?:
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Reviewed by 13 customers

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Aug

2012

4.0

Pretty good.

By hikethisway

from Salinas CA

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Cons

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Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

Easily enough for two people. We brought extra cashews to add to it. Bonus. It also helps to add a little fresh ground pepper. I know it's backpacking but you need to have a few luxuries in the back country right? Overall pretty tasty and it is part of our rotation.

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Aug

2012

1.0

abysmal. don't waste your money.

By Grandao

from Denver, CO

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Pros

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

Please, do yourself a favor, buy something else. I bought this on the recommendation of REI staff, who normally are spot on, but this was horrible. This was my first time trying Backpacker's Pantry, and it is also my last. Following the directions to the letter, the water did not absorb, and even if it did, the flavor was just terrible. I enjoyed my ramen noodles MUCH more, that cost 20 cents, which is rather sad. A couple others in my group had other Backpacker's Pantry meals, and only one struggled through to eat it all. The others did like I did, and fed it to the fish. The ones with Mountain House enjoyed their meals a lot more, or so they said.

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Apr

2012

1.0

Just very bad.

By Chrislrob

from Chicago, IL

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

Was trying to branch our from Mountain House and saw this at the store. It was watery. It was bland. The dominant flavor was of celery--it is loaded with it. It was easily the worst meal I've had on the trail in my year plus of backpacking. I am relieved to see that so many people agree with me. I can't speak for the other meals in this line, but stay FAR away from this one!

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Sep

2010

1.0

To much Aroma

By Concrete Guy

from Fort Collins, CO

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Pros

Cons

Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

While this meal tasted okay, it was kind of dry when following the directions. The worst part was I used my cook pot (GSI Minimalist) to rehydrate the meal and it left an awful aroma in it, that night a critter of some sort chewed on the pot, and my coffee tasted like cajun the next day.

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May

2010

(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Smelled like multi-vitamin supplements

By MeTheExplorer

from Washington,DC

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight
Nutritious

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Too much amount in 1 pack

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

I tried it at home( altitude 300 ft above sea level) to experiment. It smelled like medicine e.g smell that comes from Kirkland multivitamin bottle.Taste was dry. It may have tasted better with some sauce but medicine smell was overpowering.I do not know how other packaged food from backpackers pantry or any other brand taste as this was the first packaged food I tried, so I can't give any comparison. Besides, It is too much amount in one pack. It will be nicer to have a pack with amount of food for one meal for one person. Up side:- It is very easy to make and no cleaning dishes after if your eating straight from inside the pack

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Apr

2010

1.0

Not even a hint of curry

By trg

from Los Angeles, CA

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight

Cons

Lacks Flavor

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

I love curry. Thought this would taste like curry. It tastes nothing like curry. In fact it tastes like nothing.

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Feb

2010

1.0

Not too good

By Tennessee Treader

from Memphis, TN

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Pros

Nutritious

Cons

Difficult To Prepare
Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Backpacking

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

This took too long to prepare; I let it sit the required amount of time, but it was still crunchy. The taste was not very good and me and my son had a hard time getting it all down.

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Mar

2009

4.0

I liked it.

By Jim in Flag

from Flagstaff, Arizona

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Flavorful
Lightweight
Low sodium to cal ratio
Nutritious

Cons

Can be watery
Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Backpacking
Extended Trips
Mountaineering

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

I actually like this product. I find it tastes fine when out on the trail and it has a high number of calories compared to the amount of sodium when compared to other comparable foods. Still, it is what it is, and it can be watery and may take longer to cook at elevations over 10,000 feet. My recommendation is to add half the hot water to the bag to begin cooking the dried food, and then before you go to eat it add the last half. That way your food will be warm or possibly even hot since cook time can be long and it tends to get cold in those thin bags.

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Feb

2009

1.0

There are better choices!

By Tennessee Hiker

from Nashville, TN

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Pros

Easy To Prepare
Lightweight

Cons

Lacks Flavor
Long Cook Time

Best Uses

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

My wife and I tried out four different Backpacker Pantry meals on a recent trip, and this was not one of the better ones! The curry flavor was bland and uninspiring, and the overall effect was lackluster and barely edible. It was a challenge for us to finish the bag, and if we weren't down to our last meal on the trip (and last bit of food) we'd have fixed up something else and packed out the leftovers. The general consensus was that this has a ways to go to catch up with military issue MRE packets, and that is not a compliment by a long shot.

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Sep

2008

3.0

okay, but too watery

By offpiste2

from Pueblo, CO

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Pros

Flavorful
Lightweight

Cons

Spicy
Too watery

Best Uses

Backpacking
Weekend Trips

Comments about Backpacker's Pantry Chicken Cashew Curry - 2 Servings:

okay flavor but we were disappointed by how watery it was. The ingredients didn't cook well and the rice was hard. Also, it caused some heartburn and bloating.

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