Panda Express Partners with ‘Hot Ones’ to Launch Spicy Chicken Dish.Photo:Courtesy of Hot Ones
Courtesy of Hot Ones
Things are heating up at Panda Express.
The Chinese fast food spot is teaming up with the popular YouTube hot wings tasting showHot Onesfor a spicy menu item, PEOPLE can exclusively announce.
Naturally, thebrands are partnering on a chicken dish: the blazing bourbon chicken. The limited-time item combines crispy boneless chicken and vegetables in a sweet and spicy bourbon sauce (which gets its heat fromHot OnesLast Dab Apollo hot sauce). The blazing bourbon chicken will be Panda Express’s “spiciest dish to date,” according to a press release.
The blazing bourbon chicken, which is available now until Jan. 2, will be served at Panda Express locations exclusively in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New York, Texas and Washington, D.C..
Hot Ones host Sean Evans.Courtesy First We Feast
Other saucy collabs fromHot Onesincludes this summer’s parntership withHot Pockets. The brands teamed up to create four new Hot Pocket flavors that use some of the sauces featured on the show.
On the milder end, the spicy garlic chicken and bacon Hot Pockets get a kick of theHot Ones’classic garlic fresno hot sauce.
Hot Ones and Hot Pockets Collab on New and Spicy Pockets.Hot Pockets
Hot Pockets
Two of the other flavors promise to turn up the heat with the red and green variations of theHot OnesLos Calientes hot sauce. The smoky green chile cheesesteak uses the Los Calientes Verdes sauce while the hot habanero pepperoni and sausage hot pocket use the Los Calientes Rojo variation to bring the heat.
The final flavor dares to be the “hottest pockets evers,” according tothe Hot Pockets website.Like the Panda Express dish, the fiery hot pepperoni flavor also uses the Last Dab hot sauce. The condiment is so spicy it oftenmakes stars’ stomachs churn.
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source: people.com
