Oh, excuse my language, but I’m honestly so f*cking excited to write about this one! The stickiness, the crispiness, the sweet, the tart, the slaw. EVERYthing about this sandwich is perfect.
To be honest, I’m guessing you guys don’t make a lot of sandwiches from recipes. I rarely get sent pictures of them. My guess is that it’s just so damn easy to just make your favorite sandwich, or to hit up a drive-thru to achieve your sammy desires. And it is!! But you also need to trust the fact that when I, an AVID sandwich eater, love a sandwich, it means: It. Is. Legit.
The funniest part of this sandwich is that it led to a heated conversation about orange chicken, a dish I LOVE, which I learned John (and his brother!) DO NOT LIKE. I wasn’t aware people didn’t like orange chicken. It’s a Panda Express world and we are just living in it! I actually call restaurants before I order their orange chicken, to make sure it’s fried and not grilled; grilled orange chicken is a waste of my precious time. Anyhow, phew. This freakin’ sandwich is exactly what a sandwich should be: a Panda Express knockoff in a bun.
Reprinted from Cravings: All Together. Copyright © 2021 by Christine Diane Teigen. Photographs copyright © 2021 by Alex Lau. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.