Panda Express Broccoli Beef

Broccoli Beef is the lightest entree Panda Express sells: sliced flank steak wok tossed with fresh broccoli in a ginger soy sauce, 150 calories a serving, ordered in formats from $8.50. Among more than a hundred menu items it holds the lowest calorie count of any main, and it manages that without tasting like a compromise.

The dish is built on restraint. The beef is sliced thin against the grain and hits the wok for seconds rather than minutes, the broccoli goes in stem first so the florets stay green and squeaky, and the sauce is thin enough to season without gluing anything together. What you taste is ginger, garlic, soy and the char off a hot pan. Next to the battered entrees it looks almost plain on the tray, which is exactly the appeal for the people ordering it.

Broccoli Beef calories come in at 150 with 15 g of protein, 12 g of carbs and 2 g of fiber from the broccoli itself. Set against Beijing Beef at 470 calories, the same protein in its fried form, the gap is more than three to one for a similar plate of food. Sodium at 520 mg is the one number that stays high, the constant across every wok dish in the building.

How much is Broccoli Beef? No national a la carte price is published, so the store decides; the formats are the dependable figures, from $8.50 for a Bowl to $12.50 for a Bigger Plate carrying three entrees.

It suits tracking days, keto days and anyone who wants beef without the batter. Pair it with Super Greens at 130 calories for the lightest full meal the menu can build, or use it as the corrective second entree on a Plate next to something fried. Black Pepper Sirloin Steak at 180 calories is the premium alternative when the beef itself deserves the spotlight.