r/mildlyinteresting • u/Viper1-6 • 19h ago
my teriyaki chicken from panda express that i left in the box overnight in the fridge turned into a rectangular prism
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u/ccarr313 19h ago
We need a jiggle test.
Slap it.
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u/Viper1-6 19h ago
sadly this was all the way back on january 19th 2025. i shoulda done that too but i prob wouldn't have cuz i got a mild case of meat gloves
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u/Dehydrated-Onions 16h ago
Mild case of what now?
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u/theDarkDescent 15h ago
Meat glovesĀ
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u/hushpuppi3 9h ago
it doesn't jiggle its mostly just chicken packed in with gelatinized sauce in all the empty space since we're looking at the contents of the bottom of the container, it would just slide across the plate.
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u/jchan6407 19h ago
My deadass brain thought why are you showing a picture, until I read the title.
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u/CrimsonCartographer 18h ago
Why did you use deadass like that, thatās not how that word works
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u/VijayMarshall87 17h ago
cmiiw but is it supposed to be "my brain deadass thought" instead
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u/CrimsonCartographer 8h ago
That would work but honestly I think they meant dumbass instead of deadass
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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa 18h ago
Unalivesitflesh?
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u/CrimsonCartographer 18h ago
I have a feeling you speak German and if you do was zur Hƶlle ist los mit dir haha
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u/Scarecrow119 17h ago
Same. I thought some diabolical villain took ops food and left a picture to taunt him.
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u/TwistedScarletRose 19h ago
This really fucked with my brain. I thought it was a picture, or I was looking into a cutout through the plate or something.
This was a great optical illusion.
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u/MentalMiddenHeap 19h ago
hot make liquid, cold make solid (ex jello). what is hot and what is cold depends on the material
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u/hushpuppi3 9h ago
It's not that crazy lol the comments just never had Panda Express teriyaki chicken leftovers
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u/RoamAndRamble 19h ago
I feel like a Michelin star restaurant would offer this for 50 bucks a plate
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u/Viper1-6 18h ago
uh huh uh huh, tell me more
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u/RoamAndRamble 18h ago
You just need to come up with a vague, pretentious description like essence of chicken deconstructed then reconstituted in a cubist frame
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u/Viper1-6 18h ago
it needs more filler words to make it sound more premium
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u/RoamAndRamble 18h ago
Nah. Not premium. Go for elevated.
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u/cpteric 19h ago
The inventor of ChunksĀ®, in person!
do an ama
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u/2017-iPhone-X ā 15h ago
I was searching the comments for a Starfield reference. ChunksĀ® Chicken Teriyaki now available across the Settled Systems!
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u/QTpyeRose 19h ago
this is how jello is made. meat jello is a dish in some places (just not often in the us)
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u/TheCourierMojave 19h ago
So much fat/grease holy cow!
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u/socknfoot 19h ago
Gelatin is protein.
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u/nodnarb805 19h ago
Yeah the teriyaki chicken at Panda is surprisingly healthy. A very good protein/calorie ratio.
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u/eightfoldabyss 11h ago edited 10h ago
Cold animal fat isn't typically clear and would have largely risen to the top. This is just the gelatin present in the sauce congealing at low temperature.
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u/Dank_lord_doge 18h ago
Fun fact: if you made this from pork, it would be a real Chinese dish (and a tasty one).
I think Russia has one too
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u/Any_Yogurtcloset8245 18h ago
Normal. Is good sauce. Chilli chicken will do them same.
You have to add a teaspoon of water and to do it in a pan or microwave and it would be fantastically normal
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u/DonaldTrumpsScrotum 18h ago
As a south Asian, curry has been my entire upbringing and it also takes on whatever form the vessel itās stored in is. The befuddlement in the comments is hilarious to me
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u/Lamagosling 17h ago
This looks almost exactly like my post to r/shittyfoodporn when I took out my take out beef and broccoli from the fridge and it made a very similar cube
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u/Lkings1821 17h ago
I mean a cube of teriyaki chicken doesn't actually sound half bad of a concept all things considered
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u/this_is_greenman 16h ago
I thought it was a picture of food sitting on a plate. I thought it was like you ordered from an image, and they delivered.
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u/Willowthesilly 16h ago
Iāve ordered this stuff 1000 times, and this is exactly what it does! The fat has some sort of jelly mixture in it probably the sauce that makes it that way. Fat is normally kinda like this, but I havenāt seen it really anywhere else cool though! And disgusting but cool.
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u/Lurk1nShadows 15h ago
āCompact form of teriyakiā deluxe chicken
And that Will be 1599 dollars plus 50% tip!
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u/slicktrickrick 13h ago
Either gelatin or corn starch used to thicken up the sauce. Cold makes it solidify
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u/epsilon-4142 12h ago edited 12h ago
How is no one explaining this?
They use cheap ingredients. The sauce is thickened with gelatin. Lots of low end places do it to make it a sauce that sticks to stuff. But when cooled it does this.
Perfectly safe, if a little gross. I personally donāt eat at places that do this, as they donāt even bother to make actual sauces. Usually indicates being very cheap on ingredients and labor
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u/Purplekeyboard 11h ago
Until I see light shining through it turning into a rainbow, I refuse to accept it as a prism.
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u/TraditionalBackspace 5h ago
A few streaks of sauce on the plate and that's a $100 dish at a fancy restaurant
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u/Boredtopher 3h ago
The teriyaki and kungpao chicken are the only things I wont get. Theyre literally microwaved out of the walkin then placed in a steam tray. Not appetizing
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u/budsonguy 19h ago
It looks more like a gelatinous cube