Cheesecake Factory Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp: Price, Calories & Allergens (2026)
The Cheesecake Factory Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp is a Thai curry, peanut, chile and coconut saute with vegetables over steamed white rice, at $25.95 to $29.95 and 1,370 calories, and if you showed up expecting the crispy fried dish from the copycat recipes, this plate will catch you off guard. It is the allergy-warning plate of the chicken Specialties too, with seven of the ten major allergens in it, peanut among them, and no gluten-free marker anywhere on it. The numbers here come from 21 official location menus checked on November 10, 2026, and the brand's published Summer 2026 nutrition guide.
Forget the crispy version: what Bang-Bang really is
The name does a lot of misleading here. Search "bang bang chicken" and you will find copycat recipes for crispy fried chicken tossed in a creamy mayo, sweet chili and sriracha sauce, which is the Bonefish Grill preparation, not this one. The Cheesecake Factory version is sauteed, not fried, and the official description says it plainly: "A Spicy Thai Dish with the Flavors of Curry, Peanut, Chile and Coconut. Sauteed with Vegetables and Served over Steamed White Rice." So the plate is chicken and shrimp with vegetables in a Thai curry-peanut sauce, over steamed white rice, and the sauce is the whole point of it. Reviewers say the portions run big, big enough to stretch across more than one meal, and the one complaint that keeps showing up is what happens when the sauce is skimped on: the plate turns into a large bed of dry white rice with overcooked shrimp. Order it for the sauce, and if the sauce is light, that is worth saying something about.
What a plate costs, store to store
A plate costs $25.95 to $29.95, with a median of $27.95 across 20 official location menus. Five stores charge the $25.95 low end, seven charge $27.95, six charge $28.95, and two charge the $29.95 top end, so most of the country pays $27.95 or $28.95. One store breaks the pattern and should not be quoted: Chesterfield lists $23.95, the recurring low outlier, so this page leaves it out of the range. There is no second price source to cross-check against, since this dish is not in the 50-store dataset, so the 20 menus are the number. Before you order, check whether a promo code is running, since a live deal is the one thing that can move the price.
| Source | Price |
|---|---|
| 20 official location menus (range) | $25.95–$29.95 |
| 20-menu median | $27.95 |
| Low end, 5 stores | $25.95 |
| Top end, 2 stores | $29.95 |
1,370 calories, and the same number again in sodium
A plate has 1,370 calories, and here is the odd part: the sodium is 1,370mg too, the same number, a different measure, and 57 percent of the 2,400mg daily reference value. The fat is 56g with 500 calories from fat, about 36 percent of the plate's calories, and 22g of that is saturated fat, with no trans fat. The protein runs high at 75g, the carbohydrates are 144g, mostly the steamed white rice, with 8g of fiber and 26g of sugar, and the cholesterol is 235mg. For a Specialties chicken plate that is light, second only to Chicken Madeira at 1,300 calories, though the sugar is a long way above Madeira's 11g. For the numbers behind the plate, see the nutrition numbers in one place.
| Measure | Per plate |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,370 |
| Calories from fat | 500 |
| Total fat | 56g |
| Saturated fat | 22g |
| Trans fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 235mg |
| Sodium | 1,370mg |
| Carbohydrates | 144g |
| Fiber | 8g |
| Sugar | 26g |
| Protein | 75g |
Seven of the ten major allergens: read this first
This is the part of the page that matters most if you have an allergy. The official allergen guide, checked live on November 10, 2026, lists Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp as containing gluten, wheat, milk, peanuts, shellfish, soy and sesame. That is seven of the ten major allergens the guide tracks, and the peanut warning is the headline one, since peanut is a named flavor right in the official description and the shrimp is shellfish. The dish does not contain eggs, fish or tree nuts, according to the same guide. It also carries no ** marker in any of the 21 menus checked, which means it is not gluten-free upon request either, so do not order it expecting a gluten-free preparation. The restaurant kitchen as a whole uses nine major allergen groups, but that is the restaurant, not this plate, so the table below is the one to go by. Tell your server about any allergy before you order, and say it clearly rather than assuming the kitchen will catch it.
| Allergen | In this dish? |
|---|---|
| Gluten | Yes |
| Wheat | Yes |
| Milk | Yes |
| Peanuts | Yes |
| Shellfish | Yes |
| Soy | Yes |
| Sesame | Yes |
| Eggs | No |
| Fish | No |
| Tree Nuts | No |
Spicy on the menu, medium on the plate
The menu marks it "Spicy", and the Thai curry and chile in the description back that up, but the people who have actually eaten it keep saying the same thing: less spicy than expected. Call it medium heat, sweet and savory first, with the warmth second, not a hot dish and not one that will leave you reaching for water. If you like heat, this is not the plate to order for it. If you like the flavor of curry and peanut with a little warmth behind it, that is exactly what you get.
Three chicken plates, three different ideas
Bang-Bang sits next to two other chicken plates that sound similar and are not. Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp is the crispy one, sweet and spicy sauce, snow peas and mushrooms, and it is cheaper and heavier at $21.50 to $24.95 and 1,630 calories, with 92g of sugar. Orange Chicken is crispy chicken in an orange sauce with no shrimp at all, $24.95 to $27.95 and 1,750 calories, the heaviest of the three. Bang-Bang is the lightest of the three at 1,370 calories and the priciest at the low end, and it is the only one of the three that is sauteed rather than crispy. The only chicken Specialties plate lighter than it is Chicken Madeira at 1,300 calories, which starts at the same $25.95, so light on this menu does not mean cheap.
| Dish | Dinner price | Calories | Sugar | How it is cooked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp | $25.95–$29.95 | 1,370 | 26g | Sauteed, Thai curry-peanut sauce, steamed white rice |
| Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp | $21.50–$24.95 | 1,630 | 92g | Crispy, sweet-spicy sauce, snow peas and mushrooms |
| Orange Chicken | $24.95–$27.95 | 1,750 | 77g | Crispy chicken in orange sauce, no shrimp |
Questions people ask about Bang-Bang Chicken and Shrimp
The spread is $25.95 to $29.95, and the number most menus land on is $27.95, across 20 official location menus.
A plate runs 1,370 calories, and the sodium matches it exactly at 1,370mg, per the official Summer 2026 nutrition guide.
It is marked Spicy on the menu, and the flavors are Thai curry and chile, but reviewers keep saying it is less spicy than expected. Call it medium heat, sweet and savory first, with the heat second, not a hot dish.
No. It carries no Gluten Free Upon Request marker in any of the 21 official menus checked, and the official allergen guide lists it as containing gluten and wheat. It is not gluten-free upon request either, so tell your server if gluten is an issue for you.
Yes. Peanut is a named flavor in the official description, and the allergen guide lists peanuts among the allergens in this dish. If you have a peanut allergy, tell your server before you order.
No. Bonefish Grill's Bang Bang Shrimp is crispy shrimp in a creamy chili-mayo sauce. The Cheesecake Factory plate is chicken and shrimp sauteed with vegetables in Thai curry, peanut, chile and coconut flavors, served over steamed white rice.
Neither. It is dinner only, one size, with no lunch portion and no happy hour price.
Who should order it, and who should skip it
The allergy warning comes first: this plate carries peanut and shellfish, so if either is a problem for you, do not order it. For everyone else it is a Thai curry-peanut saute over rice, $25.95 to $29.95 and 1,370 calories, and the crispy version in your head belongs to another restaurant, because this one is never fried. It is one of the lighter chicken Specialties plates, and Orange Chicken is the sweeter plate when the curry-peanut idea is not what you want.