Cheesecake Factory Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp: Price & Calories (2026)
Cheesecake Factory Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp is the sweetest Specialties plate this site has covered, crispy chicken and shrimp with snow peas and mushrooms in a sweet and spicy sauce over white rice, and it costs $21.50 to $24.95 with 1,630 calories on the plate. Those two numbers come from 20 official location menus and the brand's published nutrition guide.
Sweet, spicy, and crispy: what is actually on the plate
The official menu says it in one line: "Crispy Chicken and Shrimp with Snow Peas, Mushrooms, Onion, Garlic, Peppers and Cilantro in a Sweet and Spicy Sauce. Served with White Rice". Two proteins share the plate, which is the first thing to notice: crispy chicken and shrimp together, not one or the other. The vegetables are snow peas, mushrooms, onion, garlic and peppers, with cilantro on top, and the whole thing comes over white rice. Pineapple is in the name, not in the ingredient list the menu prints. The sweetness comes from the sauce, which the menu calls sweet and spicy, and the sugar number below shows just how sweet. The rice matters too: it is the base the sauce soaks into, and it is most of the reason the carb count runs as high as it does.
The cheapest Specialties plate: what it costs
The plate costs $21.50 to $24.95, with a median of $22.95 across 20 official location menus. Five stores charge the $21.50 low end, seven charge $22.95, six charge $23.95, and two charge $24.95, so most of the country pays $22.95 or less. Chesterfield, Missouri charges $19.95, but that store is a recurring low outlier on this site and is left out of the headline range. This is the cheapest Specialties plate this site has covered: the next lowest starts are Chicken Bellagio at $21.95, Orange Chicken and Crispy Chicken Costoletta at $24.95, and Chicken Madeira at $25.95. Before you order, check for promo codes for a specialties night, since a live deal is the one thing that can move the number.
| Plate | Price |
|---|---|
| Dinner plate, 20 menus (range) | $21.50–$24.95 |
| Dinner plate, 20-menu median | $22.95 |
| Chesterfield MO, excluded outlier | $19.95 |
1,630 calories, and the carbs run away
A dinner plate has 1,630 calories, and the split underneath is the interesting part. Total fat is 50g with only 8g of it saturated, which is low for a crispy fried dish: Orange Chicken carries 12g and Crispy Chicken Costoletta carries 51g. The protein is 54g, from the two proteins on the plate, and the cholesterol is 150mg. The number that runs away is the carbs, 242g, most of it from the white rice and the sweet sauce. The full row, fat, carbs, sugar and all, is in the crispy pineapple nutrition numbers.
| Measure | Per plate |
|---|---|
| Calories | 1,630 |
| Calories from fat | 450 |
| Total fat | 50g |
| Saturated fat | 8g |
| Trans fat | 0g |
| Cholesterol | 150mg |
| Sodium | 2,500mg |
| Carbohydrates | 242g |
| Fiber | 7g |
| Sugar | 92g |
| Protein | 54g |
The 92 grams of sugar is the number to know
Start with the plain fact: 92 grams of sugar in one plate. That is the highest sugar of any savory dish this site has covered, ahead of Orange Chicken at 77g, and it is 184% of the 50g daily value for total sugars, about 23 teaspoons. The sugar is not hiding. It is the point of the dish: the sauce is sweet first and spicy second, and the white rice underneath adds more carbs on top of it. The rest of the plate does not balance it out. The rice adds carbs, not sugar; the sugar lives in the sauce. If sugar is what you watch, this is the number to know before you order, because no other savory plate on this menu comes close to it.
How hot is the sweet and spicy sauce?
The menu calls the sauce sweet and spicy, and the sweet side wins. There is warmth in it, enough to notice, but the dish is built around the sweet sauce, not the burn, and the 92 grams of sugar tell you which side leads. No heat rating is published for it, so this page does not invent one. If you want real heat, Buffalo Blasts and Spicy Chicken Chipotle Pasta run hotter: the first is buffalo sauce by definition, the second is built on a spicy chipotle cream sauce. Order this plate when you want sweet with a little warmth behind it, not when you want your mouth to burn.
What the menu does not offer: no lunch plate, no gluten-free swap
Two things the menu does not offer for this dish. There is no lunch portion: the nutrition guide lists no lunch row for it, and the official menus carry no lunch price, because the dish appears once per menu, in the Specialties section. And there is no gluten-free version: none of the 21 official location menus marks it with the double asterisk, and the guide lists no gluten-free preparation for it. That does not mean the kitchen cannot adjust something on request, only that nothing official is published, so do not order it expecting a marked gluten-free plate. If gluten is what you are avoiding, order from the marked dishes instead.
Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp against the other specialties
Here is where this plate sits against the other entrees this site has covered, dinner plate to dinner plate, with prices from the same 20-menu research and calories from the same guide. It is the cheapest plate in the table and the sweetest by a wide margin, and it sits in the middle on calories. The protein is respectable at 54g, the sodium is middle of the pack at 2,500mg, and the saturated fat is the lowest of the three crispy dishes at 8g.
| Entree | Dinner price | Dinner calories | Sugar |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkinnyLicious Grilled Salmon | $26.95–$30.95 | 590 | 12g |
| Shrimp Scampi | $28.95–$30.95 | 1,260 | 7g |
| Chicken Madeira | $25.95–$29.95 | 1,300 | 11g |
| Miso Salmon | $29.95–$33.95 | 1,340 | 27g |
| Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp | $21.50–$24.95 | 1,630 | 92g |
| Orange Chicken | $24.95–$27.95 | 1,750 | 77g |
| Crispy Chicken Costoletta | $24.95–$29.95 | 1,800 | 9g |
Frequently asked questions about Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp
The plate costs $21.50 to $24.95, with a median of $22.95 across 20 official location menus. Chesterfield, Missouri charges $19.95, but that store is a recurring low outlier and is left out of the headline range.
The dinner plate carries 1,630 calories, per the official Summer 2026 nutrition guide. The official location menus agree: 1,630 calories in all 21.
Crispy chicken and shrimp with snow peas, mushrooms, onion, garlic, peppers and cilantro in a sweet and spicy sauce, served with white rice. That is the official description, word for word.
The sauce is officially sweet and spicy, and the sweet side leads: 92 grams of sugar against no published heat rating. There is warmth in it, but the dish is built around the sweet sauce, not the burn.
No. The menu does not mark it gluten-free: none of the 21 official location menus carries the double-asterisk marker on it, and the nutrition guide lists no gluten-free preparation for it.
No. There is no lunch version in the nutrition guide and no lunch price in the official menus. The dish appears once per menu, in the Specialties section.
Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp costs $21.50 to $24.95 with 1,630 calories and 92 grams of sugar, and it has both chicken and shrimp. Orange Chicken costs $24.95 to $27.95 with 1,750 calories and 77 grams of sugar, and it is chicken only. The pineapple plate is cheaper, lighter, sweeter, and the only one of the two with shrimp.
Crispy Pineapple Chicken and Shrimp, ordered the right way
This is the plate to share, not the plate to finish alone: 1,630 calories at $21.50 to $24.95, the lowest Specialties price, with two proteins on it. The sugar is the story, 92 grams, the highest of any savory dish covered here, and it lives in the sauce, so no swap fixes it. If sweet is what you want, order it and split it; if you want chicken and shrimp without the sugar, the other chicken and shrimp plate is the one to look at.