Panda Express is offering a free Firecracker Chicken entree on January 23, 2012 to celebrate the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon. Frugal-minded RVers who happen to be in a Panda Express-equipped city on January 23 can print the free Firecracker Chicken coupon here or pick it up via the Panda Express Facebook page. Note that this spicy recipe doesn't come with any rice or noodles; you can bulk it up with some bread, home-cooked rice or ramen.
If January 23 doesn't work, from January 24 through February 14 you still have two options. The same Panda Express coupon sheet offers a free Firecracker Chicken entree if you purchase a two-item meal. This spicy meal comes with rice or noodles and a fortune cookie and can easily feed two, sometimes with leftovers; ask for chopsticks if you like to eat that way, otherwise you'll just get a standard spork. If Firecracker Chicken isn't your thing, then there's also a coupon for 10 percent off any Panda Express order. (Article continues below.)
In the desert southwest, Panda Express restaurants are few and far between, but do offer a healthier, fresher alternative to hamburgers with seldom much longer of a wait. There's a Panda Express in Lake Havasu City, east of the main drag at 205 N. Lake Havasu Avenue (parking for an RV is tight, but you should be able to find something street-side). In Yuma, there are two: one at Avenue 8E off Interstate 8, and the other at Avenue B and 24th Street.
Slabbers might be able to reach the Indio, California Panda Express, on Highway 111 and Arabia. Beyond that, you're looking at Kingman or Flagstaff, both of which are very cold at this time of year, or Phoenix. Here is a Panda Express store locator. If you're boondocking in an RV, you can use it to figure out whether it's too much of a detour to make in search of free Panda Express Firecracker Chicken.
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