Bestselling Trader Joe's frozen meal has been a fan favorite for years - but is the recipe what it used to be?

A meaty, award-winning merchandise from Trader Joe's is still a celebrated point 20 years aft its debut.

This point has not only been named Trader Joe's wide favorite and nan Best Entrée for galore years successful a statement but it's besides featured successful nan Trader Joe's Product Hall of Fame.

It besides costs $4.99 for a 22 oz container - cleanable for Trader Joe's customers looking to prevention money.

The stiff entrée is nary different than Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken, and nan concealed to its occurrence is successful its simplicity, according to nan market shop chain's website.

So, what is it astir this Mandarin Orange Chicken that Trader Joe's customers tin extremity raving about? We person your reply below. 

Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken was inspired by a classical bid of nan aforesaid sanction astatine section Chinese restaurants. 

Customers who unfastened nan merchandise package will spot chickenhearted successful crispy breading pinch a saccharine and spicy, house-made sauce.

The house-made condiment features caller California orangish peels, caller ginger, caller garlic, caller greenish onions, and soy sauce, according to Trader Joe's blog post.

Other condiment ingredients see salt, vinegar, and achromatic pepper.

After years of Mandarin Orange Chicken flying disconnected nan market shop chain's shelves, nan institution has a favourite measurement of preparing nan stiff entrée.

A Mandarin Orange Chicken purchaser will apt person nary problem pursuing nan steps to creating a awesome meal.

The first point they'd request to do is cook their chickenhearted successful a 400-degree oven.

The personification tin past move nan condiment into a non-stick cookware aliases basking wok and adhd nan chickenhearted erstwhile it's hot.

The condiment will yet instrumentality to nan recently caramelized chickenhearted while tossing nan nutrient and liquid together, creating a 'handsome' crockery worthy nan other effort.

Shoppers tin besides microwave nan condiment and flip it into nan chickenhearted erstwhile it's vanished successful nan oven.

The chickenhearted tin besides beryllium paired pinch a assortment of different foods.

'Whether you skewer nan chickenhearted pinch toothpicks for a no-fuss appetizer, aliases sheet it pinch atom & steamed veggies for a quadrate meal, you've sewage a full batch of tastiness, without a full batch of work,' publication a Trader Joe's blog post.

Despite nan affirmative reviews, Reddit users believed nan Trader Joe's Mandarin Orange Chicken is 'not what it utilized to be.'

More than 1 personification claimed nan market shop concatenation changed nan recipe, and that it's gotten worse complete nan past fewer years successful a Reddit post.

'It's not great. It's good pinch immoderate atom and veggies successful a pinch. It was overmuch amended astir 5-10 years agone truthful nary thought what changed,' a Reddit personification wrote.

Another personification wrote: 'I deliberation it's beautiful bad. The cashier said it's 1 of their best-selling items, but it was a erstwhile and ne'er again for our family.'

Other Reddit users powerfully disagreed and insisted nan orangish chickenhearted was 'so good' and 'so easy to make.'

Other Reddit users powerfully disagreed, and insisted nan orangish chickenhearted was 'so good' and 'so easy to make.'

'I'm truthful tired of orangish chickenhearted getting dragged. It's f***ing delicious,' a Reddit personification wrote.

Daily Mail has reached retired to Trader Joe's for comment.