This is the best Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans recipe and perfect as a side dish or vegetarian main dish served over rice!
When I was in high school, my friends and I used to frequent PF Chang’s more than I care to admit. It was great, but not so great because lets face it, while the food tastes delicious, it is packed with tons of sodium and other not so healthy ingredients. Figuring out how to make your favorite restaurant dishes at home, is actually pretty simple, but does take some work to get it just right. I am excited to have finally perfected the Copycat PF Chang’s Spicy Green Beans.
Not only do you know what you are putting into these Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans when you make it at home, but you also save lots of unnecessary calories. My local Kroger often discounts vegetables and fruits that are ‘on the verge of spoiling’, and I love browsing that section. They often have huge bags of green bags (like 4 pound bags for .99), jalapenos, squash, potatoes, etc etc. I love it. Whatever is there is always .99 and as long as you use it within a few days, it’s absolutely fine. Check your local store to see if they have a section like this. I love saving money, so it’s a great option.
Anyway, back to the Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans; It takes 1 minute to whip up this sauce, and then only a few minutes to actually cook the green beans. The longest part is actually trimming and cutting the green beans. I like to cut them into about 2 inch long pieces, but it’s really up to you how you cut them. This dish yields a lot of sauce, too, so it would be perfect to serve these as a side dish over rice, or make baked chicken and top with the green beans and sauce.
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This is the best Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans recipe and perfect as a side dish or vegetarian main dish served over rice!
- 1-2 lbs green beans , trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 2 green onions , chopped thinly
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes + ¼ tsp
- 4 garlic cloves , minced
- 2 TBS sesame oil
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 TBS low sodium soy sauce
- 1 TBS rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon white granulated sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 1 teaspoon corn starch
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In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, water, corn starch, salt, and pepper; set aside.
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In a wok or large skillet, add oil; let heat over medium high heat for 30 seconds. Add garlic, green onions, and 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Stir fry quickly, for about 30 seconds. Add green beans and stir constantly until they are almost fully cooked, about 3 minutes (should turn deep green). Push green beans to the side, pour sauce into pan, stir to distribute sauce to bottom of pan. Cook for 30 seconds over medium high heat; allow to come to a boil (shouldn't take long), reduce heat to low, stir to coat green beans with sauce. Cook for 30 more seconds.
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Serve and enjoy!
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- Chopsticks
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- Organic Sesame Oil (killer deal!)
- Rice Vinegar
- Serving Bowls
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- Allyson
Liz
Thank you for the nice recipes. Have a great Monday!
Tiffany
Hi, Allyson ~ I'm looking forward to trying out this recipe. I love the idea of adding chicken! I'm with you, I want to know what's in my food. Thanks so much for sharing!
Kimberly
So good! Thanks so much ◡̈
Allyson
So glad you loved it!
Emelina
I am looking to try this recipe today but I only have frozen green beans. Do you think this will work the same?
Allyson
Hi, I am not sure as I've never tried it that way. Did you end up trying it, if so, how did it turn out? I am sure others would love to know!
Sherri
I tri d this recipe with frozen green beans from SAMS Club and it was delicious.
Marlena Willey
This might be a stupid question, but did you thaw them first? Or just toss them in and thawed them in the hot pan?
thoughtsopinionsandeverything
Just wrote up a piece on my experience with these! Thank you so much for the delicious recipe! https://thoughtsopinionsandeverything.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/vegan-cooking-with-jules-spicy-green-beans/
Kevin
Great recipe, although I did some hacking based on items on hand.
I caramelized yellow onion, used garlic powder, siracha powder and did not add sugar and it turned out really nice.
Thanks will use again with the fresh ingredients (and siracha sauce or powder again!)
Allyson
So glad you loved it! Your changes sound GOOD!
Olivia -Reinvented Collection
Hi, I just found your recipe on Pinterest while searching for a Gluten Free Chinese chicken salad recipe. Do you think I could substitute honey for the sugar? If it's not to much trouble, could you email me or contact me through my blog? reinvented(dot) co at gmail dot com is my actively checked email.
I'd greatly appreciate your thoughts on this substitution.
Thank you,
Olivia
Allyson
Hi Olivia - I have never made that substitution, so I can't say if it will work or not. In theory it seems like it should be fine, but like I said, since I haven't tried it, I can't say for sure. Let me know if you try it!
Mayra
Are these fresh green beans I should use for the recipe?
Allyson
Yes, I would suggest fresh beans.
Sherri
FYI—-I fixed this recipe with whole frozen green beans from SAMs Club and it was delicious.
Rayanne
Hello! Just thought id add something for you to try out next time you make this dish! Add fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and some chili paste !
Kathy the Fun Baker
Hi Rayanne, i love the idea of adding fresh ginger & maybe a little Korean red chili paste! Thank you for the suggestion!
Lisa J
Good but REALLY spicy. Either it is too.much red pepper flake or mine was just really fresh. I've had the PFChang beans before and they weren't this spicy. I added a little extra sugar to take down the heat. Also took a lot longer than 3 mins for the beans to get soft. I finally just threw them in microwave for 2 mins. End results were good though.
JANET LOVETT
Totally delicious! Will make this again. I paired it with rice and topped with salmon. Love this dish!
Kevin
These are so good! I love that I can have them at home!
Jen
Perfect way to get our fix without having to leave the house or order in! Love it! BTW, jealous you have a discounted produce section at your store. Maybe I need to look a little harder in our store (we don't have Kroger though).
Allyson
Yes! They have a big discounted section on a little endcap in the produce section...and actually I've seen it at pretty much all the Kroger locations I've been to!
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert
YUM!!! I love this Copycat PF Chang’s Spicy Green Beans delicious version!!!
Vikki
These are sooo yummy, and they taste just like the original! Served these over some rice and loved it
Toni
This is really delicious! My family loved it!
Sara Welch
Love a good copycat recipe for recipes just like this one! Looking forward to enjoying this with dinner one night this week!
Jacque Hastert
I can't wait to surprise my husband with this side dish! It's his favorite side to order when we went to PF Changs.
K Bethany
This tastes amazing yall!! The perfect side for my fried rice
Kathy The Fun Baker
Hello Allyson,
I can't wait to try this yummy recipe!!! It looks AMAZING! We just got our second COVID vaccine recently so we are looking forward to grocery shopping via pickup service soon! Thank you So Very Much for sharing this Wonderful recipe with us!!! <3
Allyson
Congrats on your vaccine! That is great and hopefully can start getting back to normal soon!
Caria
Made it last night. It was delightful. Definitely making it again.
Gary
Who is this adorable girl on the truck tailgate . 😊 That recipe turned out great . It’s now on my list for green beans . 👍
Allyson
Hi Gary - thanks for the sweet compliment 🙂 So glad you loved the recipe!
Sonja
Just made the dish in two batches. The first batch, I followed the recipe as is. It was very good, just very spicy. For the second batch, I tried a few things differently. I first steamed the green beans with water, 1/8 tsp salt (I used the salt in the water instead of liquid mixture) & Sesame oil. That allowed the green beans to coat faster when it was time to add them to the skillet. I used brown sugar instead of white. I cut the red pepper flakes to 1 tsp. Thank you for the recipe! This will be a go to favorite!!
Charlie Bee
I totally agree about Steaming the Beans 1st
Personally I find it just as useful to boil the Beans
Either way it is a nessacary part of the recipe
It eliminates that Hard Waxie tast you get with Long Beans
Sonja
I had to come back and tell you that, I keep a jar of this sauce on hand in the refrigerator! I use it over stream cabbage with carrots, broccoli and over stir fry. This is by far the best sauce for any of your favorite Chinese dishes!!
Allyson
The sauce is everything!!!!
Jennifer C
I will definitely be making these again! I’ve never had the PF Chang’s version, but really enjoyed these! It was the perfect amount of heat- not too spicy. Just a tingle on the tongue. Used low sodium soy so they weren’t too salty!