Domestic Superhero

Simple recipes packing a PUNCH of flavor that any home cook can recreate!

Copycat PF Chang’s Spicy Green Beans

47 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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!

Make sure you don’t miss a thing! Follow Domestic Superhero on:

Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | Twitter | Email

For NEW RECIPES delivered straight to your inbox, signup for our email list! 

4.89 from 17 votes
Print
Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans

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!

Ingredients
  • 1-2 lbs green beans , trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
  • 2 green onions , chopped thinly
  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes + 1/4 tsp
  • 4 garlic cloves , minced
  • 2 TBS sesame oil
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
  • 2 TBS low sodium soy sauce
  • 1 TBS rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp white granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp corn starch
Instructions
  1. In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, water, corn starch, salt, and pepper; set aside.
  2. In a wok or large skillet, add oil; let heat over medium high heat for 30 seconds. Add garlic, green onions, and 1 tsp 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.
  3. Serve and enjoy!

Things you might need for this recipe – Click to shop below:

Like Asian inspired food as much as I do? Check out these other recipes:

hot and sour soup (2)   Spicy Steamed Bok Choy 01 

Hot and Sour Soup / Spicy Steamed Bok Choy

Baked Cream Cheese Rangoon   Easy Asian Noodles

Baked Cream Cheese Rangoon / Easy Asian Noodles

Garlic Ginger Spinach   General Tso's Tofu 1

Garlic Ginger Spinach / General Tso’s Tofu

You can also connect with me here:

Thanks for visiting!

– Allyson

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!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Tiffany says

    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!

    Reply

  4. Emelina says

    I am looking to try this recipe today but I only have frozen green beans. Do you think this will work the same?

    Reply

  6. Kevin says

    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!)

    Reply

  7. Olivia -Reinvented Collection says

    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

    Reply

  8. Rayanne says

    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 !

    Reply

    • Kathy the Fun Baker says

      Hi Rayanne, i love the idea of adding fresh ginger & maybe a little Korean red chili paste! Thank you for the suggestion!

      Reply

  9. Lisa J says

    4 stars
    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.

    Reply

  12. Jen says

    5 stars
    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).

    Reply

    • Allyson says

      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!

      Reply

  14. Vikki says

    5 stars
    These are sooo yummy, and they taste just like the original! Served these over some rice and loved it

    Reply

  17. Jacque Hastert says

    5 stars
    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.

    Reply

  19. Kathy The Fun Baker says

    5 stars
    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

    Reply

  21. Gary says

    5 stars
    Who is this adorable girl on the truck tailgate . 😊 That recipe turned out great . It’s now on my list for green beans . 👍

    Reply

  22. Sonja says

    4 stars
    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!!

    Reply

    • Charlie Bee says

      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

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating