This is the best Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans recipe! It's the perfect side dish and done in less than 10 minutes!
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 and you save money! At the restaurant these cost over $10 for the plate, which at home it costs less than $3 to make them!
Pair these with my favorite Air Fryer Asian Chicken Wings (crispy & sticky), Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps (One Pot) or Mongolian Chicken for the perfect dinner!
Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans are so easy to make:
- 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.
How to make these spicy green beans:
**scroll down for full ingredients list and printable directions**
- In a small bowl mix together soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, water, corn starch, salt, and pepper; set aside.
- In a wok or large skillet, add oil; 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. Serve and enjoy!
What to serve PF Chang's Green Beans with:
- Asian Salad
- Air Fryer Asian Chicken Wings (crispy & sticky)
- Instant Pot Asian Meatballs
- Asian Spaghetti Squash
- Air Fryer Crab Rangoon
- Mongolian Chicken (One Pot)
- Spicy Asian Eggplant & Tofu Bowls
- One Pot Spicy Thai Zoodles
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This is the best Copycat PF Chang's Spicy Green Beans recipe! It's the perfect side dish and done in less than 10 minutes!
- 1-2 lbs green beans , trimmed and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 2 green onions , chopped thinly
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 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!
First published in 2016. Updated in 2017, 2020, 2022, and 2023.
To reduce spice level, use only ½ teaspoon of red pepper flakes.
Jamie
So easy and delicious! The sauce on top adds the perfect amount of heat.
Tara G
So easy to make and delicious. We will never order takeout again!
April
Delicious and easy! They taste just like PF Chang's - love them!
Amanda
I have always loved these! I am so excited to be able to make them at home!
Sandra
This is such a good and really flavorful side dish! Love it!
Catalina
I am sure this green bean dish will our new favorite side! It looks irresistibly delicious!
Catalina
Now this is my favorite recipe for green beans! It's always a hit when I make it!
Diane
1 tsp of red pepper flakes makes this pretty darn hot, honestly. Good recipe, but it’s fire.
Allyson
You can definitely reduce it if it's too spicy for you!
T. Max
Yummy recipe! A hit with my entire family and super easy. But the post is an AWFUL maze of ads. The worst I’ve come across on Pinterest. If there was a “jump to recipe” button I couldn’t find it. I would never subscribe for more of the barrage. Good grief.
Allyson
Sorry you had a hard time finding the recipe, but happy you enjoyed it!
MonaMae
This recipe is nothing like PF Chang's spicy green beans! First off, their green beans have a tempera coating and they are not just in a spicy sauce. Very disappointed with this recipe.
Allyson
You are thinking of their tempura green bean appetizer which you can see these green beans are not deep fried with a batter. This is a copycat for their chili-garlic green beans which I guess you haven't tried.
De
There’s two different kinds of green beans. A tempura and this one. And this is the better of the two.
Allyson
I agree!!
Christine
This looks really good please send me the website thank you
Julia
This is one of my favorites at PF Changs! I have not found a recipe close enough to the actual dish, until now! Wow!! It probably turned out even better than at the restaurant. I am forever keeping this in rotation at our house.
Abby
These are the best green beans! So much flavor and pair great with steak.
Beth
I can't wait to make these! I order the spicy green beans every time we get PF Chang's. Yummo!
Amanda
Oh my goodness I have always loved these. I cannot wait to make them myself!
Erin | Dinners, Dishes and Dessert
My family would definitely love this! Definitely a must make!
Natasha
This Spicy Green Beans recipe is a winner! It was such a quick and easy recipe with awesome results!
Sandra | A Dash of Sanity
Such an awesome side dish! Can't wait to try this!
katerina @ diethood.com
This sounds incredibly delicious!! The perfect side dish!! YUM!