Try this Panda Express String Bean Chicken Breast Copycat! Tender chicken breast and green beans stir fried with a delicious Asian soy ginger garlic sauce!
This Panda Express string bean chicken breast copycat is ready in 15 minutes and just as good as the original, if not better! This chicken and green beans stir fry has crispy string beans and tender chicken breast in a savory soy, garlic, ginger sauce. Enjoy this takeout recipe at home in no time!
I've been recipe testing a lot of chicken breast stir fry recipes lately because I'm hooked on how fast and easy they are to make! Chicken breast is great at absorbing the flavors of the marinade and they cook up quickly in a hot wok or pan. This string bean chicken recipe has become one of my go to weeknight meals because it's so easy to make and always satisfying.
The flavors in this Panda Express string bean chicken breast are savory and garlicky with a touch of sweetness. There's a lot of umami flavor from the soy sauce and oyster sauce which goes perfectly in any stir fries. The string beans are still crunchy and add a lot of texture to this delicious meal. Serve it with a hot bowl of steamed rice on the side for a quick and satisfying Asian lunch or dinner.
Steps for Panda Express String Bean Chicken Breast:
- Marinate the chicken breast - the longer the better as you'll end up with tender, juicy chicken breast
- Prepare the sauce and vegetables
- Stir fry the chicken breast and set aside
- Stir fry the green beans and onions, then add in your chicken and sauce
Serve your string bean chicken with a hot bowl of steamed rice for a simple and quick weeknight meal. You can also make extra and have it for lunch the next day. This meal is great as a leftover and reheats nicely.
Add more vegetables
- carrots
- broccoli
- water chestnuts
- bamboo
- peppers
Want more veggies with your chicken and green beans? Add in extra vegetables along with the string beans and stir fry them together for about 2 - 3 minutes until they're just tender but still crispy. Be careful adding too many vegetables to your pan or wok. They can start to steam instead of being stir fried so make sure your vegetables are in a single layer to prevent them from steaming and getting mushy.
Make it spicy
Want your chicken and green beans spicy? Mix any of the following into the sauce (affiliate links):
Serving suggestions:
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Recipe
Panda Express String Bean Chicken Breast Copycat
☑ Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast - thinly sliced, about ¼ inch thick
- 1½ cups green beans - cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 cup white onions - chopped, about ⅓ of a large white onion
- 2 Tablespoons avocado oil
Chicken Marinade
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 1½ Tablespoons Shaoxing wine
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons chicken stock - can substitute with water
- 1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce - can substitute regular soy sauce
- 1½ teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Chinese black vinegar - can substitute rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- ¾ teaspoon ginger - grated
Optional - Add ONE of the following to the sauce if you want it spicy
- 1 - 2 teaspoons Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp - this can be quite salty so start small
- 1 - 2 teaspoons Sambal chili paste - this can be quite salty so start small
- 1 - 2 teaspoons hot chili oil
- ½ teaspoon Thai chili pepper flakes - this can be VERY spicy
Instructions
- In a medium size bowl, combine the ingredients for the marinade and add in the thinly sliced chicken breast. I recommend letting this marinate in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to overnight. Otherwise, let this sit while you prep the other ingredients.
- Add all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and set aside.
- Heat a wok or pan over high heat and add oil. Wait until the pan is hot and then lay the chicken pieces flat in a single layer - leave out the marinade. In order to get a good sear, don't crowd the pan and leave the chicken pieces alone until you get a golden brown color, anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute. Flip over the chicken and repeat. Remove the chicken from the pan.
- Add the green beans and white onions to the pan and saute for 2 - 3 minutes. Lower the heat to medium and add the chicken back in.
- Next add in the sauce - use about half if you prefer less sauce(stir the sauce before adding it as the cornstarch will settle). Saute everything together for 1 - 2 minutes until the sauce has thickened. Top with sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
✎ Recipe Notes
Nutrition
*Nutritional information is an estimate, calculated using online tools.
Amber
My husbands go to meal at Panda is the String Bean Chicken because it has a low calorie count and very filling. Every time I’ve tried to make a copy cat dish from panda he doesn’t really like it, until now! He said this was excellent and devoured it. Thank you so much from a happy wife and satisfied husband!
Jamie
Thanks Amber! I'm so glad you and your husband enjoyed this! 🙂
Kim
Favourite dinner recipe right here! It is so good, and I love how flexible it is - I add different veggies depending on what I have in the fridge etc. Super tasty and simple to prepare - love to add some chilli at the end too!
Jamie
That's awesome Kim. It's definitely a versatile recipe. 🙂
Sharon Kimlinger
This is so much better than Panda! I love their string bean chicken but most of the time when I go they are out of it. Well now I don't have to go to panda because this recipe rocks! My whole fam loved it, its going in the dinner rotation for sure. I used white cooking wine for the shaoxing since that's what I had at home and walmart didn't have shaoxing.
Jamie
That's great to hear Sharon. I'm so glad your whole family loved it! 🙂
Kari Anderson
I actually have no idea what the restaurant version of this tastes like because I've never had Panda Express, but we made this last night as I was looking for an Asian-inspired recipe using chicken and green beans. I basically cleaned out the fridge and added a ton of extra veggies (and doubled the sauce) and it was SO tasty. Definitely adding this in the rotation. That sauce is so, so good. (I subbed rice vinegar but I am going to try to locate black vinegar for next time!) Thanks for the recipe!
Jamie
Thanks Kari! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Yes definitely try the black vinegar next time. 🙂