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.
rose
Hello there. I made this today and it was a success yay. Your serving adjuster was really useful. Thx for the recipe.
Jamie
Thank you Rose! I'm so happy you loved it. 🙂
Gerry
Hello—
This dish is my favorite Panda Express dish, but my daughter is a vegetarian. If I substitute Fried Tofu for the chicken, would I skip the marinating since that might make the tofu soggy? Is there anything else I should change?
Thanks, GD
Jamie
Hi Gerry! You can absolutely make this into a vegetarian meal. Is your fried tofu the medium firm, firm, or extra firm kind? If so, you can marinade it the same way as the chicken or just season with some salt or soy sauce. Tofu can be bland on its own so it's a great way to add some flavor back into the dish. If you're using the fried tofu that looks kind of spongy, those absorb a lot of liquid so I would avoid marinating that one. Hope that helps and your daughter enjoys this!
Jae
This was DELICIOUS! It's my fave menu item at Panda but making it at home was even tastier. I added a bit of freshly grated ginger to the marinade. Wowza! Thanks for sharing!
Jamie
Thanks Jae! This is my favorite at Panda Express too but so much better when it's homemade. Great addition with the ginger. 🙂
Eva
Like many people, we haven't been going out for dinner as much recently, and have been keen to recreate some of our favourite dishes at home. Well, I reckon this recipe is better than the original! We have made it a few times now, and I swear I enjoy it more each time. Thanks for all of the tips to get the maximum flavour. I see you have a recipe for the Mushroom Chicken, and that is definitely what I am going to be trying next!
Bel
Hi! I just wanted to say thank you for such a delicious recipe! My boyfriend and I made this for dinner the other night and I am pretty sure we have been talking about it ever since! We didn't have any beans, so used some broccoli instead, but will be picking up beans the next time we make it - which will be very soon! So tasty - thanks again!!
Ana
Hello! I couldn’t find the wine at my local grocery am I able to substitute Shaoxing wine? .
Jamie
Hi Ana! Sure you can substitute Shaoxing wine with any another white wine or even sake or mirin. It helps to tenderize the meat. Hope that helps! 🙂
Allie A.
AMAZING!! Although I ended spending $45-50 on all the ingredients, I know I’ll be able to get more dishes from all the seasoning I bought! The recipe is soooo close to pandas taste! I used 1.6lbs of chicken, 7-8 cups of green beans & 4x the sauce! Perfect for filling my craving for panda (:
Jamie
Thanks so much Allie! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Yes the seasonings go a loooong way so you'll be able to make so many more dishes with those ingredients. They're used in most of my stir fry dishes. 🙂
Kathy
This was really, really good. I received a carbon steel wok for Christmas and this was the first dish I cooked in it. I think next time I will increase amount of sauce and let the chicken marinate overnight. Overall, my husband and I both really enjoyed it and I will definitely make it again. Oh, and I didn't have any oyster sauce so I used a bit of fish sauce. Next time I get to a big city, I plan to go to an Asian market and stock up.
Jamie
Thank you Kathy! So happy to hear you and your husband enjoyed it! Oyster sauce is a little sweet so you can also replace it with some hoisin sauce or even plum sauce if you have those available. Otherwise, fish sauce sounds like a delicious addition. 🙂
Kathy
This sounds really good, and I'm going to make it tonight, but why do people give something five stars if they haven't made the recipe? That really isn't helpful.
Kim
The directions say to stir the sauce before you add it as the cornstarch will settle. However, there isn't cornstarch l listed as part of the sauce's ingredients. Is it missing? How much should be added to thicken the sauce?
Jamie
Hi Kim! Sorry about that! I must have omitted it when I was updating the recipe. I just added it back in. It's 1 teaspoon of cornstarch in the sauce. Hope you enjoy! 🙂
Kim
Thanks Jamie! We did enjoy it so much I'm making it again tonight! The only thing I altered was that I added a little briyh to steam the green beans as my kids tend to like them not as crunchy or crisp as they were. Your recipe is so good! My husband kept raving about it!
Jamie
Hi Kim! I'm so glad your family loved it! My nieces and nephew like their green beans a bit softer too so I do the exact same thing for them. 😀
Danielle Wolter
You photos have me drooling! That chicken looks so flavorful and moist - it looks perfect! I am definitely hungry now!
Jamie
Thank you so much Danielle! 😀 The marinade makes the chicken juicy and moist!
Genevieve
This recipe looks delicious and sounds so easy to make too! Great job!
Jamie
Thanks Genevieve! It whips up fast and makes a great weeknight dinner!
Sonal
Super yummy. I am making this for my kids. Family loves Panda Express menu.
Jamie
Thanks Sonal! It makes a quick and easy family dinner! 🙂
Krissy Allori
This is one of my favorites from Panda! I can't wait to try it at home.
Jamie
Me too Krissy! It's just as good, if not better! 😀
Luci
Yum! I've never eaten at a Panda Express but seeing this recipe makes me want make this for one of my next dinners.
Jamie
Definitely give it a try Luci! It's super quick and delicious!
Sharon
This dish looks so good! Easy and delicious and I can make one of my favorites right at home.
Jamie
Great to hear Sharon! So happy you enjoyed it!
Patty at Spoonabilities
Love this recipe! This will absolutely be on my dinner list at least once a week!
Jamie
Thanks Patty! So glad you love it! 🙂
susan | the wimpy vegetarian
I need to save this one to make for my husband. He adores dishes like this! Your photos are gorgeous!!
Jamie
Thank you so much Susan!
Jere Cassidy
I have never eaten at Panda Express so now I don't need to go there since you made this for us. Everything about this dish looks wonderfully tasty.
Jamie
Thank you Jere! Hope you enjoy it!
Andrea
Savory, garlicky and sweet sounds so flavorful. Looks amazingly delicious too!