P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles (Copycat)

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.

P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles are the base of some of their more popular dishes like Dan Dan noodles and are a really popular side dish that offers a milder flavor alternative to your classic Chow Mein noodles.

P.F. Chang’s recipes have been a lot of fun to decode. Last year I spent the better part of the year going through and re-making the entire Panda Express menu. When we want to eat Chinese food at a sit down restaurant we only go to two restaurants. P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.

The first is Panda Inn when we are in Los Angeles which is the original dine in restaurant Panda Express came from and the second is P.F. Changs.

If you’re looking for more P.F. Chang’s recipes there are a few on the site already (and more coming):

The recipe for the P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles is not a complicated one but there are some unique ingredients in the dish that you are going to want to use instead of looking for substitutions.

If you go to an Asian grocery store you can find them readily available and for not a lot of money and you’ll enjoy making authentic dishes for months with them.

P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.

Tools used in the making of this P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles:
Oyster Sauce: This is a unique flavor and ingredient. If you avoid seafood and want another option I recommend Vegetarian Oyster Sauce (made from mushrooms) but I don’t recommend you swap this out for something else altogether. I know sometimes people recommend Hoisin Sauce as a replacement, it would not give you the authentic flavor here if you do that though.
Shaohsing Wine: This is different than Mirin or any sweet cooking wine, and has a unique flavor another cooking wine wouldn’t really duplicate well. It is also much less expensive in the grocery stores, so look for the info here and if you have a local grocer where you can get it, buy it there.S
Chinese Noodles: These noodles are authentic to Chinese noodles like chow mein and have a higher egg content. If you can’t find them, you can use a thin spaghetti or buy those Yakisoba noodles from near the cup o’ soup selections and discard the seasoning packets.
Sesame Oil: Sesame oil is incredibly strong in flavor and scent as is to be used sparingly. It adds a ton of flavor and shouldn’t be left out of the dish if at all possible because the flavors are so fragrant.

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P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles

P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.
Yield 4
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main
Cuisine Chinese
Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients
 

  • 1 pound fresh Chinese noodles
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 1 tablespoon garlic , minced
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon red chile flakes
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 teaspoons shaohsing wine
  • 2 teaspoons oyster sauce
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 japanese cucumber julienned on an angle
  • chopped cilantro optional

Instructions

  • Cook the noodles a minute shy of the directions on the bag, drain and keep on a plate while you make the sauce.
  • In a large skillet heat the canola oil on medium high and cook the garlic until fragrant but not browning, about 20-30 seconds.
  • Add in the sugar and vinegar and stir to combine.
  • Toss the noodles in the pan with the canola oil mixture and and remove again while you make the sauce. (You're going to make the stir fry sauce before adding the noodles back in).
  • Add in the chicken broth, chile flakes, sugar, shaohsing wine, oyster sauce, salt, cornstarch and sesame oil.
  • Turn the heat on the pan up to high heat.
  • Stir to combine the sauce ingredients and let it thicken in the pan for 20-30 seconds.
  • Add in the noodles and stir fry the noodles until the sauce is completely absorbed.
  • To julienne the cucumbers cut them (unpeeled) into ¼ inch slices on an angle, then slice them into matchsticks about a ¼ inch thick.
  • Toss with cilantro and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 497kcal | Carbohydrates: 86g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 566mg | Potassium: 342mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 235IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2.3mg
Keyword: P.F. Chang’s Garlic Noodles (Copycat)

P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.

P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.
P.F. Chang's Garlic Noodles are a quick and easy Chinese noodle dish copycat dish you can make without the heavy flavors of a chow mein and as the perfect base for your favorite stir fry meals.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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  1. In step 3: Are you adding the vinegar and sugar mixture to Step 2? Then in step 4 you mention Stir Fry Sauce. What exactly is the Stir Fry Sauce mixture that I need to add before the noodles

  2. Thank you so much for this recipe… I look forward to making it this weekend as we all know it is no longer on their menu 🙁

  3. Delicious! I’ve tried replicating the pf changs garlic noodles several times on my own. I ended up using too much soy sauce without getting the flavor I was looking for. This recipe has so much flavor without as much sodium as I was using in my version.

  4. This is great! Added sauteed chicken and substituted lower sodium soy sauce for the high sodium oyster sauce. Definitely will have this again.

  5. Love these recipes!! Have you ever calculated WW SP’s and he you ever tried to make these WW friendly – so you could have the decadent version as well as lighter, WW friendly one…. just a thought!!

    1. So glad you’re loving the recipes, thank you! I haven’t tried to change this up to be WW friendly but thanks for the suggestion. I’ll have to start looking into it and playing around with the idea.

  6. Yes! I love PF Changs but haven’t been there in FOREVER. Thanks for sharing this so we can make it at home!

  7. I think you did a great job in figuring out the ingredients for their recipe. These garlic noodles look fantastic!I love to make Asian noodles at least once a week, and this is one I will try next!!!

  8. Who doesn’t love those noodles?? Can’t wait to try this at home! My family will be so excited!

  9. YES to making your own Chinese food at home! My husband loves these noodles in the restaurant, so I know this’ll go over beautifully at our house.

  10. Love your recipes. My doctor has told me to cut down on red meat as she say I eat far to much of it. So I am looking for Asian veggie stirfry recipes. I have just cooked your garlic noodle recipe up for lunch and both my sister and I loved it. Regards from New Zealand

  11. I enjoy and look forward to all the great recipes from your Dinner, then Dessert and your copycat recipes are spot on.
    Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring all of us at home chefs.

      1. I never found the actual recipe here on Pinterest it goes through all the steps if you’re reading it to get down to the ingredients and I cannot find how to make it