Garlic Green Bean and Turkey Stir Fry
This Garlic Green Bean and Turkey Stir Fry is an easy, healthy, one-pan meal that’s perfect for a weeknight dinner! If you’ve ever been to the chain restaurant P.F. Chang’s, you may have tried the Chili-Garlic Green Beans that are on their appetizer menu. I love those green beans, and I wanted to make something similar but add some protein to turn it into an entrée. Adding ground turkey worked perfectly and made it a filling and delicious dish that’s great served over rice. Not only is it super tasty, but each serving is just 299 calories or 3 WW Points on the current Weight Watchers program! To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Ingredient Notes
- Meat: I used ground turkey breast in this recipe, but ground chicken breast will be just as good and keep it lean! Alternatively, you could use small chunks of cut up chicken breast, or thinly sliced strips of steak and I’m sure those would be tasty as well.
- Shallot: Shallots are a type of small, mild onion. They’re fairly widely available, but if you can’t find them in your stores then use yellow onion as a replacement.
- Vinegar: I use rice vinegar (also known as rice wine vinegar) in this recipe, but apple cider vinegar will work if you need a substitute!
- Sesame Seeds: Sesame seeds make a fun garnish for this dish, but you can easily omit them if you don’t have them on hand.
- Though the ingredients above can be substituted if needed, I would not recommend substituting anything for the sesame oil, Hoisin sauce, or soy sauce. Those add important flavor to this dish!
More tasty Asian-Inspired recipes
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Garlic Green Bean and Turkey Stir Fry
Ingredients
- ¼ cup water
- 3 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons Hoisin sauce, found by other Asian ingredients in most grocery stores
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil, divided
- 1 lb 99% lean ground turkey breast
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ⅓ cup diced shallots
- 5 medium garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 12 oz raw green beans, trimmed and cut to 1-2” pieces
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together the water, rice vinegar, soy sauce, Hoisin sauce, sugar, cornstarch, ground ginger, and crushed red pepper flakes until combined and set aside.
- Drizzle half a tablespoon (1.5 teaspoons) of canola oil and half a tablespoon of sesame oil into a large sauté pan and bring over med-high heat. Once the oil is hot, add the ground turkey and sprinkle with the salt and pepper. Cook, breaking the meat up with a spatula into bite size chunks until cooked through. Remove the cooked ground turkey to a side dish and cover to keep warm.
- Drizzle the remaining canola oil and sesame oil (1.5 teaspoons of each) into the sauté pan and bring between medium and med-high heat. Add the shallots and sliced garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, until they start to brown (1-2 minutes). Add the green beans and stir. Cook, stirring regularly, for 5-6 minutes until the green beans start to soften.
- Add the sauce from step one to the hot pan and stir to combine with the beans. Let the sauce get bubbly (should happen right away) and cook like that for 30 seconds before reducing the heat to med-low. Add the cooked ground turkey back to the pan and stir to coat it in the sauce. Cook another 1-2 minutes to heat through and allow the sauce to thicken. Garnish with sesame seeds before serving.
Notes
299 calories, 14 g carbs, 8 g sugars, 11 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 38 g protein, 3 g fiber, 532 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com) Weight Watchers Points Plus:
8 per (1 ¼ cup) serving (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info) Inspired by Sweet C’s Designs
Looks delicious! In a pinch, could thawed frozen green beans be used? I assume they would need to be dried off and would cook faster, but any suggestions are welcomed!
Sure, I assume you could use those in a pinch. Like you said, you’d want to thaw them and they would cook faster. I also find that frozen vegetables often release more water when cooked. They may end up a bit softer as well, but I think they’d probably still taste good!
Can you freeze this?
Wondering the same thing!
I haven’t tried freezing it but I would think so!
Made this last night and it was SO GOOD! I used chicken breast and cut it into very small pieces instead of ground turkey, delicious! Thanks for another great recipe 🙂
Made this last night for the family. Everyone loved it. I had to sub oyster sauce for hoisin but it was still delicious!
Very good!
Can you add peanut butter to the sauce? I love peanut butter based sauce…
This was absolutely delicious, definitely going into my dinner rotation!
I like green bean. It’s so delicious.
I made this a few weeks ago. Definitely going into the rotation. I never thought about adding peanut butter so I might have to try that next time!
Hopefully I can find the ingredients to complete this dish. It will be more perfect when it has all the above ingredients
Wow, I literally love Asian food. I will write down your recipe thank you.
I love to eat asian foods
Meal in pic looks delicious
Wow i tried this recipe at home it is very delicious i hope your other recipes are delicious like this one
Meal look delicious i tried this recipe at home and your recipe is delightful, flavorful and etc thank you so much
I like the roasted green beans it taste delicious
Recipe looks delicious I try it at home it taste delicious after that I give review, other than green beans are also my fav
I would try it at home it taste delicious
Thanks for providing detail recipe. I try it home, it taste delicious.
Hi! This sounds delicious! Does it make a difference if it’s toasted sesame oil versus regular sesame oil?
I made it a few week’s ago. This one is going on the rotation. I have never added peanut butter to my recipes, so next time I am going to give it a try!
This looks excellent. I will definitely give it a try. Plus, you have explained the recipe very clearly. Even amateur cooks like myself feel confident enough to make it.Thank you.
Are there any cooking instructions provided?
I tried cooking, it was quite delicious.
I’ve been looking for a recipe like this! It seems perfect for my next gathering!
Thank you for supplying the detailed recipe. I test it at home, and it tastes excellent.
I assume they would need to be dried off and would cook faster, but any suggestions are welcomed!
Thank you for sharing the detailed recipe. I tried it at home, and it turned out delicious!