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Beijing Beef, Panda Express Style
Beijing beef is one of the most popular beef recipes at Panda Express and many readers had emailed and asked me about Panda Express Beijing beef recipe.
To develop this recipe, I specifically went to Panda Express and tried out the dish. After careful examination of the ingredients used, and tasting the sauce carefully, I think I have gotten down the copycat recipe of Beijing Beef.
So here is the yummy copycat Panda Express Beijing beef recipe. This recipe tastes better and fresher than the ones at Panda Express!
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How to Make Beijing Beef
As with most recipes served at Panda Express, the protein is coated in batter and deep-fried. To create a truly amazing Beijing sauce, I adjusted the recipe and ingredients a few times to get to the right balance of flavors.
Beijing Beef Sauce
The list of ingredients in the Beijing sauce is long, but be rest assured, after you taste it, you would want to make it again and again. It’s actually quite addictive and good.
The good news is that you can make the sauce in a big batch and keep in the fridge and whenever you are craving it, you can make this Beijing Beef, or Beijing Chicken. It’s totally up to you!
What Is Beijing Style Sauce?
Beijing sauce contains fermented products in order to create a delightful blend of sour, sweet, and savory taste. The flavor is super versatile and can be used even as a dipping sauce.
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 296 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with This Recipe?
For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Panda Express Beijing Beef Copycat
Ingredients
- 8 oz. flank steak (sirloin or beef flap, cut against the grain into 1/4 inch slices)
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 medium-sized yellow onion (sliced)
- 1/2 medium-sized red bell pepper (cut into pieces)
- cornstarch (to dust beef for deep-frying)
- salt and sugar to taste
Marinade:
- 1 egg (beaten)
- 1/2 teaspoon corn starch
- 1 dash ground white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Beijing Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons ketchup
- 3 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 teaspoons light soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon oyster sauce
- 2 teaspoons sweet chili sauce
- 1-2 teaspoons crushed chili peppers
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Prepare the Marinade in a bowl and mix well. Marinate the beef for 15 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mix all the Beijing Sauce ingredients. Set aside.
- Place cornstarch in a bag/bowl. Toss marinated beef in cornstarch, coat well, and set aside in the refrigerator.
- Heat up enough oil over high heat. Coat beef slices with cornstarch again, making sure the beef slices are well coated. Shake off the excess cornstarch from beef slices. Prepare to deep-fry beef (in small batches). Drop in the beef slices and deep-fry for 1-2 minutes, or until light golden brown. Dish out, drained on paper towel and set aside.
- In a wok, heat up the oil over high heat. Stir-fry the onion and bell pepper until fragrant and slightly charred, add in the garlic and continue to stir-fry for 10 seconds. Remove from wok.
- Heat up wok over medium-high heat, pour in the Beijing Sauce seasoning. Bring it to a simmer or until it thickens. You may adjust salt, soy sauce, water, etc., to taste.
- Toss in the deep-fried beef and stir-fried onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Stir well for 1 minute, or until the beef is completely cooked and absorbed the sauce. Dish out and serve with hot steamed rice.
Notes
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Very nice! I used to thinly sliced meat so it cooked through to quick and then tended to stick together due to cornstarch but otherwise nice and a recipe that will reappear again!!!
I really enjoy this recipe, been using it for years!
I can’t believe how much it tastes like the real thing at Panda. This is my favorite thing at Panda Express, I always get it and some extra too. I won’t ever buy it again. I have mastered several Asian dishes now and I can add this one to it. Thank you for the research and testing the recipe. It is spot on if you ask me. My family loves this stuff.
Thanks for posting. I made it last night, after having it for the first time from Panda Express a few days earlier. Nice and easy to make, however it was just a little off. Very good, but not quite like the restaurant. I felt it needed to be a little sweeter and gooey-er. Probably from sitting in those bowls under heat lamps all day….lol.
Still good, but needs more refining.
Thank you for sharing this Panda Express’ Beijing Beef recipe. We are getting frustrated with P-E, because they don’t give you as much as they used to. And, they take forever. Also, we’ve had the 3-section container spill together, and they won’t fix it. Made me mad, so we’re gonna cook it at home.
Please, keep posting Panda Express recipes or any recipes. We just found you and plan to start cooking some of what you are posting.
Again, thank you, DavidF
Thanks for your support!
Hi! Can this go in an air fryer?
You can try!