Sha cha beef

Chinese dish made of shacha sauce and beef strips
Sha cha beef
Place of originChinese
Main ingredientsshacha sauce, tenderized beef strips
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Sha cha beef (Chinese: 沙茶牛肉; also called sa cha beef, cha beef, or cha beefsteak) is the name of a Chinese dish featuring shacha sauce and tenderized beef strips. The Americanized dish is usually served over a bed of white rice with fresh scallions and cilantro (coriander). This dish is native to the Gansu province of China.[1]

Sha cha beef is a traditional dish dating back thousands of years. This dish is unusual in that it is one of the few Chinese-American dishes to maintain the principle of fan-ts'ai or the division between fan, grains and other starch foods, and ts'ai, vegetable and meat dishes. To prepare a balanced meal, it must have an appropriate amount of both fan and ts'ai, and ingredients are readied along both tracks.

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References

  1. ^ Roth, Angelique Bamberg and Jason. "Wai Wai". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2023-09-12.

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