Sha cha beef

Sha cha beef

Place of origin	Chinese
Main ingredients	shacha sauce, tenderized beef strips

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-cai 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 cai, and ingredients are readied along both tracks.

See also

• List of steak dishes

References

1. Bamberg, Angelique; Roth, Jason (14 August 2008). "Wai Wai". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2023-09-12.

External links

• Recipe for Sha Cha Beef Archived 2005-02-11 at the Wayback Machine