Sha cha beef

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 is the native dish to the Gansu province of China. This dish is rare in that it is one of few Chinese-American dishes to maintain the principle of "fan-ts'ai". The basis of this principle is 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. Sha cha beef is not only a superb example of "fan-ts'ai", but a traditional dish dating back thousands of generations.

"Schabeefsteak" is the commonly used term in the kitchens of asian restaurants in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. This is the colloquial form of the word. Also used as an expression of agreement or as a greeting.

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* [http://www.recipecottage.com/asian/sa-cha-beef.html Recipe for Sha Cha Beef]