Shacha noodles

Chinese noodle dish

Shacha noodle

Alternative names| Sate noodle, Satay noodle
Place of origin| China
Main ingredients| Shacha sauce, oil noodles, beansprouts, water

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Shacha noodles (simplified Chinese: 沙茶面; traditional Chinese: 沙茶麵; pinyin: shā chá miàn), also known as sate or satay noodles, is a noodle dish popular in southern Fujian province. It is a kind of soup noodles made by cooking satay soup made from satay sauce and adding bean sprouts, pork liver, and other ingredients.[1]

On December 11, 1997, Xiamen Wu Zaitian Sate Noodles was identified as one of China's top famous snacks.[2]

## Origin

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Satay is originally from Malaysia, but it can also be said to come from Indonesia. Tea drinking is popular in the Minnan region (another term for southern Fujian province), so the Malay word for sate is translated into Minnan's word for sa-te which is called sha-cha in Standard Mandarin.[3][4][5] Another saying about the origin of shacha noodle is that "tay" in satay has a similar pronunciation to the local Hokkien word for tea-"cha" so people call this food which is made from satay sauce shacha noodle.[6]

## Ingredient

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Shacha noodles with abalone and other seafood

The common and main ingredients of shacha noodle are shacha sauce, oil noodles, beansprouts and water. Other ingredients can be added for flavor such as fried tofu or shrimp.[4] Deluxe versions may include expensive ingredients like abalone.

## See also

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* Fujian cuisine
* List of Chinese dishes
* List of peanut dishes
* Noodle soup
* Peanut sauce
* Shacha sauce

## References

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1. ^ "Shā chá miàn" 沙茶面 [Shacha Noodles]. Xiamen Municipal Government. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.
2. ^ Xiàmén shì zhì 厦门市志 [Xiamen City History]. Compiled by Xiàmén shì dìfāngzhì biānzuǎn wěiyuánhuì 厦门市地方志编纂委员会 [Xiamen Local History Compilation Committee] (1st ed.). Beijing: Fāngzhì chūbǎn shè 方志出版社. 2004. ISBN 7-80192-026-0. OCLC 58815416.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: others (link)
3. ^ "厦门想吃当地特色面条你应该吃什么 厦门特色面叫什么" [What Xiamen local noodles you should eat? What Xiamen characteristic noodles called?]. website of weather (天气网). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
4. ^ a b "Shèngmíng zàiwài shā chá miàn" 盛名在外沙茶面. Quanzhou Evening News. 15 September 2006. Archived from the original on 22 March 2009.
5. ^ "Food in Xiamen". 26 March 2024.
6. ^ "Satay Noodles". Xiamen (xmenglish.cn). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2021.