Shacha noodles (

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: 沙茶面;

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: 沙嗲面;

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: shā chá miàn), also known as sate or satay

noodles Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures (for example, Chinese noodles, Filipino noodles, Ind ...

, is a noodle dish popular in southern

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. It is a kind of soup noodles made by cooking

satay Satay ( , in USA also , ), or sate in Indonesian spelling, is a Southeast Asian dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce. The earliest preparations of satay is believed to have originated in Javanese cuisine, but ...

soup made from satay sauce and adding

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, pork liver, and other auxiliary materials. On December 11, 1997, Xiamen Wu Zaitian Sate Noodles was identified as one of the first

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famous snacks.

Origin

Satay is originally from

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, but it can also be said to come from

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Tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and north ...

drinking is popular in the

Minnan region Minnan, Banlam or Minnan Golden Triangle (), refers to the coastal region in Southern Fujian Province, China, which includes the prefecture-level cities of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. The region accounts for 40 percent of the GDP of Fujian Pr ...

(another expression of southern Fujian province), so the Malay word for sate is translated into Minnan's word for sa-te which is called sha-cha in

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. 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.

Ingredient

The common and main ingredients of shacha noodle are

shacha sauce Shacha sauce (; also spelled sa cha sauce) is a savory, slightly spicy Chinese condiment used in Teochew, Fujian, and Taiwanese cuisines. It is made from soybean oil, garlic, shallots, chilies, Chinese brill, and dried shrimp. It is also someti ...

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s and water. Other ingredients can be added for flavor such as fried

tofu Tofu (), also known as bean curd in English, is a food prepared by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness; it can be ''silken'', ''soft'', ''firm'', ''extra firm'' or ''super f ...

or shrimp.

References

{{reflist Chinese noodle dishes

Origin

Ingredient

See also

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