Sa Cha Sauce, also known as Chinese Barbecue Sauce, is one of my favorite flavors from Asia. It’s a staple sauce for hot pot, but for me, it’s my go to sauce for stir fry’s. It’s different every time I make it because you can just throw whatever you have in, vegetables, proteins, noodles, add Sa Cha Sauce and some soy sauce. Here are a couple of ways I’ve cleaned out my fridge with this dish.
Sample 1 – I had linguine left over from the night before and had bell peppers, jalapenos, tomato, carrots, broccoli rabe and onions, making a Sa Cha Lo Mein.
Sample 2 – I had a left-over drumstick so I pulled off all the meat and threw it in the wok with jalapenos, bell peppers, broccoli, carrots, grape tomatoes, and scallions. I served it with my left-over multi-grain Korean rice.
Sample 3 – We had a quick lunch with Wei-Chuan mini buns and some left-over food, and I wanted a vegetable side dish. I used Chinese broccoli, scallions, onions, carrots, grape tomatoes, and celery.
Sample 4 – I made a quick lunch with celery, grape tomatoes, onions, eggplant, asparagus, red bell peppers, and mung bean noodles. I placed an over-easy egg on top, and there’s a healthy meal.
I’ve read many recipes described as “everything but the kitchen sink…” and I guess this falls in that category. Let me know of you try it and what you threw in.
Does it have any ‘fish stuff’ as one or more of its ingredients?
I just looked, and it does have brill fish and shrimp…sorry.
It’s such a crazy coincidence but I just looked at your site because I saw your post about Sushi Yasuda on Tastespotting. After reading that post I immediately saw and clicked the title “I love Sa Cha Sauce” on your recent posts list! And that was before you posted on my site. I love Sa Cha BBQ sauce too! Especially in my hotpot sauce. How else do you like to use it?
Sa Cha is definitely a must for hot pot! I use it in stir-fry’s mostly, occasionally soups.
Love the recipes on this site. Am looking on how to make lo mein noodles at home. Received a pasta maker for Christmas and love, love lo mein noodles. Thank you!!
Thanks Lynne! Lo main is very broad and can be made so many different ways. You can put any meat and any vegetables you want, with various sauces. Soy sauce, garlic, and ginger is probably most common.