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Taiwanese Sa Cha Beef Over Rice

Updated Aug 27, 2023Published Apr 23, 2016 By Julia 3 CommentsThis post may contain affiliate links.

Summary:
This is an authentic Taiwanese sa cha beef over rice dish, with tender beef, spinach, and onion sautéed with a special sa cha sauce.
Taiwanese sa cha beef over rice

Taiwanese Sa Cha Beef

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Prep: 10 minutes mins
Cook: 20 minutes mins
Yield: 4 servings

INGREDIENTS

  • 13 ounces beef thinly sliced
  • 1 sweet onion chopped
  • 7 tablespoons Bullhead "Barbecue Sauce"
  • 5 ounces baby spinach
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 2 cups cooked white rice

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Heat cooking oil in a large, high-sided pan over medium heat. When the pan is hot, add beef and stir until cooked, about 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer the beef to a plate and set aside.
  • Keep the same pan, including any liquid exuded from cooking the beef, and heat it over medium heat. Add chopped onions and cook until they are translucent, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Add the Bullhead sauce, spinach, reserved beef, and water. Stir everything together until the spinach is cooked and everything is well-mixed.
  • Pour the beef sa cha sauce over cooked rice, or keep them separate until ready to serve.

NUTRITION

558 kcal/serving

PHOTOS

Chinese sha cha beef over rice

NOTES & TIPS


To make this dish, you’ll need the gold standard of sa cha sauces: the Bullhead “barbecue sauce.” It comes in a can filled with the paste and oil, so you mix everything up to get a chunky sauce. I picked this up in-person at Hmart. You can also get this sauce on Amazon. This sauce is made from soybean oil, brill fish, shrimp, garlic, and shallots, and has a hint of spiciness to it. It’s quite a unique taste. Note that this is not at all similar taste-wise to peanut-based satay sauces that are popular in Malaysian and Indonesian dishes.
I usually cook some rice before I make this dish. I’ll add rice to my rice cooker and turn it on, so that the rice cooks and is finished by the time I’m done making the sa cha beef. Then I’ll pour the sa cha beef with sauce over the rice, and mix everything together with chopsticks or a fork.

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About Julia

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Julia is a recipe developer and the founder of Savory Tooth, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 2015, she has been sharing simple recipes for tasty dishes in a user-friendly format. She typically prefers savory foods over sweet, hence the name of the site.

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Amber

Loved this sauce!!!

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Cotton's Mummy

This looks really good. Saved for the future.

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Keith @ How's it Lookin?

Looks so good. The baby spinach in there sounds awesome, thanks for the idea

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