Eating in China
Shacha sauce ingredient on a plain plate.

Shacha sauce

沙茶酱Shāchájiàng

A spiced sauce that includes shrimp in the Xiamen preparation.

Type
Sauces and seasonings

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A mixed seasoning prepared as a sauce or powder in Xiamen; this preparation includes shrimp.

In the kitchen

The sauce forms the savory broth base of Xiamen shacha noodles.

Sauce and dry powder are distinct forms; commercial formulas are not necessarily the same as this preparation.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有沙茶酱吗?

Does this dish contain Shacha sauce?

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