Sacha Sauce and Sweet Corn Kernels Stir-Fry

Sacha sauce or shacha sauce? You know what, I've always been calling it sacha sauce, the one without the "h" after the letter s. Even the correct pronunciation in Chinese doesn't sound like shacha. Just sacha, no h after the letter s. So why I still see shacha being used everywhere on the internet?

Sacha sauce and sweet corn kernels stir-fry - 

Ingredients?

• 280 sweet corn kernels
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 stalks scallion
• 1 to 2 red chilies
• 2 1/2 tablespoons sacha sauce
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

How?

I used canned sweet corn kernels this time, so simply drain out the liquid inside the can before use. Peel and chop the garlic cloves. Destem and chop the scallion, separate the white and green parts. Destem and chop the red chilies, remove the seeds if you can't handle too much heat.

Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the pan and switch to medium heat. Add in chopped garlic, red chilies, and 1/2 cup of scallion white. If you don't have enough scallion white, it's totally fine to use some green sections. Also add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper. Stir-fry till aromatic but not burning the garlic bits.

Add 2 1/2 tablespoons of sacha sauce. Let the sauce in contact with the pan and stir-fry a little. The heat from the pan will further bringing out the aroma from the sacha sauce. 

Add 1 teaspoon of soy sauce along the side of the pan. Same thing, the direct contact of the heat from the pan will help drawing out even more aroma from the soy sauce. Give the whole thing a quick mix.

Add in sweet corn kernels and give it a quick stir-fry, about one minute.

Mix in some chopped scallion greens in the end, I used about 1/4 cup. Taste and adjust with additional seasonings if needed. Once all checked, plate and serve right away.

I used corn kernels for the sake of easy-eating. Otherwise corn ribs might look even more appetizing here. 

It's just that I'm a bit lazy to use my hands and bite along the core, especially some of these are going to get packed into lunch boxes. Corn ribs won't be able to fit inside a lunchbox as well as simple corn kernels. 

Extended reading:

• Sacha bell pepper and beef fried rice 沙茶青椒牛肉炒飯