Red bean ice is a drink commonly found in Hong Kong.[1] It is usually served in restaurants like cha chaan teng. It is a popular dessert in the summer. The standard ingredients include adzuki beans, light rock sugar syrup, and evaporated milk.[2] It is often topped with ice cream to become a dessert known as red bean ice cream (traditional Chinese: 雪糕紅豆冰; simplified Chinese: 雪糕红豆冰).[3]
Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | Hong Kong |
Serving temperature | Cold |
Main ingredients | azuki bean, rock sugar, evaporated milk |
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Red bean ice | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 紅豆冰 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 红豆冰 | ||||||||||||
Jyutping | hung4 dau2 bing1 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | red bean ice | ||||||||||||
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Red bean ice tea has been around since the 1970s.[4] Some places which serve the drink add in chewy flavored jelly.