Red bean ice is a drink commonly found in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
.
[
] It is usually served in restaurants like ''
cha chaan teng''. It is a popular dessert in the summer. The standard ingredients include
adzuki bean
''Vigna angularis'', also known as the , azuki bean, aduki bean, red bean, or red mung bean, is an Annual plant, annual vine widely cultivated throughout East Asia for its small (approximately long) bean. The cultivars most familiar in East A ...
s, light
rock sugar syrup
In cooking, syrup (less commonly sirup; from ; , beverage, wine and ) is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a Solution (chemistry), solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but ...
, and
evaporated milk.
It is often topped with
ice cream to become a dessert known as red bean ice cream ().
Origin
Red bean ice tea has been around since the 1970s.
[
] Some places which serve the drink add in chewy flavored
jelly. Red bean icy is common in Hong Kong style cafés, Hong Kong style western restaurants and Hong Kong style fast food stores, but some restaurants such as fast food stores usually serve it only in summer, and some of them add a ball of ice-cream to the red bean icy, so it is called ice-cream red bean icy.
See also
*
Mango shaved ice
*
Red bean soup
*
Ice kachang
*
List of legume dishes
*
References
1970 establishments in Hong Kong
Hong Kong cuisine
Hong Kong drinks
Hong Kong inventions
Non-alcoholic mixed drinks
{{China-cuisine-stub