Hoi An Green bean sweet soup – Unforgettable Delicious dessert
Hoi An famous for delicious specialties as Cau Lau, Chicken rice etc. Come to Hoi An for travel, tourists should try these dishes if not you will be very regret in trip.
Hoi An Green bean sweet soup (Chè đậu xanh) is a cooling dish originating from China with the effect of detoxifying and regulating the five internal organs.
This dish is made from green beans containing many vitamins that are good for the body such as E, B1, B2, B3 and B6.
With the main ingredients being: sugar, green beans, tangerine peel (tran bi) with a spicy taste, mixed with cool coconut water and rich coconut milk. All create an extremely delicious, attractive and appealing sweet soup. Sometimes milk and rock sugar are added to enhance the flavor.
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Ingredients and Way to cook Hoi An green bean sweet soup
How to cook Hoi An green bean sweet soup without breaking it is extremely simple.
A bowl of cool green bean sweet soup with soft, sweet and fragrant beans will be an extremely suitable sweet soup to cool the body on hot days.
Today, Hoi An tours will show you how to cook green bean sweet soup without breaking it, ensuring that your whole family will love it when enjoying it. Let’s go to the kitchen right away!
Ingredients for Hoi An Green Bean Sweet Soup
- 150 gr green beans with shells
- 100 gr rock sugar
- 1 tablespoon tapioca starch
- 800 ml filtered water
- 20 gr tangerine peel (tran bi) with a spicy taste
- 500 ml coconut milk
How to make Hoi An Green Bean Sweet Soup
- Rinse the green beans, soak them in warm water for about 3 hours before cooking.
- Put the green beans in a pot of water and boil over medium heat until the beans are soft.
- Put 100gr rock sugar, 2 cups of filtered water (about 300ml filtered water) to a pot and boil until the sugar dissolves.
- Next, pour the cooked sugar water into the pot of green beans and mix 1 tablespoon tapioca starch with 100ml filtered water and pour into the pot of sweet soup, let the mixture thicken, continue to cook for 2-3 minutes, then turn off the stove.
- Add coconut milk and stir well for about a minute then turn off the stove.
Cook the beans until they are soft but still keep the beans intact, not crushed. The dessert is fragrant, has a moderate sweetness, is refreshing, and is very suitable for cooling down in the summer.
Scoop the green bean dessert into a bowl, add a few ice cubes, and enjoy.
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