Cherry & Dennis Helper Habitat

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice

香港紅豆冰

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — finished dish

Total time: 20 min
Difficulty: Easy
Servings: 4 servings

Recipe overview

Cooked canned red beans make this chilled Hong Kong café drink possible in twenty minutes.

01

Ingredients

Main ingredients

400 g cooked canned red beans
200 ml evaporated milk
400 g ice cubes
300 ml chilled drinking water

Sweet syrup

80 g sugar
100 ml water

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — ingredients

02

Tools

small saucepan
sieve
spoon
four tall glasses

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — tools

03

Steps

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Open the canned red beans and drain excess packing liquid through a sieve

Step 1

Open the canned red beans and drain excess packing liquid through a sieve

Open the canned red beans and drain excess packing liquid through a sieve.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Briefly rinse the beans with chilled drinking water and drain

Step 2

Briefly rinse the beans with chilled drinking water and drain

Briefly rinse the beans with chilled drinking water and drain.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Put the sugar and one hundred millilitres of water in a small saucepan

Step 3

Put the sugar and one hundred millilitres of water in a small saucepan

Put the sugar and one hundred millilitres of water in a small saucepan.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves

Step 4

Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves

Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Boil the syrup for one minute, then turn off the heat

Step 5

Boil the syrup for one minute, then turn off the heat

Boil the syrup for one minute, then turn off the heat.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Stir the beans into the hot syrup and stand for two minutes

Step 6

Stir the beans into the hot syrup and stand for two minutes

Stir the beans into the hot syrup and stand for two minutes.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Divide the sweetened beans and syrup among four tall glasses

Step 7

Divide the sweetened beans and syrup among four tall glasses

Divide the sweetened beans and syrup among four tall glasses.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Add ice cubes to each glass

Step 8

Add ice cubes to each glass

Add ice cubes to each glass.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Pour in the remaining chilled drinking water

Step 9

Pour in the remaining chilled drinking water

Pour in the remaining chilled drinking water.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Slowly pour the evaporated milk down the side of each glass

Step 10

Slowly pour the evaporated milk down the side of each glass

Slowly pour the evaporated milk down the side of each glass.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Gently stir from the bottom with a long spoon

Step 11

Gently stir from the bottom with a long spoon

Gently stir from the bottom with a long spoon.

Hong Kong Red Bean Ice — Check the sweetness and ice level, then serve immediately

Step 12

Check the sweetness and ice level, then serve immediately

Check the sweetness and ice level, then serve immediately.

Common mistakes

Use cooked canned beans; dried beans cannot be safely softened within twenty minutes.

Tips

If the canned beans are already sweetened, reduce the sugar to forty grams.