Asian Shaved Ice

Simple and delicious homemade Asian shaved ice recipe is the best for hot summer dessert! Wanna know how to make baobing and what’s the difference between regular American shaved ice and Chinese Asian shaved ice? Check out this recipe and see the details in the post.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Asian, Chinese, Taiwanese

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings

Calories 306kcal

Author Tracy O.

Equipment

1 Shaved ice machine

Ingredients

4 cups Ice (Can use more if you like more shaved ice)
10 pieces Strawberries
1 Mango
1 cup Sweet red beans or paste
1 cup Grass jelly (Homemade or from a can around 540g)
1 can Lychee (20 oz, 1 lb 4 oz)
1 cup Sweet condensed milk (or more depends your sweetness)

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Instructions

Put 1 cup of adzuki beans and 4 cups of water into the instant pot. Cook at high pressure for 45 minutes and natural release. Then, add 1 ¼ cups of sugar and sauté for around 25 minutes or sauté until your desired thickness. Let it cool off. (It's best to make it the night before and refrigerate it.) Or, use a can of sweet red bean paste.
Wash and dice 10 strawberries.
Then, wash and dice 1 mango.
Drain a can of lychee or use fresh lychee.
Cut a cup of grass jelly into cubes. You can use a can of grass jelly or homemade grass jelly.
Next, put 4 cups of ice into the shaved ice machine.
Press the lid and let the machine run. Shaved ice will come out.
You can put shaved ice in the bowl or on the plate.
After that, put ¼ cup of diced strawberries, ¼ cup of diced mango, ¼ cup of sweet red beans, ¼ cup of diced grass jelly, and ¼ cup of canned lychee around the shaved ice.
Lastly, pour ¼ cup of sweet condensed milk over the shaved ice. (Remember to add sweet condensed milk to your sweetness.)

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Notes

Cooking tips for how to make bao bing Chinese shaved ice:

Making the sweet adzuki beans in an instant pot pressure cooker the night before is better because you can refrigerate and keep it cold.
If not, you can buy a can of sweet red bean paste.
Also, you can make your own grass jelly or use a can of grass jelly.
Diced mangoes and strawberries. You can always use other fruits that you like.
Put 2 cups of ice into the shaved ice machine, and press the lid to make shaved ice.
Add fruits, sweet red beans, grass jelly, and top with sweet condensed milk.

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