🍧 Bingsu (Korean shaved ice)

Name: Bingsu (Korean shaved ice)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: South Korea · East Asia
Ingredients: 300 g ice cubes (or ice frozen in a shallow tray); 80 g sweetened red bean paste; 40 g small soft rice cakes (mochi), cut into cubes; 150 g fresh fruit, such as strawberries or mango, diced; 3 tbsp sweetened condensed milk

Origin: South Korea · East Asia

402kcal

per serving · 350 g

115kcal

per 100 g

10 gProtein3 g / 100 g

7 gFat2 g / 100 g

77 gCarbs22 g / 100 g

Bingsu is a Korean dessert of finely shaved ice piled high in a bowl and topped with sweet red bean paste, chewy rice cakes, fresh fruit and a drizzle of condensed milk. The ice is fluffy and snow-like, melting into a cold, creamy, sweet base as you eat. It is usually shared between two or three people with long spoons, especially in summer.

Diets

✓

Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

Not veganbecause of: condensed milk

Contains dairybecause of: condensed milk

Not keto22 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Milk

What it is made of

shaved icered beancondensed milkmochifruit

Recipe

2 servings15 min

Ingredients

300 g ice cubes (or ice frozen in a shallow tray)
80 g sweetened red bean paste
40 g small soft rice cakes (mochi), cut into cubes
150 g fresh fruit, such as strawberries or mango, diced
3 tbsp sweetened condensed milk

Method

Chill two bowls in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Shave or blitz the ice into fine flakes with an ice shaver or a powerful blender, working in short pulses.
Pile the ice into the cold bowls and press it lightly into a mound.
Top with the red bean paste, rice cakes and fruit.
Drizzle with condensed milk and serve straight away with spoons.

How to make it lighter

Condensed milk is the richest topping: 1 tbsp instead of 3 noticeably cuts the sugar.
Make fruit the main topping and use half the red bean paste.
Share one bowl between two or three people, as is common in Korean cafés.

History

Shaved-ice desserts with sweet red beans, known as patbingsu, spread in Korea during the 20th century and became a classic summer treat sold in cafés and bakeries. In recent decades dessert cafés have made ever finer, snow-textured ice and added toppings such as mango, strawberry and green tea. Today bingsu is one of the most popular desserts in South Korea and in Korean cafés abroad.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →