Creamy, sweet, and tangy Vietnamese sữa đá chanh. The name in Vietnamese tells you everything you need to know about what goes into the drink except how refreshing it is! (sữa - condensed milk, đá - ice and chanh - lime) This lemonade only calls for 3 ingredients and is easily made with crushed ice or a blender!
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This recipe is a homage to my childhood. This is the first drink I learned to make when I was around 5 years old. I remember being small and my mom just gave me the ok to make this drink. I had just learned how to cut limes and was ready to smash the ice with my wooden pestle. I got the ice out of the ice maker, put it in a ziplock bag, and hammered away at the ice until they were teeny tiny. Put the ice into a cup, drizzle so much condensed milk over it, and then squeeze limes all over it. Thinking about it makes my lips pucker!
These days if you have a refrigerator that has the crushed ice option, the hard part is already done for you. If you want to utilize a blender and turn the ice cubes into a snowcone, you now have a Vietnamese milk lemonade in a snowcone form, chanh tuyết. Recently all over my newsfeed, Brazilian lemonade has been super popular and viral online and it makes me think of sữa đá chanh. Vietnamese sữa đá chanh is the culinary sister of Brazilian lemonade. Although they both contain the same ingredients they are not twins.
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❤️Why You'll Love This Recipe
- This recipe is super simple and can be made within minutes!
- Vietnamese milk lemonade is so delicious and creamy, that you can make it for a crowd or yourself. This recipe is easily adjustable.
🥄Equipment and tools
- Wooden pestle or kitchen mallet - these tools will be used to crush the ice
- Blender - Use this if you want to make a snowcone if you don't have a wooden pestle or kitchen mallet or if your ice maker doesn't crush ice.
🛒Recipe Ingredients
All you'll need is 3 ingredients to make this drink come to life!
- condensed milk - any brand will do.
- ice - if you have the option to crush your ice with your ice maker use this option, it makes this so much faster and less clean up.
- lime - any variety of limes will do.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
👩🏫 How to Make Vietnamese Lemonade (Sữa đá Chanh)
Step 1: Add ice to a ziplock bag and use a wooden pestle to crush the ice. Beat the ice until the big chunk are into edible pieces.
Pro tip: to prevent the bag from breaking up with the pressure of the hammer use a cloth to cover the bag.
Step 2: Check the ice bag if you are happy with the size of the ice add it to a cup. If not, then close it up and repeat pounding the ice until it's in desirable pieces.
Step 4: Add 1-2 tablespoons of condensed milk on top of the ice.
Step 5: Squeeze 1 whole lime into the cup.
Step 6: Use a spoon to mix the lime, milk and ice together! And you're done!
If you don't have a wooden pestle, use a blender to blend the ice, milk, and lime juice together.
Step 8: Once done add it to a cup and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Best to consume as soon as possible! If you add any lime rind to your lemonade it will get bitter the next day.
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📖Recipe
Vietnamese Milk Lemonade (Sữa đá Chanh/Chanh Tuyết)
Equipment
- 1 wooden pestle or kitchen mallet or blender
Ingredients
- 2 tablepsoonsful condensed milk
- 1 whole lime (cut into wedges)
- 2 cup ice (crushed)
Instructions
- Crushed ice with wooden pestle (skip this step if you already have crushed ice)
- Add crushed ice to a cup and drizzle over 2 tablespoonsful of condensed milk and squeeze 1 whole lime into the cup.
- With a spoon mix together ice, condensed milk and lime juice.
For use with a Blender
- Add ice, condensed milk and lime juice to the blender. Blend on high until ice is a snowcone like texture.
- Add to a cup and enjoy
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