Hong dou tang

Hong dou tang (紅豆湯), hong dou sha (紅豆沙), or red bean soup is a sweet Chinese dessert soup made from azuki beans.^[1] It is served in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and places with Chinese diaspora. It is categorized as a tong sui, or sweet soup. It is often served cold during the summer, and hot in the winter. Leftover red bean soup can also be frozen to make ice pops and is a popular dessert.

Hong dou tang

Bowls of hóngdòutāng, Chinese red bean soup
Type	Tong sui, dessert soup
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	China
Region or state	East Asia
Associated cuisine	Chinese cuisine Cantonese cuisine
Serving temperature	Hot, cold
Main ingredients	Adzuki beans, sugar
Similar dishes	Patjuk, shiruko
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Hong dou tang
Traditional Chinese	紅豆湯
Simplified Chinese	紅豆汤
Literal meaning	red bean soup
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin hóngdòu tāng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping hung4 dau6 tong1
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	红豆沙
Simplified Chinese	紅豆沙
Literal meaning	red bean sand
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin hóngdòu shā Yue: Cantonese Jyutping hung4 dau6 sha1

Ingredients

In Cantonese cuisine, a red bean soup made from rock sugar, sun-dried tangerine peels, and lotus seeds is commonly served as a dessert at the end of a restaurant or banquet meal. Common variations include the addition of ingredients such as sago (西米 xīmi), tapioca, coconut milk, ice cream, glutinous rice balls, or purple rice. The two types of sugar used interchangeably are rock sugar and sliced sugar (片糖).^[2]

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See also

• Food portal

• Shiruko
• Patjuk
• Red bean ice
• Red bean paste
• Red bean shaved ice
• List of bean soups
• List of Chinese soups
• List of legume dishes
• List of soups