Fruit shake is a delicious dish that most young people really love because fresh, crunchy fruits soaked in various sauces or accompanying spices are simple yet extremely flavorful. If this is already your favorite dish, why not join TasteVN to try making 2 unusual and appealing fruit shakes with plum and dried beef? Let’s cook these 2 snacks right away!
1. Plum Fruit Shake
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Plum Fruit Shake Serves 4
Green mango 1 fruit Guava 1 fruit Peach 1 fruit Young starfruit 4 fruits Pineapple 1 fruit Chili 2 fruits Plum candy 100 gr Shrimp salt 2 tablespoons Sugar 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pineapple
- Sweet pineapple will have a bright yellow color from the crown to the top, or may have some green mixed in.
- You should choose short, round-shaped pineapples as they will have more flesh and be sweeter than long-stemmed ones.
- Choose pineapples with large, sparse eyes, and when you smell them, they should have a sweet aroma.
- Choose pineapples that feel heavy in your hand, with the top still fresh and green.
- Avoid pineapples that have turned orange or have black spots on the skin.
- Do not buy pineapples that are still green as they are very sour and will not taste good when cooked.
How to choose fresh peaches
- Peaches used for mixing in fruit shakes should be slightly green, not yet turning orange-yellow. At this stage, peaches will be crispy with a light sour taste rather than soft like ripe peaches.
- Choose peaches that feel firm when held, and if you gently press on them, they should not be soft. You should smell the distinct aroma of peaches.
- You should buy peaches at supermarkets or reputable stores to avoid purchasing peaches that have been treated with chemicals.
Where to buy preserved plums?
You can easily find preserved plums at grocery stores, supermarkets, or buy online on popular e-commerce websites today.
How to prepare fruit shake with salted plum
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Prepare the fruits
Peel the green mango, guava, peach, young starfruit, and pineapple. Then cut all these fruits into bite-sized pieces.
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Chop the salted plum and shake the fruits
First, chop the salted plum into small pieces.
Put the fruits into a bowl along with the salted plum, add 2 tablespoons of shrimp salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, chop 1 chili and add it in, then cover and shake well.
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Final product
With just a few very simple steps, you have immediately created a dried plum fruit shake that is extremely stimulating to the taste and very appealing to enjoy. Fresh fruits combined with salt, dried plums, and chili create a very attractive balance of sour, sweet, salty, and spicy flavors that you must try.
2. Dried plum fruit shake with beef jerky
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
5 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Dried plum fruit shake with beef jerky Serves 4
Beef jerky 50 gr Green mango 1 fruit Young star fruit 5 fruits Guava 1 fruit Roasted peanuts 2 tablespoons Chili powder 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Sugar 1 tablespoon
Where to buy dried beef?
- For shaking with fruits, you should use shredded dried beef instead of whole pieces of dried beef.
- You can easily find shredded dried beef at markets, supermarkets, or specialty stores that sell dried foods. Additionally, you can make shredded dried beef at home following the guide from TasteVN.
How to prepare Fruit shake with dried beef
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the mango and young green apple, then wash them thoroughly with guava. Remove the seeds from the mango, cut it into bite-sized pieces, quarter the young green apple, and chop the guava into small pieces.
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Mixing sweet and spicy fish sauce
Put 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 tablespoon of chili powder into a bowl, stir well until the sugar dissolves and the spices blend together.
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Mixing fruits
Put the prepared fruits into a large bowl, add all the prepared fish sauce, and mix well.
Then add 2 tablespoons of roasted peanuts and 50g of dried beef, gently mix by hand or cover and shake well to enjoy.
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Finished Product
So now we have an attractive dry beef fruit shake, just looking at it makes you crave it. The pieces of fresh fruit, soaked in sweet fish sauce, with a bit of spicy chili, chewy dry beef, and roasted peanuts are absolutely delicious, you’ll forget the way home.
How to Choose Fresh Green Mangoes
- You should choose mangoes with firm skin, feeling heavy when held.
- Good green mangoes will have a dark green outer skin, shiny with a white powdery layer.
- Choose green mangoes that, when touched at the stem, still have sap, as these are freshly picked and still fresh.
- Avoid selecting green mangoes with wrinkled skin, feeling soft or having tiny dark spots on the skin.
How to Choose Fresh Guavas
- You should choose guavas with a bright green color, feeling firm when held, and the skin of the guava should still be hard.
- Delicious guavas often have rough skin, with prominent veins on the guava skin; the rougher the skin, the crunchier and tastier it is.
- Avoid buying guavas that are bruised or feel soft and wilted when touched.
How to choose good young starfruit
- Choose starfruit with a green outer skin; when touched, the skin feels hard, and it feels heavy in hand.
- It is advisable to buy starfruit of moderate size, not too big, not too small.
- Fresh and delicious starfruit will have a smooth green outer skin, shiny and not leaking sap.
- Do not choose soft, rotten, or damaged starfruit.
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Above is a detailed guide on 2 ways to make fruit shake with sour plum and crispy beef, a great snack. TasteVN hopes that with the incredibly simple cooking suggestions we share, you will have more delicious dishes in your menu.
*Image and recipe reference from 2 YouTube channels Feedy VN and Feedy Delicious Dishes
