5 from 2 votes
Sparkling Vietnamese Limeade
This Sparkling Vietnamese Limeade is a light-citrus bubbly beverage perfect for sipping on a warm summers day.
Prep Time
15 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Calories:
64 kcal
Course:
Drinks, Bread
Cuisine:
Vietnamese
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ½ cup water very hot
- 1 mint handful, fresh
- 8 lime
- sea salt or kosher salt
- 1 cup sparkling water divided
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and the hot water until the sugar dissolves.
- Place a few mint leaves at the bottom of a pitcher and crush with a muddler or large wooden spoon.
- Juice the limes into the pitcher, add the sugar water.
- Take a lime wedge and cut a slit in the wedge. Then rub around the rim of the glass. Dip it into salt. Add ice to the glass and then pour in the limeade and top with a quarter cup of sparkling water. Repeat until all glasses are filled. Enjoy.
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Notes
- If you want to kick it up notch add tequila or rum to taste or drink as Jaden suggests with a little gin!
- Reprinted with permission from The Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites, by Jaden Hair, copyright © 2013. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Random House, Inc.
- Alcohol - If you want to kick it up notch add tequila or rum to taste or drink as Jaden suggests with a little gin!
Nutrition Information
Serving
4ounces
Calories
64kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
17mg
(1%)
Potassium
139mg
(3%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
78IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
39mg
(43%)
Calcium
49mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 64
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 4ounces | |
| Calories | 64kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 17mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 139mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 78IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 39mg | 43% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.