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    Home » Articles » Thai Food and Travel » Vegan Thai Recipes

    Vegan Thai fried ice cream ไอศครีมทอด

    17 June, 2020 by Kip 1 Comment

    This vegan Thai fried ice cream recipe is guaranteed to win over your friends. If it doesn't, get new friends.

    My first experience, like that of many Americans, of fried ice cream was at Chi-Chi's, a now defunt (in the US, at least) chain of Tex-Mex restaurants that was a market leader in the 1980s. First vanilla ice cream was rolled in cinnamon sugar and then coated in crushed cornflakes. A few hours in the freezer solidified the balls, which were then flash fried and served on a crispy flour torilla with whipped cream. Easily veganised, I've made the Chi-Chi's version a few times over the years.

    Vegan Thai Fried Ice Cream ไอศครีมทอด
    Black sticky rice fried Thai fried ice cream

    My friend Imm, who lives in Northern Thailand, is forever teaching me about aspects of Thai food culture typically less accessible to foreigners. In one of our many conversations about food, she recalled snacks and drinks from her time at university. Mixed drinks made with beepo, a brand of carageenan jelly sweet, and Thai style fried ice cream stood out.

    The concept is simple: cheap white bread, crusts cut off, wrapped around ice cream, refrozen, and fried. And like any ice cream sundae, there are all sorts of toppings to choose from, from fruit and sprinkles to candy and whipped cream. It beats Chi-Chi's any day.

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    Vegan Thai Fried Ice Cream ไอศครีมทอด
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    Vegan Thai Fried Ice Cream (ai tim tod – ไอติมทอด)

    Ai tim tod (ไอติมทอด) or ice cream tod (ไอศกรีมทอด) is a stupidly easy dessert that will win hearts. You can use whatever toppings you'd like (think tuck shop sweets, sundae toppings, and fruit) but I like it simple with chocolate hazelnut sauce and golden syrup. I used black sticky rice ice cream because it's what I had, but you can use any flavour.
    Prep Time7 hours hrs
    Cook Time5 minutes mins
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Thai

    Ingredients

    • Dairy free ice cream (any flavour) soft enough to scoop
    • White bread crusts cut off
    • Aluminium foil for wrapping
    • Cooking oil for frying
    • Chocolate hazelnut sauce
    • Golden syrup
    • Icing sugar

    Instructions

    • For each sandwich you will need two pieces of bread. Place a scoop of ice cream on one slice of bread. The quantity depends on how large the slice is, but when you fold it upwards the tallest corners should come above the halfway height of the scoop.
      Ice cream on bread
    • Use a piece of foil to help press the bread around the ice cream.
      ice cream being wrapped in bread
    • Cover with another piece of bread, ensuring all of the ice cream is encapsulated in the slices. Some areas will overlap more than others. Carefully squeeze the foil around the icecream, pressing lightly to seal the overlaps. If there is any exposed ice cream, cover it with a little tear of additional bread.
      The bread doesn't need to be mashed flat. So long as the ice cream is unexposed the freezing process will hold the bread in place so no ice cream leaches out when it is fried.
    • Freeze for at least 6 hours until very solid. Heat enough oil (medium high) to cover the frozen ice cream ball in a wok or saucepan (if you are a confident fryer you can use less oil and move the ball around while frying). Remove the ball from the freezer, unwrap from the foil, check there is no exposed ice cream (if there is cover with another tear of bread) and fry for a minute or two until crispy and golden.
      Frozen breaded ice cream
    • Shake some icing sugar over the fried ice cream and then drizzle with chocolate sauce and golden syrup. Eat immediately.
      Vegan Thai Fried Ice Cream ไอศครีมทอด

    Notes

    • I used Nature's Store squeazy hazelnut and chocolate spread
    • and Tate & Lyle golden syrup
     
    You can also place ice cream on a slice of bread and layer an additional slice on top. Then use an bowl or cup to cut out the ice cream lump, as if using a cookie cutter. Then freeze and fry as directed in the recipe.
    Leave the crusts and any remnants of bread out for a day or so until dry. Then bung them in a food processor to make breadcrumbs.

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    Comments

    1. Caitlin

      June 23, 2020 at 5:07 pm

      Mmm, this looks great! I was surprised to see the bread but then remembered when my friend's mum came to visit from India and gave me a samosa-making lesson. She made hers with white bread with the crusts cut off and I was surprised. But once fried it was lovely crunchy fried carbs and I couldn't tell it used to be bread. Just fried wonderfulness. So I'll definitely be trying this recipe, because I love crunchy fried carbs and all the better if it has ice cream too!

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