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Vietnamese Avocado Shake (Sinh To Bo)

January 21, 2013 by Lisa Le 7 Comments

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Creamy, cool and refreshing: this Vietnamese avocado shake, also known as sinh tố bơ, is a classic sweet dessert and treat. Don’t knock it until you try it!

avocado smoothie in a milkshake glass with a glass straw, held in front of some houseplants

This shake is called sinh tố bơ in Vietnamese, which directly translates to “butter fruit smoothie”. Vietnamese culture makes a lot of things into dessert, which confuses most Western cultures. For example, avocados, corn, and beans. Beans are used a lot in Vietnamese sweet dessert soups, called chè. The beans are precooked in sugared water, and then added to coconut milk, jelly bits, tapioca, etc. Eventually I’ll show you guys how to make a spectrum of Viet desserts, but my grandma hasn’t taught me how to make them yet so I’ll show you once I learn =P

This smoothie is traditionally made in Vietnam with sweetened condensed milk, but I substituted that with sweetened condensed coconut milk, but you could use agave nectar, maple syrup, sugar, or even coconut condensed milk. Coconut milk with be delicious with avocado, but oat, almond, rice, or soy milk would also be good.

avocado smoothie in a milkshake glass with a glass straw, held in front of some houseplants
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5 from 1 vote

Vietnamese Avocado Shake (Sinh to bo)

Prep Time5 minutes mins
Total Time5 minutes mins
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Author: Lisa Le

Ingredients

  • 1 small/medium ripe avocado or 1/2 a large one
  • 4-6 ice cubes ~1 cup
  • 250 mL 1 cup soy milk
  • 2 tbsp sweetened condensed coconut milk you can also switch to a liquid sweetener instead, it just won’t be as creamy

Instructions

  • In a blender, combine all ingredients and blend until smooth.
  • Transfer to a glass, pop in a straw and enjoy!
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Filed Under: Drinks, Gluten-Free, Vegan recipes, Vietnamese Tagged With: avocado, dinner, shake, smoothie, vegan, vegetarian, vietnamese

About Lisa Le

Lisa is the thirty-something, nerdy, procrastinating, feminist blogger and photographer behind The Viet Vegan. She loves spicy foods, noodles, and food in bowls.

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  1. Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says

    April 13, 2013 at 2:17 PM

    This is so interesting, I just have to feature it at the party tonight! Hope you’ll stop by to check it out :) (starts at 8 http://willcookforsmiles.com/)

    Reply
  2. Taylor says

    July 20, 2014 at 1:39 PM

    Lol how Bo in Vietnamese is butter and avocado…

    Reply
  3. Melina Nancy says

    January 11, 2021 at 6:23 AM

    healthy & delicious milkshake..

    Reply
  4. Liz Madsen says

    July 24, 2022 at 10:55 AM

    This is REALLY good. I was pretty sure it was going to be too sweet with the vegan condensed milk but it’s actually delicious. I didn’t have ice but this is great room temp.

    Reply
  5. Amy says

    September 5, 2022 at 11:22 PM

    Where did you get that cool glass boba straw? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lisa Le says

      September 6, 2022 at 3:25 PM

      I got it from a local zero waste bulk shop :)

      Reply
  6. Tek says

    September 27, 2024 at 9:15 PM

    5 stars
    Delicious! Refreshing! Creamy! Love how the Avocado shines through. Definitely making again next summer

    Reply

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