Three-Ingredient Plum Soda (Soda Xi Muoi)

Have a sweet tooth but also crave salty foods? This three-ingredient drink will satisfy all your cravings and can be made in a flash! 

Plum Soda (Soda Xi Muoi)

This drink is not aesthetically appealing but it sure as hell is delectable and highly underrated. It  is a cult favorite of many Vietnamese folks and deserves more recognition especially in the US. Plum soda is what you would order at a Vietnamese restaurant to accompany your hot bowl of Pho or any meal really. Simply put, this soda will give Sprite a run for their money if it ever went mainstream.

Chinese Pickled Plums

First of all, yes we are using Chinese pickled plums for a Vietnamese drink. Koon Chun Brand is arguably the best brand for these pickled plums in the US and can be found in any Asian grocery store. I haven’t seen any other brand that matches the taste and quality. Secondly, if we were to compare these plums for reference, I would say that it resembles Japanese umeboshi. The main difference is that the Chinese pickled plums are saltier. 

This plum soda is: 

Salty
Sweet
Bubbly
Refreshing
& Wonderful

 

Please let me know if you gave this recipe a try. Leave a comment, rate it and tag a photo on Instagram @tifflovestofu. I’d love to see or hear how it turned out for you. 

Three-Ingredient Plum Soda (Soda Xi Muoi)

Prep Time

0 min

cooking time

0 min

Servings

1

total time

5 min

Difficulty

Easy

Ingredients

1
2 pickled plums (Plum in Brine by Koon Chun)
2
250 ml sparkling water or club soda (unflavored)
3
2 tbsp rock sugar syrup or regular sugar syrup
4
Ice
5
Optional
6
1 mint sprig
7
¼ lime (lime wedge)

Cooking Instructions

1
Step 1
Heat up ½ cup of water with rock sugar or regular sugar until it boils and the sugar melts into a syrup. You can save any leftover syrup for up to a week.
2
Step 2
In a tall 10 oz. glass, add the plums and lightly break it apart with a fork to release the salty flavor.
3
Step 3
Add ice, sparkling water, sugar syrup and garnish with mint. Feel free to add the juice of a lime wedge for a tart kick.
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Tiff Loves Tofu is a blog all about simple and delicious plant-based recipes, largely influenced by my culture and life experiences. I hope to show people that cooking wholesome, vibrant plant-based meals is not only easy but it is loads of fun. So, let’s get cooking!

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