Use Your Ice Cream Ninja to make this Best Asian Ice Cream Recipe
Asian Ice Cream Recipe: Right… let’s talk about ice cream, but not the boring, safe, vanilla nonsense you get when you play it too nice. This is Asian ice cream with mango and chilli purée — sweet, creamy, and then suddenly… bang… a little kick that wakes you right up. It’s that perfect balance where you think, “oh this is lovely,” and then five seconds later your tongue goes, “hang on… what just happened?” In a good way, don’t panic.
This one’s proper easy as well — no cheffy stress, no weird ingredients you can’t pronounce. Just ripe mango doing its thing, a smooth, creamy base that you knock up in your Ninja, and a cheeky chilli twist to keep things interesting. It’s the kind of dessert you serve thinking you’re being fancy… but really you just want to see people’s reactions when that heat sneaks in. Trust me, it works.
First up: How to make Vanilla Ice Cream in a Ninja
- 1 cup whole milk
- ¾ cup double cream
- ⅓–½ cup granulated sugar, to taste
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract / or fresh vanilla seed from the pod (my preference)
- Pinch salt
- In a bowl or blender, combine the milk, cream and sugar. Whisk or blend until the sugar has fully dissolved.
- Add vanilla extract, and salt. Stir until everything is well combined.
- Pour the mixture into the Ninja Creami pint container and freeze flat for about 24 hours or until completely solid.
- Insert the frozen pint into the Ninja Creami and select the Ice Cream setting.
- If the ice cream looks crumbly, add 1 tablespoon milk and run the Re-Spin cycle until smooth and creamy.
- Next you’re going to add in the mango and chilli as below, by using the Mix-In function.
Here's How To Make It Asian Ice Cream
- Skin two mangos.
- Slice and throw in a blender (I used quite green ones to get some tart with the sweet of the ice cream).
- Finely chop two chili padis and throw those in the blender.
- Blitz that to a puree.
This becomes your addition to your Ninja Vanilla Ice Cream and morphs it into an Asian Ice Cream Recipe.
Add half the puree into the vanila ice cream in your Ninja Creami and use the Mix-in function. Add a splash of milf or cream if it is crumbly. Scoop that bad boy out onto a serving plate and then drizzle the remaining puree over the top. You could plate with a little mint leaf or something on top – if that floats your boat.
Seriously how easy was that. I am certain this may turn some heads, and/or direct people to the nearest loo demanding toilet paper from the fridge. But that’s all in a good way. Give this one a go, she’s a beauty: Asian Ice Cream Recipe. ENJOY!!!
More Dessert Recipes From IslifeARecipe
Two More IsLifeARecipe Ninja Creami Recipes, just for you...
🍫 1. Chocolate Peanut Butter “Danger Zone” Ice Cream
This one is not healthy.
This one is not sensible.
This one is absolutely worth it.
🥄 Ingredients:
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup cream
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp sugar (or to taste)
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- Pinch of salt
🔪 Method:
- Mix everything together until smooth
- Pour into your Ninja tub
- Freeze for 12–24 hours
- Spin on Lite Ice Cream or Creami setting
- Re-spin if needed
- Add extra peanut butter swirl (because why not)
💣 Chef Kenno tip:
Throw in chocolate chips after first spin and hit Mix-In mode
👉 Now you’ve got something dangerously addictive.
🍓 2. Strawberry Yoghurt “Fake Healthy” Ice Cream
This is the one you make when you want to pretend you’ve got your life together.
🥄 Ingredients:
- 1 cup Greek yoghurt
- ½ cup milk
- 1 cup strawberries (fresh or frozen)
- 2 tbsp honey (or more if you’ve got a sweet tooth)
🔪 Method:
- Blend everything until smooth
- Pour into Ninja tub
- Freeze 12–24 hours
- Spin on Lite Ice Cream / Sorbet mode
- Re-spin if crumbly
💡 Optional:
- Add granola after spinning
- Or swirl in jam for extra indulgence
😂 Chef FatBeard truth:
“This is the dessert you serve saying ‘it’s healthy’… while quietly adding more honey when no one’s looking.”
🍦 Final Thought
The Ninja Creami is basically:
👉 your excuse to experiment
Worst case:
- You re-spin
- You add something
- You fix it
Best case:
👉 You accidentally invent something brilliant.