How to cook boba pearls- Regular boba or homemade boba
How to cook boba pearls - Regular boba or homemade boba instruction
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Resting time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Ingredients
1cupuncooked tapioca pearls
8cupswater
Sweetener
1/2cupbrown sugar
Instructions
Boil the water
Bring a large pot of water (Recommend 10 times in volume) to a rolling boil.
add the tapioca pearls and cook
Add the tapioca pearls to the boiling water. Stir the tapioca pearls gently to prevent them from sticking together. Cook for 20 minutes or 5 minutes for quick boba pearls on medium heat.
rest it
Turn off the fire and let it rest for another 20 minutes or 5 minutes for quick boba.
rinse or soak
Rinse the tapioca pearls in running water to remove extra starch. For an even chewier texture, soak the tapioca pearls in iced water.
Sweeten the tapioca pearls
Drain the tapioca pearls and then flavor the tapioca pearls with simple syrup honey or brown sugar syrup. If you don’t have syrup by hand, mix it with white sugar. If you want a caramelized brown sugar version, add some brown sugar in a saucepot, then place the cooked tapioca pearls in. Cook until the sugar is completely dissloved.