red dates

Dried Asian fruit

Red dates are the dried fruit of the jujube tree, a staple in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicine.

Also called Chinese dates, they have wrinkled reddish-brown skin and sweet, chewy flesh.

They appear in soups, teas, and desserts, prized for their supposedly nourishing properties: She added red dates to the herbal soup.

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