Lychees is a tropical fruit grown in almost in Vietnam, particularly in Hai Duong. Lychees are pretty. They have a rough, almost spiky rose-colored rind. They grow on exotic fruit trees. And inside the leather-like skin is a pure creamy white flesh, smooth and silky to the touch. Lychees fresh and canned have an almost grape like texture. You will want to remove all the outer rind and inside nut when eating them. Or do the easy and still delicious thing and buy canned lychees.

Canned lychees are peeled, seedless lychees in syrup. The usual ingredients are water, lychee, sugar and citric acid. The creamy white flesh is juicy, smooth and delicately sweet. 1-2" in diameter.

Nutrition

(serving: 1 cup)

calories:         125

fat:                  1g

protein:          2g

carbs:             31g

fiber:              2g

Vit C:              226% RDA

Vit B6:           10% RDA

copper:           14% RDA

Potassium:     9% RDA

Magnesium: 5% RDA

Manganese:   5% RDA

Folate:            7% RDA