How to Use tapioca in a Sentence

tapioca

noun
  • The tapioca bubbles are made in-house and add a li’l treat to your drink.
    Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 28 June 2017
  • Teeny dumplings, in our test batch, added a tapioca type of texture to the soup.
    Mary Bergin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2020
  • For the filling: Toss berries with sugar, tapioca, lime juice and salt in a bowl.
    Teri Mena, sacbee.com, 20 June 2017
  • Add tapioca to the apples, reseal the bag, and toss to combine.
    Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Milk tea comes from Taiwan, and common desserts of the time were shaved ice and tapioca balls.
    Jacorey Moon, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 May 2023
  • This tapioca is made with a thin custard called a crème anglaise.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 21 Sep. 2020
  • In a small bowl, mix lemon juice, tapioca and ½ cup sugar.
    Home Plates Readers, The Mercury News, 26 Apr. 2017
  • These chewy, dark pearls are made from sugar and tapioca flour and pair well with any drink.
    Tribune News Service, cleveland, 14 July 2021
  • Ground chicken stuffed in a tapioca skin at Baan Thai in the District.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • There are some that can have just jelly and red tapioca.
    Kristine M. Kierzek, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The pre-dessert palate cleanser was a gin frozen yogurt served with bright green pearls of tarragon tapioca.
    Ella Riley-Adams, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The mix is made from almond, rice and tapioca flours along with potato starch.
    AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • According to co-owner Calvin Tong, the Sweet Booth was the first in town to serve drinks with chewy tapioca pearls.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Oct. 2021
  • The pasta is made from a blend of potato and tapioca starches.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Camp method: Put all the fruit in a large Ziploc with sugar and cornstarch/flour/tapioca.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2018
  • Stir the coconut milk powder mixture into the tapioca in the pot and return the mixture to a boil.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Add the tapioca starch to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
    Adrian Spinelli, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 2021
  • Jars of tapioca pudding come in flavors like black sesame, taro and peach.
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Huge, keg-like vats hold the pale batter for the cones — mainly flour, water and sugar, along with tapioca flour for the cake cones.
    New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • These treats, like all of Pushkin’s baked products, start with a special blend of sorghum, tapioca and wheat flours and potato starch.
    Carla Meyer, sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Even the noodles used for a My Tho version are now made mostly with tapioca, not rice.
    Andrea Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Oat, almond, tapioca, coconut, millet and quinoa flours are just a few of the go-tos for gluten-free bakers.
    Michelle Khouri, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2017
  • Chewy, thick tapioca noodles and chunks of crab comprise the viscous, briny banh canh cua.
    Dominic Armato, azcentral, 15 July 2019
  • The name is a reference to the milky tea that is drunk hot in Hong Kong, with tapioca pearls in Taiwan, and iced and sweetened in Thailand.
    The Economist, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The filling has a tapioca texture and is firm but tender.
    Washington Post, 14 July 2021
  • Boba refers to the jelly pearls made from tapioca starch and simmered in a sugar syrup.
    Karissa Garza, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • In a large, shallow dish, whisk together the flour or tapioca starch, cayenne and 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
    Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2021
  • For example, switch the potato starch for cornstarch or tapioca and/or the rice flour for wheat flour.
    Scientific American, 18 July 2019
  • The popping pearls were inspired by boba but aren't made of tapioca.
    Staff Author, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
  • To help with the texture of the yogurt, stabilizers and thickeners like tapioca starch, rice starch, cornstarch, and pectin are often added.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 16 July 2024

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