Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, anko (sweet red bean paste). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Anko (sweet red bean paste) is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Anko (sweet red bean paste) is something that I have loved my whole life.
Making Sweet Red Bean Paste (Anko) from scratch is easier than you think. You only need azuki beans, sugar, water, and salt! Here, I'll show you the two varieties: Tsubuan (chunky paste) and Koshian (fine paste).
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have anko (sweet red bean paste) using 2 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Anko (sweet red bean paste):
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup sugar
- Make ready 1 cup Red Beans
The consistency and sweetness reminded me of the store-bought type. Red bean paste, called anko (餡子) in Japanese, is a sweet paste made of adzuki beans (red beans) and sugar that have cooked until the beans get mushy. It's often used in Chinese, Korean and Japanese cooking, primarily in confections such as dango and dorayaki, and sometimes in soups (red. It is a paste made with Azuki (red beans) and sugar.
Instructions to make Anko (sweet red bean paste):
- Put red beans in a pot with 2-3 cups of water. Let boil for 5 minutes and discard water.
- In a clean pot, place red beans and 2-3 cups of water, cover, and let it simmer at low heat for 1 1/2 to 2 hours (add more water as needed). The beans should now be very soft, easily crushed between fingers.
- Discard water again, put soft beans back in the pot with sugar at medium high heat and constantly stir and mix about 10 minutes until forming a paste that looks shiny but still loose. Immediately transfer the paste to a container.
It is used in a lot of different forms of dessert in Japan. It could be used as is in cakes like Dorayaki A lot of Japanese sweet confectionery artisans have devoted their lives to Anko making. Some of the Anko desserts they make have impressively. Make sure to use red beans or adzuki beans, not kidney beans. Strain the beans from the water and put in large pot.
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