Red Bean Paste 餡子

Method10 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Wash the dried adzuki beans (200 g) and soak overnight in plenty of water.

   Soak adzuki beans overnightUses 200 g Dry Adzuki Beans · Water to cook beans

2. 2

   Step 2: Drain and discard the soaking water. Put the soaked beans in a large pot, cover generously with fresh water and bring to a boil over high heat.

   Uses Overnight-soaked adzuki beans · Water to cook beans

3. 3

   Step 3: Turn the heat down and simmer for about 15 minutes.

   First adzuki simmer · 15 minUses Beans boiling in fresh water

   
4. 4

   Step 4: Drain the first cooking water, return the beans to the pot and cover with fresh water. Bring to a boil and simmer about 15 minutes again. Drain, replace with fresh water and repeat for a third approximately 15-minute simmer. Check that the beans are fully tender; continue gently if needed before adding sugar.

   Each repeated adzuki simmer · 15 minUses Beans after the first fifteen-minute simmer · Water to cook beans

   
5. 5

   Step 5: Drain the cooked beans completely through a strainer. For the optional smooth version, blitz these cooked drained beans in a food processor before continuing; leave them intact for the coarse version.

   Uses Tender beans after three water-change simmer cycles

6. 6

   Step 6: Return the drained cooked beans or optional puree to the pot and add the two hundred grams sugar.

   Uses Drained tender cooked beans, intact or optionally pureed · 200 g sugar

   
7. 7

   Step 7: Heat gently and stir with a wooden spatula until the sugar melts; the mixture will become glossy and a little runny.

   Uses Cooked beans with measured sugar

8. 8

   Step 8: Keep kneading with the wooden spatula. It will become thicker as the liquid evaporates.

   Uses Glossy sweetened bean mixture

   
9. 9

   Step 9: When the paste loses its glossiness, turn the heat off.

   Uses Thickening kneaded red-bean paste

10. 10

    Step 10: Scoop out the paste onto a stainless steel tray to cool.

    Uses Finished sweet red-bean paste