Adzuki Bean Stew Food

ADUKI BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the margarine until golden.
• Add the garlic, leek, carrot and mushrooms, and cook for another 5 minutes, until the vegetables are just soft.
• Mix in the paprika and flour and stir for another minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients, including the cooked aduki beans, plus enough reserved bean cooking liquid to half-cover the ingredients.
• Stir well, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more cooking liquid if it gets too dry.
• Season with black pepper and parsley and serve.

ADZUKI BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Rinse the beans after draining them from the soaking water then put them in a saucepan. Cover with water and then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and then simmer, partially covered, for 30 to 35 minutes. When you're done, the beans should still be somewhat hard.
• Add all of the other ingredients except for the broccoli and cilantro and cook for 10 minutes. Next, add the broccoli and cilantro and then simmer for about 5 minutes, or until the broccoli is tender.
• To serve, spoon into bowls topped with a spoonful of natural yogurt, if desired.
• Soaking the beans overnight is crucial to this recipe as it greatly shortens the cooking time of the beans.

ADUKI BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the margarine until golden.
• Add the garlic, leek, carrot and mushrooms, and cook for another 5 minutes, until the vegetables are just soft.
• Mix in the paprika and flour and stir for another minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients, including the cooked aduki beans, plus enough reserved bean cooking liquid to half-cover the ingredients.
• Stir well, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more cooking liquid if it gets too dry.
• Season with black pepper and parsley and serve.

ADZUKI BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Boil the adzuki beans in 1.25 cups of the stock, broth, or water for 30 minutes. Beans will absorb all or most of the liquid.
• In the meantime, chop the celery, carrots, and onion -- I use a food processor to get minced pieces.
• Saute the celery, carrots, and onions in the oil. Mince garlic and add to pan, saute another 30 seconds or so.
• Add beans to saute pan and saute for a minute or two.
• Add remaining stock, broth, or water, along with the bay leaf and the Braggs. Bring to boil and simmer for a minimum of 15 minutes.

ADZUKI BEAN SOUP STOUP-VEGETARIAN/VEGAN (W. EASY MEAT ADAPTATION

Steps:

• Soak the adzuki beans in ample water overnight (about 4 cups water).
• Ready to cook -- strain the beans and place them in a soup pot with about 8 cups of water. Do NOT add any salt at this point, it makes the beans tough if you salt them at this stage. Bring to boil, lower heat to med high and let them simmer for about 45 minutes. If you weren't able to soak the beans overnight, it will probably take 2 hours or more to cook them this way.
• While the beans cook, in another soup/stew pot heat the oil and add in the onion when the oil is hot. Saute on medium heat till translucent. Add in the carrot, celery, cabbage and zucchini and let it all 'mingle' in the pot for a few minutes. Add the garlic and leave it for a few minutes more.
• Take a cup of water out of the simmering bean pot, adding some of your broth powder (mine is 1 tsp powder to 1 cup water), and add it to the veg mixture.
• Mix in the miso paste, then the braggs, the allspice and the thyme (optional cayenne -- altho, if adapting with spicy chorizo I would definitely leave it out).
• Stir in the barley followed by another cup of bean water/broth powder and the sesame oil.
• By now the beans should be tender so strain them (reserving liquid) and add them to the pot. You should still have at least 4 more cups of bean water, to which you can add the remaining broth powder and add it to the pot (so this will make 6 cups total).
• Season with pepper, you likely won't want to add any salt all depending on your broth (I didn't need any with the braggs and the broth).
• Let the soup simmer on low for at least 40 minutes, being careful that the barley doesn't stick too much to the bottom and burn. I think you could simmer in a crock point from this point if you wanted to.
• About 15 minutes before serving, stir in the chopped bok choy and parsley.
• Meat option - slice up the chorizo and saute it in another pot. Once it has browed up a bit, add as much fully cooked soup as you think you'll need for the meat eater(s). Fully cooked soup meaning barley and beans are tender. I didn't drain off the oil from the chorizo, but you could. Let that simmer together for a few minutes and then add the bok choy and parsley as mentioned above.

ADZUKI BEAN STEW WITH OKRA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and add the onions and ginger.
• Cook for 5 minutes or until softened.
• Add oregano, cayenne and cinnamon.
• Stir and cook for 1 minute.
• Add beans, braggs, broth and okra.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Serve over brown rice.