SWEET RED BEAN PASTE (ANKO)
Sweet Red Bean Paste (Anko) is a versatile ingredient that is used to make many Japanese sweets. It is made from just azuki beans, sugar and a pinch of salt. The process of making it is very simple. You can make many traditional Japanese sweets with Anko but for now you can have it on your toast or with ice cream. See the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card!
Provided by Yumiko
Categories Dessert
Time 2h5m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Wash azuki beans gently a couple of times.
- Put azuki beans into a saucepan, fill it with water to 3-4cm / 1¼-1½" above the azuki beans and bring it to a boil.
- Cook for 15 minutes, turn the heat off and leave for 30 minutes with a lid on. Drain using a sieve.
- Return the azuki beans to the saucepan, fill the pan with water to just cover the beans. Bring it to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium low so that the beans are gently simmering.
- Cook for 15-20 minutes until the beans are cooked through (note 3). If the beans surface above the water level, add some water to keep the beans just below the water level (note 4). Remove the scum as it surfaces.
- Turn the heat off and leave for 30 minutes with the lid on. Drain using a sieve with a bowl beneath it so that the liquid can be collected in the bowl.
- Return the beans to the pan.
- Gently tilt the bowl of liquid and drain the liquid slowly. At the bottom of the bowl, you will see a thick layer of the azuki bean powder diluted in the liquid. Transfer this to the pan.
- Add sugar and gently mix the sugar into the azuki beans using a soft spatula.
- Heat the pan with azuki beans over medium heat. The beans should become watery as it starts boiling.
- Cook for about 10 minutes. During this time gently mix the beans occasionally by moving the spatula from one edge to the other edge and draw a wide straight line.
- Check the consistency of the paste: Draw a line at the bottom of the pan with the spatula. If you can see the bottom of the pan and the beans start closing the line after hesitating momentarily, it is the right consistency (note 5).
- Add glucose if using and a pinch of salt, then gently mix. Remove from the heat.
- Transfer the bean paste to a tray. Cover it with cling wrap removing air pockets as much as possible (note 6). When cooled down, store in the fridge up to 4 days or freeze it in a zip lock bag up to 2 months.
PRESSURE COOKER ANKO (RED BEAN PASTE)
Steps:
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Put the 300 g (1 ½ cup) azuki beans in a strainer and place it inside a large bowl. Rinse the azuki beans in running water until water is clear. Discard any pieces that are floating. Drain water.
- Transfer the beans to the Instant Pot and add 1200 ml (5 cups) of water to your pressure cooker.
- Cover and lock the lid of your pressure cooker. If you're using an Instant Pot, turn it on and press the "Bean/Chili" button. Press the "minus" button to decrease the cooking time from the default 35-minute cooking time to 25 minutes.
- Before you walk away, make sure the steam release handle points at "sealing" and not "venting".
- If you're using a stove-top pressure cooker, cook on high heat until high pressure is reached. Then reduce the heat to low to maintain the pressure for about 20 minutes.
- When it's done cooking, the Instant Pot will switch automatically to "Keep Warm" mode. Let the pressure slowly release by itself for 15-20 minutes. If you are using a stove-top pressure cooker, remove the pot from the heat, and let the pressure release naturally. Before opening the lid, turn the steam release handle to vent and release any leftover pressure.
- Scoop the foam on the surface and discard (if you prefer the more refined taste). Pick one bean and mash it with your fingers. If it is mashed easily, it's done.
- Then drain the azuki beans through a fine sieve and put the azuki beans back in the inner pot. If you're making Oshiruko (Zenzai) or red bean soup, DO NOT DRAIN and continue the next step with the cooking liquid remaining in the pot.
- Add the sugar. Press the "Saute" button and select the "Low" option.
- Let the sugar dissolved completely, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Add a pinch of salt right before you choose the following options: 1) Fine texture, 2) coarse texture, and 3) red bean soup.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 kg, Calories 1916 kcal, Carbohydrate 429 g, Protein 60 g, Fat 2 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 169 mg, Fiber 38 g, Sugar 240 g, UnsaturatedFat 2 g
SWEET RED BEAN PASTE (TSUBUAN AND KOSHIAN)
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). Once you master the basic Anko recipe, you'll be able to make many delicious Japanese sweets at home.
Provided by Namiko Chen
Categories Condiments Dessert How to
Time 1h40m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Gather all the ingredients.
- Rinse the azuki beans and discard any broken beans.
- Transfer the drained azuki beans to a large pot. Add enough water to the pot so the beans are covered by 1-2 inches.
- Place the pot on the stove and bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Once boiling, drain the beans in a fine-mesh sieve. Return the beans to the same pot.
- Next, add more water to the pot so the beans are covered by 1-2 inches.
- Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat. Once boiling, put an otoshibuta (drop lid) over the beans. (The otoshibuta will prevent the beans from dancing around too much.) Turn down the heat to medium low and keep it simmering for the next 1 to 1½ hours.
- Some of the water will evaporate, so add more water to keep the beans submerged, as needed. After 1 hour, check if the beans are cooked. Pick up a bean and mash it with your fingers. When it mashes easily, it's done.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Tbsp, Calories 45 kcal, Carbohydrate 10 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 19 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 6 g
ANKO (SWEET RED BEAN PASTE)
The paste is used to hold together pastries, cakes, and other dishes that come from Japan, most commonly desserts.
Provided by Anonymous
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 2h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Place beans in a saucepan and cover with 2 cups water; bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and discard water.
- Place drained beans in a clean saucepan and cover with 2 to 3 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the saucepan, and simmer, adding more water as needed, until beans are soft and can be crushed between your fingers, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Drain beans and discard water.
- Stir beans and sugar together in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until sugar melts and beans form a loose, shiny paste, about 10 minutes. Immediately transfer the paste to a container to cool. Store, covered, in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 221.7 calories, Carbohydrate 51.3 g, Fat 0.2 g, Fiber 5.7 g, Protein 5.4 g, Sodium 9.1 mg, Sugar 38 g
SWEET AZUKI (RED BEAN) PASTE VARIATIONS - CHUNKY AND PUREED
Steps:
- To Prepare the Azuki: Wash the azuki beans and place in a large pot filled with water. Bring to a boil over high heat, drain, and discard the water. Continue with the instructions for either chunky (tsubushi-an) or pureed (koshi-an) azuki bean paste. For the Chunky Azuki Bean Paste Add about 3 cups of water to a pot containing the par-boiled azuki beans. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, cover the pot, and simmer the azuki beans until soft, approximately 45 minutes to 1 1/4 hours. The water should be almost completely absorbed by the time the beans are done. Add water as needed while simmering to prevent the beans from scorching. Add the sugar, stirring gently until the azuki bean paste is heated through and glossy. Season with a pinch of salt and mix well. The paste should be thick with some whole and half-crushed azuki beans. For the Pureed Azuki Bean Paste Add about 5 cups of water to a pot containing the par-boiled azuki beans. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and cook the azuki beans until soft, approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours. There will still be a considerable amount of liquid at this point. Place a sieve over a bowl. Pour the beans and liquid into the strainer, such that the bottom of the strainer is partly immersed in the liquid. Using a wooden spoon, spatula, or the palm of your hands, mash the beans through the sieve into the simmering liquid so that the bean skins stay on the sieve. Pour the mashed beans and simmering liquid into a cheesecloth or cotton bag and squeeze out all the water. Put the unsweetened bean paste in a saucepan, add the sugar, and cook over low heat, stirring gently until the azuki bean paste is heated through and glossy. Season with a pinch of salt and mix well. The paste should have the consistency of mashed potatoes.
ADZUKI/ADUKI RED BEAN PASTE
I'm not entirely sure how authentic this is, but I looked up various adzuki bean paste recipes since I can't get canned/jarred nearby. So I came up with this one where the first batch was too sugary so I toned it down and got it right the second time-- it's easy but not quick! Using dried adzuki beans is optimal but canned would probably do in a pinch to cut the night the beans need to soak. They must be soft and squishable. Straining overnight is important, but all in all this is easy. Adzuki paste is used in Japanese and Chinese confections and as a spread, the nutritious properties of the red beans help cancel out the pure sugar!
Provided by the80srule
Categories Jellies
Time P2DT40m
Yield 20 , 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Measure out about 1 dry cup of dried adzuki beans. You will probably have leftover, adzuki beans definitely multiply when cooked. Soak the beans overnight.
- Next day, bring about 4-5 cups of water to a boil, then let the beans simmer for 35-40 minutes or until soft, with the pot lid loosely covered.
- Drain the beans, and measure out 2 cups now that they're cooked. (Save the leftover beans for veggie burger or roasting purposes, or other adzuki confections!).
- Put the cooked beans and 1 1/2 cups of sugar plus a little water into a food processor and puree it until there are almost no more bean pieces left.
- Pour the paste into a colander fitted over a large bowl, and let strain overnight (at least 6-8 hours.).
- When it's all done straining the next day, there should be a lot of liquid in the bottom of the bowl and the paste inside the colander should be nice and thick. It's ready for use now! It can be refridgerated for up to a week, then frozen for a few months for future use.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 122.9, Fat 0.1, Sodium 1.2, Carbohydrate 27.4, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 15, Protein 3.9
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