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Monday, May 4, 2015

Chinese Sweet Red Bean Soup

Total Time: 26 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 8
  • 1/3-1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup red beans (soaked in cold water overnight)
  • 1/3 cup dried lotus seeds (at asian grocery stores or health food stores, soaked in cold water overnight)
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/4 cup pearl tapioca (optional)
  • 1/4 cup glutten rice balls (can be found at asian grocery stores) (optional)
  • 7 cups water

Recipe

  • 1 combine water and beans in a large pot, bring to a boil.
  • 2 reduce heat to simmer, cook uncovered till beans are tender (about 2 hours?).
  • 3 add lotus seed and sugar (plus tapioca and rice balls if you choose to), cook until soup thickens a little and lotus seeds are tender, but not mushy (20 minutes).
  • 4 add vanilla, serve hot for a perfect winter dessert, or you can let the soup cool down, then add ice.
  • 5 with this basic recipe, you can take out all the beans, increase the amount of lotus seeds and have a lotus seeds sweet soup instead.

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