Red Bean Dessert Soup

Red Bean Dessert Soup 

Red Bean Dessert Soup Recipe

(Makes a nice potful to share with family and friends)

First of all get yourself some red beans, also known as adzuki beans.  It's a good idea to get this kind of stuff from a trusted vendor at the wet markets in Hong Kong.  They will usually have superior quality stuff which is reassuring as all beans look the same to me.  The wet market vendor I go to is a super grouchy old guy with bushy white eyebrows who growls me whenever I ask a question but his merchandise is pretty good.  I guess that's why he growls?

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup red bean

2 pieces dried tangerine peel

1/2 cup chinese rock sugar (or raw sugar)

Directions: 

Soak the red beans in cold water for 1 1/2 hour.  Discard all soaking water, put beans in large pot and add fresh water to 2 inches above the beans.  After water boils turn to heat down to medium low, throw in the dried tangerine peels, and cook for approximately 3 hours, stirring occasionally.  Be sure to top up the water as needed.  When the red beans are mostly broken down and the soup is thick with dissolved red bean, add the sugar to taste.  (Don't add the sugar before this point otherwise your beans won't soften properly!)  Once the sugar is dissolved let the soup cook down to the consistency that you like to have for your red bean soup.  Some like it thicker and some like it thinner. Serve hot.

Thank You

Red Bean Desert Sou