🤤 Red Bean Soup: Your New Favorite Dessert! (紅豆沙)

By Made With Lau · 120 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Rinse the red beans in clean water, pour off the water, rinse again and pour off. Soak them in clean water covering them for at least 1 hour, up to overnight, but no more than a day.
2. Wash the lotus seeds and dried lily bulbs and soak them the same way, in clean water covering them, for at least 1 hour.
3. In a large pot, add water, salt, the soaked beans and the dried mandarin peel. Bring to a boil on high, then reduce to the lowest heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add the soaked lotus seeds and lily bulbs and simmer on the lowest heat for another hour.
5. Test by squeezing a bean; it is done when it crushes easily between your fingers. Simmer longer for a softer texture, or less for firmer beans.
6. Add the rock sugar and brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
7. To thicken, press some beans with a ladle, or stir in a 1:2 cornstarch and water slurry slowly while stirring. Dilute with more water if too thick.
8. Taste and add more sugar if needed, then transfer to a serving bowl. Store leftovers in the refrigerator and reheat or serve cold.

Summarized from Made With Lau's video. Watch it for the details.

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