Red Bean Soup with Rice Cake

Why you'll love this recipe

This classic dessert is rich in fiber and antioxidants, making it a "guilt-free" way to satisfy a sweet tooth.
Blending half the beans creates a unique "sandy" texture (known as Hong Dou Sha) that is thick, creamy, and comforting.
It’s a "one-pot" recipe that can be made easily in a rice cooker with almost no supervision.

Key Ingredients

Adzuki Beans: These small red beans have a natural sweetness and hold their shape well even after long simmering.
Rock Sugar: Essential for a "clean" sweetness that enhances the beans rather than making the soup cloying.
Glutinous Rice Flour: A small amount of flour slurry at the end gives the soup a luxurious, silky body.

✅Quick Tips: Soak the beans overnight until they are easily breakable with a fingernail; this cuts your cooking time in half.

Key Steps

Prep Time 120 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 2 hrs 30 mins

Cooking Method: Vegetables

Courses: Desserts

Servings: 4

Description

Slow-cooked red beans are sweetened and blended for a smooth texture. Enjoy plain or with rice balls.

Ingredients:

Instructions

1
Soak the beans in water overnight until easily breakable
2
Place in a rice cooker and add 5 cups of water, and hit cook
3
Once ready, take out half of the beans and blend until smooth. Pour the smoothed beans and the remaining in a pot and put in the rock sugar
4
While it dissolves mix glutinous rice flour with water and let it cook for another 2-3 minutes
5
Serve over rice cake or rice balls, or just as is.

Keywords: Red Bean, Soup, Dessert