Sweet Red Bean Paste

By Dustin

Ingredients

• 8 oz dried red beans
• Water as needed for boiling (around 3 cups)
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 tablespoon butter or lard

Details

Servings 1
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from chinasichuanfood.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Wash the red beans and soak the dried red beans at least 8 hours or overnight. Longer soaking time can shorten the cooking time.
2. Remove the floats on the surface. Add water and soaked red beans in a pot or high-pressure cooker. The water should be higher than the lever of soaked red beans around 4~5 minutes.
3. Bring all the things to a boiling and then turn down the fire to simmer for around 1 hour until the red beans becomes soft. For high-pressure cooker, only 40 minutes are needed.