Red Bean Sweet Soup

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup adzuki beans
• 5 cups water
• 1 strip tangerine peel, dried
• 1/4 cup canned lotus seeds
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 soak the azuki beans in water for several hours to soften them (it's easiest to soak them
• 2 overnight). drain.
• 3 in a medium saucepan, bring the 5 cups of water with the tangerine peel to a boil.
• 4 turn the heat down, add the adzuki beans and lotus seeds and simmer, partially covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, until the beans are softened to the point where they are just beginning to break apart.
• 5 add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
• 6 taste and add more sugar if desired. serve hot or cold.