Sweet Azuki & Barley Soup

Name: How to cook Sweet Azuki & Barley Soup - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Hiroko Liston

Sweet Azuki & Barley Soup

On the other day, I cooked Barley with Azuki (Red Bean), trying to create Barley version of ‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice. I didn’t like the result because it was unexpectedly SWEET even though I added only Salt. Then I remembered this Japanese dessert soup. It’s a variation of Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup). This dessert soup is really sweet. You will enjoy it if you like sweet Azuki paste.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2 servings

1/2 cup

‘Azuki’ Beans (Red Beans)

1/4-1/2 cup

Sugar

1 pinch

Salt

1/2

Cooked Barley

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

You can use canned sweet Azuki paste. Just loosen it with Water. However, cooking Azuki Beans from scratch is easy.

* Step 2

Place Azuki Beans in a saucepan and cover them with a plenty of water, and cook until the beans are swollen and plump. Darin the water. *Soaking the beans in water overnight saves cooking time.

* Step 3

Return the beans back into the saucepan, cover with plenty of water again, and cook until the beans are tender.

* Step 4

Remove excess water OR add extra water to make the water level just enough to cover the beans. Add Sugar, Salt and Cooked Barley, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for several minutes.