Easiest Way to Prepare Sweet Beans Paste (Anko)

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Sweet Beans Paste (Anko) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Sweet Beans Paste (Anko) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

How to Make Sweet Beans Paste (Anko)

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook sweet beans paste (anko) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Beans Paste (Anko):

1. Make ready 2 cups red beans (azuki)
2. Make ready 1.5 cups sugar
3. Take 1/2 tsp salt
4. Take liberal amount of water

Instructions

Instructions to make Sweet Beans Paste (Anko):

1. Left: red beans, right: black pepper
2. Wash the red beans.
3. Put them and enough water to cover in a pot. I used a pressure cooker to save cooking time.
4. Heat the pot until it comes to a boil, uncovered. Skim the foam from the surface.
5. Add water up to twice the height of beans.
6. Cover the pot with a lid and heat it until it boils. Cook them for 15 minutes with a pressure. In case you don't have a pressure cooker, simmer the beans for about 45 minutes until they become soft.
7. When the pressure cooker cools down, open the lid and add salt and sugar. Simmer them over low heat for about 5 minutes to reduce its broth with mixing. The texture of anko becomes thicker.
8. Store it in a jar and it will last for about a week in a fridge. You can eat anko with mochi, toast and so on.
9. You can use anko for Dorayaki ingredients. - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/6418046-japanese-pan-cake-with-anko-dorayaki

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