Ginger-flavored chinese-style adzuke beans
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Adzuke beans, dried |
| 1 | clove | Garlic |
| 6 | Peppercorns | |
| Ginger, fresh; 1 inch piece | ||
| Cinnamon stick; 1 inch piece | ||
| 10 | Coriander seeds | |
| 2 | Cloves; whole | |
| Star anise; optional | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
| 1 | Onion | |
| ¼ | cup | Molasses; or plum jelly |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sweet sherry |
| 1 | tablespoon | Soy sauce; (Tamari) |
Directions
Put half of the adzuke beans into a pot with 3 cups of water, and bring them to a boil. Tie the garlic, peppercorns, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, cloves and a small piece of the star anise, if using, into a spice bag. Put the bag into the bean pot with the salt, remaining adzuke beans and the onion. Bring the mixture to a boil again, then cover and cook for about two hours, or until the beans are tender.
Remove the onion and the spice bag. Stir in the molasses or jelly, sherry and tamari soy sauce. misc01 Source: Susan Restino, Mrs. Restino's Country Kitchen MMed by: earl.cravens@...
Submitted By EARL CRAVENS On 12-24-94