Snack · 90 min · chinese

Red Bean Soup

Adzuki beans does the heavy lifting here, with dried tangerine peel rounding it out. A Chinese snack that takes 90 minutes, start to finish. At 240 calories and 9g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Leftovers keep well, so it doubles as next-day lunch without any extra work.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Adzuki beans
• 1 piece Dried tangerine peel
• 0.33 cup Rock sugar
• 6 cups Water
• 0.25 cup Lotus seeds

Steps

1. Soak the adzuki beans overnight. They are stubborn; give them the head start.
2. Simmer the beans, tangerine peel, and lotus seeds in the water 75 minutes until the beans are completely creamy and starting to break down.
3. Fish out the tangerine peel and stir in the rock sugar until dissolved.
4. For a thicker soup, mash a ladleful of beans against the pot and stir back in.
5. Serve warm. Simple, soothing, and naturally sweet — proof that dessert does not need dairy or fanfare.

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