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    Home » Desserts » Sweet Red Bean Soup

    Sweet Red Bean Soup

    Published: Jan 13, 2019 Modified: Sep 2, 2020 by Tracy O.This post may contain affiliate links

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    Red bean soup is a popular Chinese dessert. It also called hong dou tang (紅豆湯). This sweet red bean soup recipe uses instant pot. And, it does not require pre-soaking adzuki beans. Hope you enjoy this red bean soup instant pot recipe!

    Love Asian dessert? Check out these almond jello, black glutinous rice dessert and black sesame soup recipes.

    red bean soup on a white spoon

    What is red bean soup?

    Red bean soup is a popular Chinese dessert mostly in China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia. In Chinese, it also called hong dou tang (紅豆湯). It categorized as dessert, tang shui (糖水). And, it literally translated as sugar water or sweet soup.

    Normally, red bean soup serves as cold during summer, and hot in winter. Often, it serves as a dessert at the end of Chinese restaurant meal or banquet. 

    What are the ingredients in sweet red bean soup?

    Traditionally, in Cantonese cuisine hong dou tang is made from rock sugar, water,red beans and dried mandarin peels. Red beans are also called adzuki bean. It's a kind of mung beans in red color.

    Most of the time people like to use rock sugar or sliced brown sugar to make sweet soup. However, you can use brown sugar and it tastes great as well.

    hong dou tang ingredients

    Red bean soup instant pot:

    This recipe uses instant pot pressure cooker to make it. Therefore, it's faster than traditional top stove cooking method and do not require pre-soaking the beans. Not only it is easier to make sweet red bean soup using instant pot pressure cooker, but also the beans are soft. Hope you enjoy this sweet adzuki bean soup instant pot recipe. 

    Cooking tips for how to make hong dou tang (紅豆湯):

    • Wash and rinse adzuki beans (red beans) and dried mandarin peels
    • Put adzuki beans, dried mandarin peel and water into pressure cooker manual for 45 minutes at high pressure
    • After that quickly release the pressure, open the lid add ¾ cup of rock sugar or brown sugar (add sweet to your taste)
    • Sauté for 30-40 mins until it thickens. Remember to stir it once a while to prevent the bottom from burning. (It depends what viscosity you want. The longer time it takes for sauté, the thicker it becomes.)

    FAQs:

    How long can you refrigerate sweet red bean soup?

    Average can be stored in the refrigerator for 4-5 days. Also, you can make red bean ice or freeze them to make ice pops. This is one of my favorite Chinese popsicles and I enjoy it a lot.

    How long should I soak adzuki beans for?

    Normally, it takes 2-4 hours to soak the beans if you use a top stove or slow cooker method. However, it doesn't require soaking adzuki beans before cooking in a pressure cooker instant pot.

    Instructions on how to make instant pot red bean soup:

    adzuki beans in instant pot

    1. Wash or rinse a cup of red beans then put it in the instant pot, pressure cooker.

    dried mandarin peels and adzuki beans in instant pot

    2. Next, add 2 small pieces of dried mandarin peels. 

    water, dried mandarin peels and red beans in pressure cooker

    3. After that, pour 6 cups of water. Close the lid and vent. Then, push the manual button and adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure.

    rock sugar in Hong dou tang in pressure cooker

    4. The following, quickly release the pressure and open the lid. Then, add ¾ cup of rock sugar or brown sugar (add sweet to your taste) and sauté for 30-40 mins until it thickens. Remember to stir it once a while to prevent the bottom from burning. (It depends what viscosity you want. The longer time it takes for sauté, the thicker it becomes.)

    spoon in a bowl of red bean soup , hong dou tang

    Enjoy this authentic sweet red bean soup instant pot recipe! Also, check out these mango sticky rice, grass jelly and white rabbit candy ice cream recipes.

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    red bean soup on a spoon

    Red Bean Soup

    Sweet red bean soup is a popular Chinese dessert mostly in China, Taiwan, and south east Asia. Also, it is categorized as dessert, tang shui, and literally translated as sugar water or sweet soup.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: Chinese
    Prep Time: 3 minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour 18 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 142kcal
    Author: Tracy O.

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    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Adzuki bean (red mung beans)
    • 2 small pieces Dried mandarin peel
    • 6 cups Water
    • ¾ cup Rock sugar Or Brown sugar (Add sugar to your taste)

    Instructions

    • Wash or rinse a cup of red beans then put it in the instant pot, pressure cooker.
    • Next, add 2 small pieces of dried mandarin peels. 
    • After that, pour 6 cups of water. Close the lid and vent. Then, push the manual button and adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure.
    • The following, quickly release the pressure and open the lid. Then, add ¾ cup of rock sugar or brown sugar (add sweet to your taste) and sauté for 30-40 mins until it thickens. Remember to stir it once a while to prevent the bottom from burning. (It depends what viscosity you want. The longer time it takes for sauté, the thicker it becomes.)

    Notes

    Cooking tips for how to make hong dou tang (紅豆湯):

    • Wash and rinse adzuki beans (red beans) and dried mandarin peels
    • Put adzuki beans, dried mandarin peel and water into pressure cooker manual for 45 minutes at high pressure
    • After that quickly release the pressure, open the lid add ¾ cup of rock sugar or brown sugar (add sweet to your taste)
    • Sauté for 30-40 mins until it thickens. Remember to stir it once a while to prevent the bottom from burning. (It depends what viscosity you want. The longer time it takes for sauté, the thicker it becomes.)

     

    Nutrition

    Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1mg
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    1. Maddie

      January 01, 2022 at 7:26 am

      Thanks for the recipe, it reminds me of when my grandmother's version. Question - I did saute the soup for 20-25 minutes because I loved it thicker, but once I put it in the fridge, it congealed so it was more of a jello/paste consistency. Why does that happen and how can I avoid that? I was hoping to have a thick and cold red bean soup. Thanks!

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      • Tracy O.

        January 02, 2022 at 4:11 am

        Yes, it will be thicker or congealed when it's cold in the refrigerator. You can always add a little water and warm them up in the microwave before eating. Or, you can saute it for 15-20 minutes. Then, let it cool off a little bit, it will be thicker.

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