A classic Asian's anko or sweet red bean paste (紅豆沙餡) commonly used in Asian cuisine as a filling like red bean mochi and red bean sticky rice cake or in desserts Asian shaved ice, red bean ice drink and sweet red bean soup. Also, this instant pot sweet red bean paste recipe only has simple 3 ingredients and does not require pre-soak beans before.
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What is red bean paste (紅豆沙餡)?
Red bean paste is Asian’s popular sweet filling. It’s made from boiling adzuki beans (red mung beans), then mashing or grinding and sweetening them.
Some like to make it very fine and smooth. However, some like to have little chunks. Besides, sweet red bean paste is also called red bean jam, adzuki bean paste or anko in Japanese.
Where do people use sweet red bean paste for?
Asians like to use adzuki bean paste as a sweet filling such as tang yuan, baozi (steam bun), bread, sweet zong zi, moon cake, mochi, taiyaki (Japanese popular snack, a fish-shaped cake stuffed with red bean paste) and dorayaki (two small pancake-like patties wrapped around red bean paste filling).
Also, some like adding it in shaved ice like Asian shaved ice, Hawaiian shaved ice. Or, use it to make popsicles etc.
What are the ingredients for anko red bean paste?
This red bean paste recipe only has 3 simple ingredients: adzuki beans, water and sugar.
Cooking tips for how to make instant pot red bean paste:
- Wash and put the adzuki beans in the instant pot. No need to per-soak the beans.
- Push manual button, adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure and natural release.
- Drain the water very well. Put the cooked adzuki beans in the instant pot, use a blender to blend it or use a tool to mash it. Depending how fine and smooth you want the paste to be.
- Add sugar (to your taste) and mix it. Then, push the sauté button, keep stirring the mixture until it thickens and tastes like a paste texture.
FAQs:
It can last for 4-5 days in the refrigerator or freezer for a few months.
It tastes sweet because sugar is added and the texture is like refried beans or mashed sweet potatoes.
This instant pot recipe doesn’t require pre-soak beans. However, if you use a stove top, slow cooker or rice cooker the best to soak the beans a few hours before cooking it.
Instructions for how to make instant pot sweet anko paste:
1. Wash and put 1 cup adzuki beans (red mung beans) into an instant pot pressure cooker.
2. Pour 5 cups of water, close the lid and vent. Then, push the manual button to adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure and natural release.
3. After that, drain the beans very well and put them back into the instant pot.
4. Next, use a blender or tool to blend or mash the beans. Depends on how fine or smooth you want the paste. Then, pour 1 & ¼ cups sugar. (Remember to add sugar to your taste!)
5. Mix the blended beans and sugar well.
6. After, push the sauté button, keep stirring the mixture until it thickens and tastes like a paste texture.
Enjoy this simple and sweet red bean recipe! Also, check out these taro ice cream, chocolate strawberries, hot chocolate balls, white rabbit candy ice cream, grass jelly and mango popsicles recipes.
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Red Bean Paste
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Ingredients
- 1 cup Adzuki beans (red mung beans)
- 5 cups Water
- 1 &¼ cups Sugar (Remember to add sugar to your taste)
Instructions
- Wash and put 1 cup adzuki beans (red mung beans) into an instant pot pressure cooker.
- Pour 5 cups of water, close the lid and vent. Then, push the manual button to adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure and natural release.
- After that, drain the beans very well and put them back into the instant pot.
- Next, use a blender or tool to blend or mash the beans. Depends on how fine or smooth you want the paste. Then, pour 1 & ¼ cups sugar. (Remember to add sugar to your taste!)
- Mix the blended beans and sugar well.
- After, push the sauté button, keep stirring the mixture until it thickens and tastes like a paste texture.
Notes
Cooking tips for how to make instant pot red bean paste:
- Wash and put the adzuki beans in the instant pot. No need to per-soak the beans.
- Push manual button, adjust time for 45 minutes at high pressure and natural release.
- Drain the water very well. Put the cooked adzuki beans in the instant pot, use a blender to blend it or use a tool to mash it. Depending how fine and smooth you want the paste to be.
- Add sugar (to your taste) and mix it. Then, push the sauté button, keep stirring the mixture until it thickens and tastes like a paste texture.
Jeannette says
How much paste does this recipe make (in measurements, not servings)?
Tracy O. says
I made one cup of the red beans. It's around 1.5-2 cups paste because the beans swelled up and cooked. Thank you for your question!
Kimi Wei says
What could possibly be the reason for soaking beans if they will be cooked in a stovetop PC? The InstantPot and the stovetop PC work EXACTLY THE SAME. Not similarly, the same.
Other than this error, the recipe seems very nice.
Tracy O. says
Using stove top takes longer and soaking the beans will help it cook faster and the beans will be soft. They are not exactly the same. First, you need to soak the beans for a couple hours. Second, you need to cook for longer time more than 45 minutes. After that, it depends what kind of pot you use to cook the mixture into paste texture. If you use regular pan that will stick and most people will add vegetable oil so it won't stick on the pan. The best to use non-stick pot or pan. Thank you for your comment.
Maria says
Can i use green mung beans if i dont have red beans?
Tracy O. says
Yes, it should be work. Thank you for your question.