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Red Bean Paste

Red bean paste commonly used as a filling in various sweets such as mooncakes, egg yolk pastries, red bean buns, and various desserts.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Chinese
Cook Time 30 minutes
Calories 1612kcal

Ingredients

  • 250 g Adzuki Beans
  • 120 g Corn Oil
  • 100 g Maltose
  • 60 g Granulated Sugar

Instructions

  • Prepare the beans: Half a kilogram of adzuki beans, soaked overnight.
  • Cook the beans: Pour the soaked beans into an electric rice cooker, add water, and cook using the congee function.
  • Blend the beans: Once the red beans are cooked until soft (you can easily press them with your fingers), transfer them while hot into a blender.
  • Add oil: Add corn oil and blend using the juice function.
  • Cook the paste: Pour the mixture into a non-stick pan and cook over medium-low heat.
  • Stir continuously: Stir continuously while heating for about 15 minutes.
  • Add maltose: Initially, it may clump together a bit. At this stage, add maltose.
  • Incorporate maltose: Stir-fry until the red bean paste completely absorbs the maltose.
  • Add sugar: Then add granulated sugar and continue stir-frying until the sugar melts completely.

Nutrition

Calories: 1612kcal | Carbohydrates: 122g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 120g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 35g | Monounsaturated Fat: 70g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 1331mg | Fiber: 18g | Sugar: 60g | Vitamin A: 15IU | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 5mg