Chinese
Chinese - Jiangsu Su Cuisine
Sweet Red Bean Soup
Chef's Menu Description
A wholesome, deeply comforting soup crafted from slow-simmered stock, aromatic garden vegetables, and fresh herbs, served with crusty bread.
Ingredients
- • 250g dried red beans
- • 100g lotus seeds
- • 80g rock sugar
- • 1.2L water
- • 2 tbsp osmanthus syrup
- • 1 tbsp glutinous rice flour mixed with water
- • 1 tsp rose petals
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Soak the beans and lotus seeds for 4 hours.
2
Phase 2
Cook them gently in 1.2L water for 90 minutes until creamy.
3
Phase 3
Press a quarter of the beans against the pan to thicken the soup.
4
Phase 4
Stir in the rock sugar until dissolved.
5
Phase 5
Add the rice flour slurry and simmer until silky.
6
Phase 6
Swirl in osmanthus syrup and garnish with rose petals.