Azuki Bean Soup

==Description==
Serves 4
==Ingredients==
* 1 cup azuki (adzuki) beans
* 5 cups water
* 1 strip dried tangerine peel or fresh orange peel
* ¼ cup canned lotus seeds
* ⅓ – ½ cup brown sugar, as desired
==Directions==
# Soak the azuki beans in water for several hours to soften them (it's easiest to soak them overnight).
# Drain.
# In a medium saucepan, bring the 5 cups of water with the tangerine peel to a boil.
# Turn the heat down, add the adzuki beans and lotus seeds and simmer, partially covered, for 1 to 1½ hours, until the beans are softened to the point where they are just beginning to break apart.
# Add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
# Taste and add more sugar if desired.
# Serve hot or cold.
# Variations:.
# Use white instead of brown sugar.
# Other versions of this dish are made with longan seeds, lotus roots or lily bulbs.
Category:American Chinese Soups
Category:Longan Recipes
Category:Orange peel Recipes
Category:Azuki bean Recipes
Category:Lotus seed Recipes
Category:Brown sugar Recipes
Category:Lotus root Recipes
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