mashed sweetened red bean paste
- Makes: 24 oz
- Calories: 1668 kcal
- Total Time: 1 h 20 m
- Prep: 50 m
- Cook: 30 m
- Japanese: Azuki-tsubu-an

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ingredients:
- 22 ounces boiled red (azuki) beans
- 7 ounces sugar
- 2/5 cup water

step 1:
Place the boiled red (azuki) beans, sugar and water in a pan.

step 2:
Bring to a boil. Be careful to stir from time to time to prevent the beans from sticking to the pan. Boil about 5 minutes until the beans become paste. Remove from heat.

step 3:
Remove bean paste from pan and cool in a shallow container.

comment:
This recipe is almost always used in manjyū, yōkan and other Japanese sweets and is sometimes spread on toast.

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