red bean paste Recipe Ideas – Family Meals Made Simple

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Recipes with red bean paste

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Stir-Fried Fresh Squid with Black Bean Sauce

The soy sauce is rich and delicious, the fresh squid is crispy and bouncy, stir-fried together, the fresh flavor rises instantly. This time, a little slightly spicy bean paste sauce was added, which not only makes the taste more layered, but also highlights the freshness of fresh squid.

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glutinous rice and red bean paste cake

The pan-fried glutinous rice bean paste pancakes have a crispy exterior thanks to white sesame seeds, while the glutinous rice inside is soft and elastic, wrapped in a delicate and dense bean paste filling. The sweet aroma blends with the natural flavors of the grains. A gentle bite and the warm pancake melts on your tongue, revealing a uniquely warm and delicious combination of soft, sweet, and slightly crispy textures. This is a truly captivating Chinese dessert that will captivate you with its delicious flavors!

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Salted Egg Yolk and Pork Floss Lucky Bag Mooncake

My dears, let's not eat the same old mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival! Last year, I was obsessed with egg yolk and lotus seed paste, but this year, I'm jumping on the bandwagon and making salted egg yolk, pork floss, and red bean paste mooncakes. This recipe makes 20 using a 75g mold, and the steps are simple and foolproof. If you're craving egg yolk and lotus seed paste, you can follow this wrapper recipe and use 30g of wrapper for 45g of egg yolk and lotus seed paste. For molds with other gram sizes, the same ratio of wrapper to filling should be 3:7. Take a look at these mooncakes I made! Each one looks like a little lucky bag, and they're incredibly festive! Baked to a golden, shiny finish, with crisp lines, you can tell they were made with great care. Whether you're packing them or letting them air dry, they'll look stunning wherever you put them. They're delicious and savory when you eat them yourself, and they're even more impressive when you give them as a gift. Who wouldn't be delighted? Take a bite, and the salty, fragrant salted egg yolk and pork floss are wrapped in the rich, smooth red bean paste. It's so delicious you'll want to spin around. Give it as a gift during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is delicious and has good meaning. It is definitely the best choice for gift giving to satisfy your cravings! Hurry up and make it once and you will know how delicious it is!

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spicy boiled pork slices.

Slice the pork tenderloin, mix with soy sauce and starch, and marinate for 10 minutes. Heat oil to fry bean paste, minced garlic, and dried chili peppers, add broth and bring to a boil, add the meat slices and blanch the vegetables. Pour the broth into a bowl, add minced garlic and chili powder, and pour hot oil to enhance the aroma. The meat slices are tender and tasty, the soup is spicy and mellow, and the side dishes absorb the red oil. It is hot and refreshing when you take a bite, and it is perfect with rice!

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Double pepper and cucumber

This dish is appetizing and goes well with rice. The double spicy stimulation can quickly stimulate appetite, and the sweet and soft green pumpkin neutralizes the spiciness. It is suitable for rice and noodles, especially for people who like strong flavors. Spicy ingredients can promote digestion. Cucumber itself is rich in nutrients (rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, etc.). This dish can not only satisfy the taste, but also add nutrition and layering to the diet, making it suitable for daily consumption.

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Three-color minced meat stew

This dish is made by dicing potatoes and carrots, stir-frying them with minced meat, and coating them with a rich sauce. The red, yellow, and brown colors interweave, making it visually attractive. The potatoes are soft, the carrots are slightly crispy, and the minced meat is fresh and fragrant, with a salty and fragrant taste. It is a delicious dish that goes well with rice and is also homely.

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Dragon Ball Ice Jelly

Desserts/snacks: directly used as a summer dessert to cool down, the sweetness of dragon fruit and the smoothness of ice jelly are combined, with crushed ice, coconut milk or syrup, the taste is rich, suitable for eating alone or as a dessert after a meal. ​ Drink pairing: add "Dragon Ball" to milk tea, sparkling water or juice as a visual and taste highlight, such as making "Dragon Ball Exploding Milk Tea", the spherical shape is more eye-catching in the drink, and the dragon fruit juice and the soft and tender ice jelly are blended when bitten, which increases the fun of drinking. ​ Creative cooking ingredients: used for decoration of dessert platters, fruit salad or smoothies, can also be added to yogurt, oatmeal to make healthy light meals, and even embellished in Chinese sugar water (such as red bean paste, mung bean soup) to enhance the appearance and taste diversity of dishes.

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-Fried yellow flower with tofu

The golden daylily has absorbed the soup, and it is soft and chewy with a natural sweetness, like a bunch of delicate golden needles, dotted on the plate and particularly eye-catching. The fried tofu cubes are golden on both sides, with a slightly charred edge and tender inside that can taste the bean fragrance. Each piece is coated with a light sauce color, which not only retains the crispy feeling of frying, but also absorbs the freshness of the daylily.