Easy Ozoni with Store-Bought Anko (Sweet Red Bean Soup)

Name: Easy Ozoni with Store-Bought Anko (Sweet Red Bean Soup)
Yield: Serves 4 servings
Ingredients: 14 oz (400 g) sweet red bean paste (anko); 7/8 cup (200 ml) water; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 pinch salt (for each bowl, 4 pinches total); As many pieces as you like mochi (rice cakes)

＊はと＊ @cook_40044877

For New Year's, make things easy by using sweet red bean paste from a Japanese confectionery shop for this ozoni-style sweet soup. Adding brown sugar gives it extra depth of flavor.

Recipe background:
At my husband's family home, ozoni is made as a sweet red bean soup.

For New Year's, make things easy by using sweet red bean paste from a Japanese confectionery shop for this ozoni-style sweet soup. Adding brown sugar gives it extra depth of flavor.

Recipe background:
At my husband's family home, ozoni is made as a sweet red bean soup.

＊はと＊ @cook_40044877

For New Year's, make things easy by using sweet red bean paste from a Japanese confectionery shop for this ozoni-style sweet soup. Adding brown sugar gives it extra depth of flavor.

Recipe background:
At my husband's family home, ozoni is made as a sweet red bean soup.

For New Year's, make things easy by using sweet red bean paste from a Japanese confectionery shop for this ozoni-style sweet soup. Adding brown sugar gives it extra depth of flavor.

Recipe background:
At my husband's family home, ozoni is made as a sweet red bean soup.

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Ingredients

Serves 4 servings

14 oz (400 g)sweet red bean paste (anko)
7/8 cup (200 ml)water
1 tablespoonbrown sugar
1 pinchsalt (for each bowl, 4 pinches total)
As many pieces as you like mochi (rice cakes)

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Steps

1

In a small saucepan, combine the sweet red bean paste (either chunky or smooth), water, and brown sugar. Simmer gently over low heat.
2

Toast the mochi until golden and puffed.
3

Spoon a little of the thinned red bean soup into each bowl, add the toasted mochi, then pour more red bean soup over the top.
4

Finish with a pinch of salt on each serving. Enjoy!