Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. We had a very productive weekend, which I hope to post about soon!
I saw this recipe on Heather Eats Almond Butter recently, and thought it sounded good, but never had even seen Adzuki Beans! I kinda kept it in the back of my mind, and when I was wandering through Whole Foods last week, I saw some adzuki beans!
They even have their own website! According to www.adzuki.com, adzuki beans originate (most likely) from China, and are a reddish brown small bean, with a ridge along one side. I love all kinds of beans, so I am glad I found them!
One funny thing though – when I read through the recipe, I saw it called for tamari (soy sauce). For some reason, in my head, I translated that to mean TAHINI (sesame seed paste). DOH!! I don’t mind though, this turned out good!
Adzuki Beans with Kale
Adapted from allrecipes.com
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1 cup uncooked adzuki beans
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1 tbsp salt
1 bunch kale, cut into thin strips, stems removed
1/4 cup tahini (or tamari!)
1/4 cup water
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 cup maple syrup
First, soak the beans overnight in water. In the morning, drain the water from the beans, and place in the crockpot. Add water to cover, and the cloves of garlic.
Cook for 8-10 hours. Add in the salt, and stir to combine.
Drain the water, and place the beans back in the crockpot.
Clean and chop the kale, and add to the crockpot.
Mine was fresh from the garden!
Add in the rest of the ingredients.
Cook for an additional 2-4 hours.
The maple syrup was an after thought in this recipe, but I am really glad I added it! It really enhanced all of the flavors in the dish – delicious!
This is being shared with Mix it Up Monday, and My Legume Love Affair #50..
Thank you for this recipe. I just bought some adzuki beans the other day and needed an easy recipe. And your kale looks beautiful! It’s too hot here for greens during the summer, but I’ve started my fall crop. so in a few months I hope to have some.
How funny! I really liked them, I had never had adzuki beans before! Yes, my kale is on the way out, but just because it is getting too cold at night for it — everything is starting to get that slightly frostbitten look… sigh. I guess there is always next year!
Never heard of those beans before, but that looks delicious. I am glad you had a good weekend, we did as well. On to another work week!
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Glad you had a good weekend!
Monday always seems to come around … but then so does Friday! lol! Have a great day!
I’ve never even heard of those beans before – not a fan of kale, but would spinach be an okay substitute?
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Sure
That is why I ended up adding the maple syrup, to counteract the bitterness of the kale a little bit. Really, any type of beans would work, as well as any type of greens! I had some for lunch today over a baked potato – really good and filling!
Mmmmm….sounds yummy! I’m partial to anything with kale
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Mmm, looks so comforting and good! Love your serving pots… I don’t make adzuki beans too often, I think that’s because I still don’t have the crock pot…
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I love beans in the crockpot and really like your addition of maple syrup. I have promised myself that I’m going to use my crockpot more this Fall/Winter.
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I really think the maple syrup helped remove the bitterness from the kale a little bit
This looks delicious! Would you say that adzuki beans taste much different from other beans?
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No, I think they taste “beany” for lack of a better word
Although I didn’t taste them alone, only after I mixed everything else in. This dish could be made with any type of bean though. They are a little smaller than the normal bean too, so I liked that!
I finally took my crockpot out after seeing some of your creations. I can’t wait to try this. Beans are my main source of protein and I absolutely love kale. This looks delicious. I have been dying to make a trip to Whole Foods. I will add adzuki beans to my list.
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That’s awesome! I absolutely love my crockpot
I love beans … so many things you can do with them!
I have to make this!!! I love adzuki beans! They are so mild. I just made some this past weekend for rice, beans, and salsa!
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This is such a delicious recipe! I don’t know if I can find adzuki beans here but I shall check the Chinese grocery store. Even with regular kidney beans, I think a kale-beans stew/chili/or what you will is so healthy! Thnx
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My cheeks are rosy with health just from looking at your photos. Kale is my favorite leafy green.
Thanks so much, Jane, for your MLLA 50 contribution. I will be posting the round-up very soon. Apologies for delay.
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