Red-cooked beans

Ingredients

Quantity		Ingredient
2½	cup	Cooked beans
1	cup	Chines rice wine or sherry
1	cup	Water
3	tablespoons	(to 4 tbs) soy sauce
¼	cup	Light brown sugar
2		Star anise
1		Cinnamon stick
3		Pieces dried tangerine peel or
2		Strips fresh tangerine or orange peel
2		Garlic clove(s), peeled
2	slices	Ginger (1/4\" thick)
3		Scallions. trimmed finely chopped

Directions

GLAZE

1. Combine the rice wine or sherry, water, soy sauce, brown sugar, star anises, cinnamon stick, tangerine peel, garlic, ginger, and scallions in a large heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil the mixture until thick, glazy, and reduced to about « cup, about 10 minutes. Stir occasionally as it cooks to keep it from boiling over.

2. Strain the mixture into a large non-stick fry pan and add the beans. Cook the beans over medium heat until thickly coated with glaze, 3-5 minutes. Correct the seasoning, adding soy sauce or sugar as needed, The beans should be sweet, salty and aromatic.

High-Flavor, Low-Fat Vegetarian Cooking by Steven Raichlen pg 172 Submitted By DIANE LAZARUS On 10-26-95

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