Chef Azuki's Top Five

Hello Friends!  It's official, the Azuki BeaN Mamas have reached their 50th Blog Spot!  To top that off, our blog has reached its 1 year anniversary!  Hurray!  To celebrate this occasion we've decided to publish our Top Five recipes of the year, so you can easily find them without having to scroll through the whole list.  So without further ado.....

#1  Azuki Bean Tea Cakes

2 tea bags of your favorite green tea
3/4 cups hot water
3 egg yolks
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
3 egg whites stiffly beaten
1/2 tsp. azuki bean paste for each tea cake

Directions
1.  Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2.  Put tea bags in hot water and steep for ten minutes
3.  Cool tea
4.  Add cool tea and egg yolks to bowl and lightly mix
5.  Mix in vanilla, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt
6.  Mix egg whites for about 3 minutes to get stiff peaks
7.  Fold in the stiffly beaten egg into the batter
8.  Pour the mixture into round or square cupcake tins lined with paper baking cups
9.  Fill each paper cup 1/2 full
10.  Add 1/2 tsp of azuki bean paste on top
11.  Cover with remaining batter until each cup is 3/4 full
12.  Bake for 17 minutes ( Time may vary depending on oven)
13.  Cool in pan for ten minutes

#2 Turkey Slaw Won Tons

½ lb. or Ground Turkey

1 C broccoli slaw

3 stalks green onions

1 tsp. oil for stir fry

2 tsp soy sauce

½ tsp sesame oil

6 oz. pkge wonton skins

Oil to fry wontons

Directions

1.     Stir fry vegetables and ground turkey with 1 tsp oil

2.     Add Soy sauce and ½ tsp. sesame oil

3.     Cool

4.     Put turkey and veges in the middle of square wonton skin

5.     Dab water onto edges

6.     Fold into triangles and seal edges by pressing together

7.     Fry in pan with ½” to ¾” of oil until golden and crispy

#3 Deviled  Eggs, Asian Style

6 hard boiled eggs
4 small avocados or 2 medium
1/2 tsp. lemon juice 
1/4-1/2 tsp. salt
1/8-1/2 tsp. wasabi paste
1/4 tsp. soy sauce
1/4 tsp. soy sauce 
daikon sprouts

Direction:
1.  Cut hard boiled eggs in half
2.  Carefully take out egg yolk without breaking whites
3.  Cut avocados and scoop out into a bowl 
4.  Mash together avocados and egg yolk
5.  Add lemon, salt, wasabi paste, and soy sauce
6.  Mix together thoroughly
7.  Put wasabi mixture into cookie press and press out into hollowed egg white halves
8.  Add daikon sprouts as a garnish on top of wasabi mixture

#4 Roasted Harvest Vegetables

1.5 lbs of small potatoes cut into bite size pieces

14 brussel sprouts cut in half

1 yam cut into bite size pieces

14 baby carrots cut in half or thirds depending on size

2 sprigs of rosemary

3 Tbsp. olive oil

1 tsp. garlic salt

¼ tsp. pepper

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees

2.  Chop all the vegetables

3.  Put into baking pan

4.  Take leaves off of rosemary sprig and sprinkle over vegetables

5.  Add olive oil, garlic salt and pepper

6.  Thoroughly toss the vegetables in olive oil

7.  Roast in oven  for 40-45 minutes (gently toss once after 20 minutes)

8.  Place on a platter and garnish with fresh herbs

#5 Wasabi Guacamole

 Ingredients:

1 large or 2 medium avocados   

½ tsp. wasabi

½ tsp. soy sauce

½ cup cilantro

½ garlic salt

Put all the ingredients in a food processor and mix to desired consistency.  

These are the five recipes that have the most views.  We're glad you enjoyed them and will keep blogging for another year, trying new things along the way.  Looking forward to another year of delicious meals and yummy treats!

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