Red bean and Job’s tears with red date soup is actually a very healthy and nourishing food, because red beans, Job’s tears, and red dates can all better help us regulate and improve our bodies, solve skin eczema or edema, and the following is the specific method.

Method 1

Ingredients:

Job’s tears, adzuki beans, red dates, longan meat

Steps:

1. Soak the Job’s tears and red beans clean and soak in advance (about 12 hours).

2. Add the soaked Job’s tears and red beans to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.

3. Wash the red dates and longan meat and set aside.

4. After the soup boils, add red dates and longan meat.

5. Turn to medium-low heat and slow cook until the red beans are slightly blooming and soft.

Tip:

Generally, red bean and Job’s tears congee is used for removing dampness, whitening skin, and strengthening the spleen. In addition to drinking it as congee, it can also be made into Job’s tears tea. Common ingredients in Job’s tears tea include Job’s tears, adzuki beans, bamboo leaves, Chinese yam, Portulaca oleracea, green tea, and honey locust seeds. Having a cup of tea during leisure time is more beneficial for removing dampness, whitening the skin, and strengthening the spleen.

Method 2

① Soak the red beans and Job’s tears in water overnight for later use.

② Mix and wash the red beans and Job’s tears, then place them in a pot.

③ Add herbs and other ingredients.

④ Add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to a low simmer for about 30 minutes.

After the beans become flower-like mush, add rock sugar and cook until melted.

Method 3

Red bean and Job’s tears congee

Ingredients: red beans, Job’s tears, water, rock sugar.

Preparation: Prepare equal portions of red beans and Job’s tears, wash them clean, soak the red beans for two to three hours, and the Job’s tears for one hour; add the red beans to boiling water, add some cold water after boiling, then add cold water again; after the red beans have cooked into flower-like shapes, add the Job’s tears, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to a low simmer until thickened, and finally add rock sugar to taste.