konnichiwa its Nami from just one cookbook back with another video for you
and today I'm going to share how to make kuromame in the instant pot
kuromame literally means black beans but it is also a dish named for simmered soy beans
cooked in sugar water and soy sauce,
it's one of the classic dishes that the japanese enjoyed during the new year's
it takes a lot of time to make this dish but
I sped up the cooking process using the pressure cooker function of the instant pot
I already have the recipe for regular stovetop method
and I put a link here in the description box below
now let's get started
gently rinse 8.8 oz black soybeans (kuromame) under cold water a few times
the skin is very fragile, so try not to damage
discard any beans that are damaged and drain well
traditionally the japanese used iron nail to turn the beans darker, we substituted with lucky iron fish
4 cups water, black soybeans and the lucky iron fish in the pot and let them soak for 4 hours
put the inner pot back to the Instant pot
add 1 cup sugar, 2 ½ tsp soy sauce, and ½ tsp kosher salt and mix well
close the lid and set HIGH pressure for 15 minutes
make sure the steam release handle points at “sealing”
let the pressure release naturally then open the lid and take out the lucky iron fish
take out the inner pot
pour the beans and sauce into a large airtight container, let it cool uncovered
once cool, cover and store in refrigerator overnight
drain the liquid and serve the kuromame
if you like to make it more festive, you can put gold leaf on top
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