Meanings
- uncountableA paste made of azuki beans.
Stir in the salt and mix thoroughly before allowing the anko to cool for serving.
2022, Katherine Tamiko Arguile, Meshi: A Personal History of Japanese Food, Melbourne, Vic.: Affirm Press, →ISBN3 more examples
You can buy good-quality, canned ready-made anko from Japanese grocery stores or online, or make your own at home by following my Anko recipe on page 98.
2018, Luiz Hara, The Japanese Larder: Bringing Japanese Ingredients into Your Everyday Cooking, Jacqui Small for White Lion Publishing, The Quarto Group, →ISBN, page 71, column 2Mom nodded at the head of her bed, and I sat down, handing her one perfect bun, toasted to a honey-golden crisp. She pulled it into two pieces, exposing the red anko center and a puff cloud of steam.
2020, Shauna Holyoak, Kazu Jones and the Comic Book Criminal, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBNTo make the anko filling, rinse the adzuki beans under cool running water until it runs clear.
2023, The Great American Recipe Cookbook: 100 Memorable Recipes to Celebrate the Diversity and Flavors of American Food, season two edition, Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBNSynonyms: red bean
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA paste made of azuki beans.
Origin
- Japanese餡子
- Englishanko
From Japanese 餡子 (anko).
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anko. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anko
“anko.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anko. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anko,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anko.
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