Edamane

[dss62467]

Does anyone ever eat this? I bought a bag of frozen yesterday to serve with a sesame pork loin dinner. It was the first time I ever made it. Are you supposed to remove the pods first? It didn't say so on the bag. It said to boil them in water, but I never boil my vegetables. What's the point of eating them if you boil all the nutrients away?

We each ate one with the pods on and they were disgusting! The beans inside were good, so we ended up shelling them while we were eating. Kind of messy.

 

[dananmis22]

LoL!!! I have eaten the shell as well before I was educated! Not very good! I salt the shell and pull the beans out individually with my teeth. YUMMY! I think there is another way to eat it, but I found this way was easier for me.
I am in the mood for edamame now! And some gomae. And some unagi! A japanese restaurant after church it will be!

 

[Bunbun]

Yup, I've made them at home and also often order them at Japanese restaurants. You're not supposed to eat the pods; only the beans. I use all sorts of frozen vegetables so I cook them--and the edamame--the same way: Don't put in too much water, to start. Cook the edamame in their pods. Bring them just to a boil, mix them around to make sure they're not frozen anymore, then drain the water right away.

You can eat the edamame by putting the pod in your mouth--holding one end--and sort of drawing the peas out with your lips as you pull the pod out of your mouth. Hope that makes sense.

As far as losing the nutrients in veggies when you boil them, that's true, so I try to cook them as little as possible. Just til the instant they're done. You can also microwave frozen veggies. I think that'll work with edamame, but my microwave is long since dead, so I couldn't tell you for sure.

 

[Mckmain]

I love Edamane, but I usually just buy the frozen bean itself as you are not supposed to eat the pod and its a pain to take out the beans, I think. I use them frozen and just put them in Vegan soup or chili recpies...very good......Carole

 

[kathryn]

I usually buy the shelled edamame. I did have edamame in the shell in a restaurant once, but they were a bit tricky to deal with (I don't have the removal process down to a neat technique, and sometimes the beans would escape!).

I often make bean salads, and use edamame as one of the ingredients (with chick peas, green beans, pimentos, maybe some artichoke hearts, and a bit of italian dressing--if the dressing is fat free, I make sure to add another source of fat so more nutrients are absorbed, like some avocado). I've also made edamame succotash with corn and red pepper.

 

[Debra L]

I serve the edamame pods for an appetizer. I blanch frozen pods in boiling, salted water for about 4 minutes, then shock in ice water.

The shelled pods are a lot easier to use. They still need to be blanched for a few minutes. They're great in salads. I also do a succotash with edamame instead of lima beans.

Debra