Edamame Beans are an unripened soybean . . of sorts. I love all types of beans but I really love these. McDonald’s puts a few of them in their Asian salads and that’s the reason I keep buying those salads. While at Wal-Mart this morning . . don’t ask me why I was at Wal-Mart on a Saturday but I was there . . and I looked in the fresh veggie section, where they have snow peas in bags and they didn’t have the edamame beans but they did have them frozen.
These are a product of China. I can’t help but believe they could be produced here since soybeans grow so well here. Maybe when I have a garden again, I’ll see about growing some.
I made a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, deli ham, edamame beans, toasted almonds and Asian salad dressing. It was every bit as good as the salads from McDonald’s so now I’ll be making my own at home where I can put as many beans on there as I want! I would have taken a picture of my salad but I was so darned hungry after the morning at Wal-Mart, I gobbled it down before remembering to take a picture.
Connie says
I like to roast them, too! It’s been a while, but I think the instructions were on the package, thaw, drain, pat dry, season with whatever you want and in the oven. Sometimes they sort of pop. Wind up almost being like roasted peanuts.
JudyL says
I’ve had them roasted in restaurants but have never tried it at home. Thanks for the idea.
Toni says
Do you have an Asian Dressing you prefer? Store bought or home made? Thank you!
Chris Miller says
Ditto to Toni’s question on the Asian dressing. 🙂
Andi says
We call those “Kendra” beans since my daughter loved them as a toddler in the sushi restaurant!
sophie says
I’ve never seen them available out of the pod–I’ll be looking for them now. There’s a Mark Bittman video for an edamame salad–I really love them this way, with olive oil, lemon, salt, pepper, pecorino cheese and mint.
Here’s the YouTube video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFZpkVXUQAQ
Melinda in CT says
And all these years you have been blaming Vince for those trips to Walmart. 😉
Fitzy says
Costco sells a frozen box of in-the-shell edamame proportioned in 12-8oz bags for $8.00. I take them to work almost daily, nuke in their bag, for 2 min. and lightly sea salt. OH YUM. The price is a bargain, I get a healthy lunch or snack and it keeps my other foods cold!