Hacking food - edamame beans

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Aug 23rd 2005 @ 9:17AM

Edamame beans, the bar nuts of Japan, are almost a perfect food - healthy, simple, yummy. Even my three-year-old loves 'em (he calls them "mama beans"). But...they're fuzzy. Barbara from Tigers & Strawberries tries to right this wrong with a technique from cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo: rubbing them with coarse salt. That, of course, turns out to be a little harder than warranted for such a simple snack. She goes on to explain the method she uses to prepare them: drop in boiling water for five minutes with some lemon peel, drain and rinse, spread on paper towels to dry, sprinkly liberally with coarse salt, and serve.

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Filed Under: Vegetarian, Hacking Food
Tags: asia, hacking food

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8-23-2005 @10:25AM b. said... Many Asian groceries carry the already shell-off edamame ($1.xx ~ approximately). Not really a hack, but hey.. no fuzzy ;)
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8-23-2005 @2:38PM Myron said... Who cares if they're fuzzy? You don't eat the shell. Great snack.
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8-23-2005 @5:52PM Finished.Law.School said... This is one of the best foods ever.
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8-24-2005 @8:29PM niki said... My two and a half year old LOVES them too. He just calls them beans.

Trader Joe's has frozen ones, either cooked or raw that are simple to make (and cheap).
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8-24-2005 @9:07PM niki said... My two and a half year old LOVES them too. He just calls them beans.

Trader Joe's has frozen ones, either cooked or raw that are simple to make (and cheap).
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