Our second planting of Edamame is in. If you have children in your house, I am sure you are making Basic Edamame. In case you need it, here is the skinny on how to prepare it. Basic Edamame Preparation: Boil water in a large pan. Wash Edamame beans well. Add Edamame beans to boiling water and boil for 5-8 min or until the pods just begin to open. Drain.
- To serve as a snack or appetizer, sprinkle salt over Edamame shells. To eat, place the salted shell in mouth and pop out the bean. Discard shell. Instead of the salt, you can make a mixture of soy sauce and ginger to dip the shells in before eating. You can serve Edamame warm or cool.
- To add to recipes or salads, remove beans from the shell after draining and cooling.
Edamame and Pasta Salad 4-6 servings
- 8 oz pasta, cooked and cooled
- 1 teaspoon salt (or less of pasta salted during cooking)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ cup bell pepper, chopped
- ½ cup onion chopped
- ½ cup black olives, pitted and sliced
- 2 oz pimento, chopped
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 1 fresh tomato diced or about a cup of halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup Edamame beans
Cook pasta and cool. Toss pasta with oil, lemon juice and salt. Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl. Add pasta and mix gently. Refrigerate and serve cold. If you salted the pasta when you were cooking it, use less salt to start with.
