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Home » Legumes » Beans » Soybeans » Edamame

Edamame

Edamame are green soybeans that have been harvested before they are fully ripe. They are crisp and firm, retaining their texture after cooking, but don’t have the overwhelming “soy” taste that mature soybeans do. An Edamame pod is about the same size of a pod of green peas.

They are used as a snack food and often served as a side dish in Japanese restaurants. To eat them, pop a pod open with your hands, and empty the beans into your mouth.

Can be bought fresh in ethnic markets, or frozen in supermarkets. They are treated more as a vegetable than as a bean.

Cooking Tips

Usually lightly boiled or steamed, though they can be used fresh in Western-style salads.

Nutrition Facts

Per Half cup whole, cooked

Amount
Calories
126
Fat
6 g
Carbohydrate
10 g
Protein
11 g
Calcium
130 mg
Potassium
485 mg

History Notes

Edamame pods were first grown in England by a Joe Cottingham in Kent for Asda in 2009.

Sources

Prince, Rose. British-grown edamame beans arrive in supermarkets. London: Daily Telegraph. 31 December 2008.

Other names

AKA: Vegetable Soybean
Japanese: Edamame

This page first published: Jan 4, 2004 · Updated: Jun 13, 2018.

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