Edamame Recipes | Salted and Spicy Edamame | Soyabean Chilli

Ingredients

For Cooking Edamame Beans

• 250 grams edamame – fresh or frozen
• 3 cups water or as needed
• 1 teaspoon salt for cooking the beans
• salt as required, to be sprinkled later on the edamame

For Spicy Edamame

• 2 tablespoons oil – any neutral oil
• 2 teaspoons garlic – minced, or 6 to 7 medium garlic cloves
• 250 grams edamame beans – steamed or boiled
• 1 teaspoon red chilli flakes or according to taste
• ½ teaspoon white pepper or black pepper or as required
• 2 teaspoon dark soy sauce or 1 to 2 teaspoons regular soy sauce or as required
• 2 teaspoons mirin
• 1 teaspoon raw sugar or as required, can add ½ teaspoon of white sugar instead
• ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt or as required

Steps

Cooking Edamame

1. Over medium to high heat, bring water and some salt to a boil.
2. When it starts boiling, put in the edamame beans.
3. Cook uncovered for 8 to 12 minutes. If using an Instant Pot, steam with its pressure cook function for 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Frozen beans cook faster than fresh ones, and pod size may also mean a shorter or longer cooking time.
5. Once cooked, strain away all the water.
6. If desired, shock the beans in ice-cold water to retain their colour.
7. After all the water is drained, put the beans on a serving plate.
8. Sprinkle with salt, then toss and mix the beans with it. Serve hot, warm or at room temperature.

Spicy Edamame Recipe (Soyabean Chilli)

1. For spicy edamame, heat oil over low to medium-low heat.
2. Saute the minced garlic in it for a few seconds.
3. Add the already-cooked edamame beans.
4. Mix thoroughly and saute for a minute over low heat.
5. Add red chili flakes, white or black pepper and dark soy sauce. White pepper was used here; either pepper can be omitted.
6. Mix well, then saute for a minute.
7. Use salt, sugar and mirin to season the beans.
8. Mix and saute over low heat for a minute.
9. Serve the spicy edamame hot or warm.