Learn how to make two simple Edamame Recipes. Make a Japanese style boiled and salted Edamame and a Spicy Chilli Garlic Edamame. Enjoy these healthy cooked green soybean pods as a snack or brunch or as a side with your meals.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Side Dish, Snack
  • Cuisine: Japanese, World

Ingredients

  • 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)
  • 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)

Method

Cooking Edamame

  1. Boil water with some salt on medium to high heat.
  2. When water begins to boil, add the edamame beans.
  3. Cook without lid for 8 to 12 minutes. If using instant pot, then steam using pressure cook function for 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Frozen beans will cook faster than fresh beans. Also depending on the size of pods, they can take less or more time to cook.
  5. Strain all of the water once the beans are cooked.
  6. You can opt to shock the beans in ice cold water to retain color if you prefer.
  7. After draining all the water, transfer the beans onto a serving plate.
  8. Sprinkle some salt. Toss and mix the beans with the salt. Can serve hot or warm or at room temperature.

Spicy Edamame Recipe (Soyabean Chilli)

  1. Heat oil on a low to medium-low heat.
  2. Add minced garlic and sauté for a few seconds.
  3. Add the cooked edamame beans.
  4. Mix well and sauté for a minute on low heat
  5. Add red chili flakes, white pepper or black pepper, dark soy sauce. I have used white pepper. You can omit white or black pepper.
  6. Mix well and sauté for a minute.
  7. Season with salt, sugar and mirin.
  8. Mix and sauté for a minute on low heat.
  9. Serve hot or warm.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.