Mark Bittman

Edamame

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

Edamame—fresh soybeans—are rarely seen “fresh in this country, but they’re now sold frozen at most supermarkets. You buy them still in their pods and pop the little beans out to eat them (the pods are inedible). Eaten as a little snack at the table or as a side dish, with no more than salt, they’re rather great.

Ingredients

  • Coarse salt
  • 1 pound edamame

Method

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add salt. Add the edamame (still frozen is fine) and cook until bright green and tender, 5 to 10 minutes.
  2. Drain, sprinkle with coarse salt, and serve.