{"id":172,"date":"2009-03-02T16:14:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forthillfarm.com\/news\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2009-03-02T16:14:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T00:14:48","slug":"edamame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/?page_id=172","title":{"rendered":"Edamame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edamame are edible green soybeans that are gaining popularity in America and have long been popular in Japan.\u00a0 <\/span>If you\u2019re a fan of Japanese food you may have seen these served as an appetizer in a Japanese restaurant.\u00a0 <\/span>Edamame, which translates to \u201cbean on a branch\u201d in Japanese, have a nutty and slightly sweet flavor.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Storage and Handling:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Remove the pods from the plant for use and storage.\u00a0 <\/span>The pods will keep for up to a week in a loosely closed plastic bag.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Culinary Uses:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Edamame are generally not eaten raw and the shell is not edible.\u00a0 <\/span>Shelling the beans is easier to do after they\u2019ve been cooked.\u00a0 <\/span>The whole pods can be boiled for 3 to 5 minutes, steamed for 3 to 5 minutes, or cooked in the microwave with a little water for 3 to 5 minutes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The beans are excellent as a simple side dish with a little salt or tamari, or used in salads, stir-fries, soups, stews, casseroles, pasta and rice dishes.\u00a0 <\/span>For a simple and fun treat for the whole family, try the Steamed Edamame recipe, which is an adapted recipe to mimic the Edamame Appetizer you may have tried at a local Japanese Restaurant.\u00a0 <\/span>Kids love it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Freezing Method:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Edamame can be frozen as the whole pod or just the shelled beans, depending on how you like to use it.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Boil a large pot of water, enough to fit all the pods or do them in batches.\u00a0 <\/span>Once the water is boiling, remove from the heat, add the edamame pods and let sit in the hot water for 1 to 2 minutes.\u00a0 <\/span>The pods should still be bright green.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Immediately remove the pods from the hot water to an ice bath to stop the cooking and cool the pods.\u00a0 <\/span>Once cool, allow them to drain in a colander.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. At this point, if you are going to freeze the beans already shelled, you can start shelling now.\u00a0 <\/span>Otherwise start filling freezer bags with pods, remove as much air as possible, seal and transfer to your freezer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Edamame are edible green soybeans that are gaining popularity in America and have long been popular in Japan.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a fan of Japanese food you may have seen these served as an appetizer in a Japanese restaurant.\u00a0 Edamame, which translates to \u201cbean on a branch\u201d in Japanese, have a nutty and slightly sweet flavor.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-172","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.forthillfarm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}