Edamame- my new favourite vegetable appetizer!

I ordered this at the Pickle Barrel. Steamed Soybeans still in their pods, sea salt and drizzled with an Asian sauce.  It is from Japan, and a common Japanese appetizer to drink with beer and watch sports! OK, no  wonder they are in great shape over there? No wings or nachos? SOYBEANS instead?  well...now I know why!

I will admit, I wasn't sure how to eat them at first?  But after working on them a bit, my daughter and I figured it out. You pick one up, hang onto the end with the tail, and slide them through your teeth inside your mouth. All the yummy, steamed, delicious soybeans pop out!  So simple, but so delicious and addicting. We ate the entire plate!  About 60 of them! lol

Ingredients


1 pkg (1 lb/500 g) edamame 1 1pkg (1 lb/500 g) pkg (1 lb/500 g)edamame

1 tsp salt , (sea salt if available)1 1tsp tsp(5 mL) (5 mL) salt, (sea salt if available)

Preparation:

Bring pot of water to boil over medium-high heat. Add edamame and salt ; return to boil and cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain well and transfer to serving bowl. Sprinkle with additional salt, if desired. Serve warm or cold. Pull apart pods and eat like fresh peas.



Nutritional Value


In just a half-cup serving of the shelled edamame, or in 1 1/8 cup of the pods, you get a snack that is low in calories and high in fiber, with a trace of healthy fats. One serving packs 11 g of complete protein, containing all of the essential amino acids. That much protein in a plant-based source is a vegetarian's dream. It also provides 9 g of fiber. That's more fiber than you find in the fiber bars in the breakfast aisle. It also contains 10 percent of your daily values of vitamin C and iron, 8 percent of your daily dose of vitamin A and 4 percent of calcium. It also serves as a source of vitamin K and folate.







 

YUM!!! Bet you can't just eat one!