Recipe - Fresh Cooked Soybeans (Edamame Or Sweet Beans)

4 cup Green soybean pods
Salt

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Separate the pods from the stalks. Place bean pods in a large bowl.
Sprinkle generously with salt, rub vigorously, and let stand 15 minutes.

Bring a large pot of wellsalted water to a boil, add the beans and boil
over high heat for 5 to 6 minutes. (For a firmer bean, decrease the cooking
time.) DON'T COVER the pot or the beans will lose their bright green color.

When ready, drain beans and serve hot or at room temperature.

To eat as finger food, serve the beans in baskets or bowls. Squeeze the
pods with your fingers to press the beans into your mouth and discard the
pods.

Note: Paulette Mitchell, author of The Complete Soy Cookbook recommends
simmering in salted water for 10 to 12 minutes.

Posted to EATLF Digest by "bill pawelko" billjr1@bellatlantic.net on May
17, 1998