Legume
Edamame Type
S tier
Edamame-type soybeans are large-seeded cultivars harvested green in the pod—sweet, grassy, snappy—for boiling and salting as the familiar Japanese snack. Distinct breeding from hard dry yellow crush beans. Boil or steam pods; salt; squeeze beans out. Frozen edamame is excellent quality. Do not expect the same beans to excel as dry tofu soy without checking cultivar purpose.
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Unit
Characteristics
Preparations
Boil PodFrozenSalt Snack
Traits
GrassyGreen HarvestLarge SeedSnackSnackableSnappySweet Green
History
JP
Japanese cuisine developed green vegetable soybean eating as edamame.
Global frozen edamame trade popularised the snack worldwide.
Edamame-type breeding expanded large sweet green soy cultivars.