What is the best way to eat edamame? Recommended recipes for edamame

June is the season for fresh edamame to be on the market. Green edamame pods are piled up, and each edamame is plump and fresh. Edamame is rich in potassium, which can help relieve potassium loss caused by excessive sweating and physical fatigue caused by potassium loss. Therefore, it is very suitable for the hot summer! What should edamame be eaten with in life? Let's continue reading.

Contents of this article

1. What should edamame be eaten with?

2. Recommended recipes for edamame

3. Taboos on eating edamame

What is the best thing to eat with edamame?

Edamame should be eaten with loofah, shiitake mushrooms, peanuts, etc.

1. Edamame and loofah: Loofah tastes sweet and cold in nature, and has similar basic properties to edamame. Loofah can promote blood circulation, clear away heat and eliminate phlegm, and has natural bactericidal and deodorizing functions. The dietary fiber in edamame has the effect of moisturizing the intestines. Eating them together can treat lung heat, cough, and prevent and treat constipation.

2. Edamame and shiitake mushrooms: Shiitake mushrooms are extremely rich in protein. The protein contains 8 essential amino acids for the human body, which can fill the amino acid gap in the human body. It contains a lot of hemicellulose, which promotes the production of human lymphocytes and improves immunity. Eating them with edamame can replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and improve physical fitness.

3. Edamame and peanuts: Edamame contains lecithin, which is an essential substance for brain development. Peanuts are rich in protein, among which lysine can improve children's intelligence, and glutamic acid and aspartic acid can promote cell development and enhance the brain's memory. Eating both together can improve brain health and intelligence.

4. Edamame and chicken: Chicken has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, replenishing essence and marrow, benefiting the five internal organs, and replenishing deficiency. It is used to treat symptoms such as weakness, poor appetite due to deficiency, diarrhea, dizziness, palpitations, irregular menstruation, low milk supply after childbirth, thirst, edema, etc. Eating edamame and chicken together can effectively improve human physique, replenish qi and spirit, and enhance immunity.

Recommended recipes for edamame

1. Boiled edamame

Method: 1 pound of edamame; a handful of bay leaves; 3 small pieces of cinnamon; 6-7 small dried chilies; 4 star anises; 5-6 drops of oil; some cooking wine. Wash the edamame, put it back into the pot and boil it, then add the auxiliary ingredients and oil, add cooking wine, open the lid and cook until the beans are soft, then you can eat it.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen, replenishes Qi, clears away heat and detoxifies.

2. Stir-fried edamame with minced meat

Method: 300g edamame; 50g pork (lean); 3 cloves of garlic; 4 dried chilies; 5g soy sauce; 3g refined salt; 10g olive oil; 1g starch. Chop the lean meat, add a little soy sauce, salt, starch, and olive oil, stir evenly and set aside. Bring water to a boil, add a little salt and oil, blanch the peeled edamame for 1 minute, remove and cool, add oil to the pot to sauté the chili and garlic, add the minced meat and stir-fry until the lean meat changes color, add the blanched edamame and continue to stir-fry, sprinkle a little salt before serving.

Efficacy: laxative, increase appetite, prevent osteoporosis.

3. Stir-fried edamame

Method: 400g edamame; appropriate amount of scallion, ginger, garlic; 2 red peppers; 5g dark soy sauce; 5g light soy sauce; appropriate amount of sugar and sesame oil. Wash the edamame, cut off the two ends (for better flavor), blanch in boiling water for 3 minutes before serving. Add oil to a wok, stir-fry scallion, ginger, garlic, and red pepper until fragrant, add edamame, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, and sesame oil before serving.

Efficacy: Strengthens the stomach and helps digestion.

4. Stir-fried pork with wild rice stem and edamame

Method: 300g wild rice stem; 200g edamame; 100g pork; appropriate amount of oil, salt, MSG, cooking wine; 1 egg white; 2 peppers, 3 slices of ginger, 1 clove of garlic. Shell wild rice stem and edamame, wash them, cut wild rice stem and pork into shreds, add cooking wine, salt, and egg white and marinate for 15 minutes, heat oil in a wok over medium heat, add ginger, garlic, and pepper to 60% heat, stir-fry until fragrant, then add marinated meat, stir-fry until cooked, add edamame to the remaining oil in the wok, stir-fry, add water, cook until 80% cooked, add wild rice stem and stir-fry for 3 minutes, add pork shreds, salt, and MSG and serve.

Efficacy: Improve constipation and lower cholesterol.

5. Stir-fried edamame and eggplant

Preparation: 300 grams of edamame; 4 chili peppers; one section of scallion; one clove of garlic; one tablespoon each of cooking wine, light soy sauce, aged vinegar, white sugar, and dark soy sauce; appropriate amount of table salt; peel the eggplant, cut it into long strips, then cut it into 2-inch long sections, try to cut them into even sizes, sprinkle with a little salt and mix well, let it stand for 15 minutes, drain and set aside, chop the scallion, ginger and garlic separately, heat the pan and add twice as much oil as usual for cooking, add the eggplant strips when it is 60% hot, cook over medium heat until the eggplant strips turn golden, then add the chopped scallion and garlic, turn to high heat and stir-fry until fragrant, add the edamame and continue stir-frying for 1 minute, then add salt, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, aged vinegar, sugar and cooking wine in turn, stir-fry for 2 minutes until the edamame is cooked through and tasted, then turn to low heat, add the chopped chili peppers, cover for 20 seconds, then drizzle in sesame oil and stir well.

Efficacy: beautify and nourish the skin, anti-aging, strengthen the physical fitness, and protect the cardiovascular system.

Eating taboos of edamame

1. Edamame and fish: Eating them together will destroy vitamin B1.

2. Edamame and lamb liver: Lamb liver is rich in copper and iron; edamame is rich in vitamin C. Eating them together will hinder the body's absorption of vitamin C.

3. Edamame and fern: Fern is rich in protein, vitamins, fat, and carotene. Eating them together will hinder the body's absorption of nutrients.

4. Edamame and goose meat: Goose meat is rich in potassium. Eating it with edamame will affect the body's absorption of potassium, so do not consume it in excess.