Let’s step up our edamame game with these quick, easy, and totally tasty edamame recipes!
Edamame is the ultimate sushi restaurant appetizer, and just an overall amazing snack!
These tasty little green soybean pods are usually blanched or boiled until hot and tender, then sprinkled with coarse salt before being readily devoured by kids and adults alike.
This classic delivery method is fantastic, but honestly, we can do more!
Here are some of my all-time favorite recipes using edamame as an ingredient!
1. Edamame Salad
This healthy Edamame Salad is tossed with a homemade Cilantro Lime Dressing for a colorful side dish that’s quick, easy, and crazy delicious!
Even better? It’s a meal prep MUST! I love making it in advance to enjoy all week long!
2. Sweet Chili Edamame
Vegans and vegetarians rejoice! Sweet Chili Edamame is finger-licking good and ready in under 15 minutes!
This salty-sweet edamame appetizer is fun, filling, and perfect for snacking!
3. Edamame Dip
Move over hummus! This tasty Cilantro Lime Edamame Dip is crazy healthy and packed with protein, fiber, and SO MUCH FLAVOR!
This zesty bean dip is AMAZING!
4. Healthy Quinoa Salad with Edamame and Kale
This Healthy Quinoa Salad is packed with colorful vegetables and tossed in an easy peasy whisk-and-pour Mediterranean dressing. I cannot WAIT for y’all to try this superfood salad!
The combination of edamame, kale, corn, carrots, and peppers makes my rainbow loving heart happy! Also, it’s flipping DELICIOUS!
5. Spicy Sambal Edamame
Holy cow this stuff is good! This is probably one of my favorite kitchen experiments this month and features tender edamame pods tossed in spicy chili sauce sautéed with garlic, sesame oil, and a kiss of sea salt. So. Much. Yes.
Keep things mild/medium or get your spicy edamame on with extra chili sauce and red pepper flakes. You’re totally in control here!
6. Instant Pot Ramen Bowls with Edamame and Jalapeño
These Instant Pot Ramen Bowls feature a delicious and flavorful broth infused with garlic, ginger, onion, and mushrooms. This one-pot recipe is a tasty way to jazz up ramen!
We love ours topped with edamame, mushrooms, scallions, sesame seeds and a hearty drizzle of Sriracha!
7. Garlic Parmesan Edamame
Next time your curled up on the couch for movie night, skip the popcorn and get up close and personal with a big ole bowl of edamame. This gorgeous green edamame makes the ultimate snack!
It’ll also fill you up faster and keep you full longer than a typical grain-based snack, which means you’ll be satisfied and less likely to pause your Netflix binge to go search for more food. I’d call that a win!
8. Avocado Shrimp Salad with Edamame
This amazing avocado shrimp salad is great for backyard barbecues, picnics, al fresco dinners with the fam, and all your Summer shenanigans.
It features a medley of fresh chilled shrimp, red onion, avocado, edamame, and a little red bell pepper for a burst of color. Love it so!
9. Marinated Tomato Salad with Onion and Edamame
Say hello to my new favorite Summer salad! This tasty vegetarian Marinated Tomato Salad is wicked easy to make and full of flavor!
This scrumptious salad features a bed of fresh leafy greens topped with a flavorful blend of red onion, edamame, easy peasy homemade salt and pepper croutons, and a hearty helping of marinated tomatoes that doubles as the most dreeeeamy dressing.
10. Vegan Ramen Bowls with Edamame and Mushrooms
These healthy, hearty Vegan Ramen Bowls with Edamame and Mushrooms have an ultra quick trick for a super flavorful broth that tastes slow simmered in a fraction of the time!
11. Roasted Garlic Edamame Pods
This roasted garlic edamame makes a finger-licking appetizer that’s sure to vanish before your eyes! Vegetarian + Gluten-Free
If you get a chance to try any of these easy peasy edamame recipes, let me know! Leave some love in the comment form below or tag your photos with @peasandcrayons on Instagram so I can happy dance over your creation. I can’t wait to see what you whip up!
looking for more recipes featuring edamame?
These Edamame Burgers from A Beautiful Mess look amazing!
Pickled Plum makes a pan-fried edamame with soy and sesame sauce that I’m totally trying soon!