Edamame with Mustard and Sesame Sauce
By: Jamie Lau
Published: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 12:16pm

Ingredients




3 Cups of Water
2 Cups of frozen Edamame (soy beans)
1 Tbsp of Sesame Oil
1/2 Tbsp of Dijon Mustard (yellow mustard is ok)
2 Tsp of Sea Salt (add more if you like)
1 Tsp of Coarse Black Pepper

Preparation

1 Fill pot with 3 cups of water and boil 2 cups of frozen Edamame. Drain well in a mesh drainer and put aside in a bowl. 2 Whisk together sesame oil and Dijon mustard in a mixing bowl. 3 Sprinkle sea salt and coarse black pepper over drained Edamame. Drizzle sesame and mustard mixture. Mix with a spatula. 4 Sprinkle more sea salt on top of Edamame (optional).

About

Edamame is a common appetizer served in most Japanese restaurants. They are usually boiled and sprinkled with salt to serve. A few years ago, I had this mustard-sesame Edamame dish when having happy hour at Butterfly Lounge in San Francisco, and I fell in love with it. I've composed this recipe based on my taste memory of this savory appetizer.