Edamame is the perfect example of the fun that you can have in the freezers at the H Mart in Catonsville.Bags costs as little as $1. They stay in your freezer for months. You just steam them up when you want a snack, a cool starter for a fancy dinner, or a little green to create a full meal from soup or takeout sushi.
Edamame are just soybeans. I prefer the bags of beans still in their pods. Drain them from the boiling water and dust the damp pods with salt. The sea salt from William Sonoma is a delicious extravagance. You squeeze the pods with your teeth so that the soybeans go in your mouth and just a taste of the salt gets to your tongue.
Edamame were part of my "10 easy pick-ups at H Mart," and they're available as appetizers at Japanese places like Sushi King. If you're inspired by edamame, you should look all around the H Mart -- my favorite place for food.
H Mart
800 N. Rolling RoadCatonsville, MD 21228
443-612-9020
NEAR: Rte 40 just west of I-695. If you are driving from HoCo, you'll see a Starbucks and a FedEx at the end of the shopping center. Turn right immediately after the Starbucks. If you miss it, just turn right at the next intersection.
Don't boil them, steam them!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe reason I steam them is because I feel like steaming retains there nice fuzzy texture. I believe many sushi places also steam them.
Hmart no longer has self-serve panchan in the corner of the store (where the kimchi is). But they do now have MSG-free kimchi, and not just the expensive imported brand. A few of the domestic-made kimchi buckets will have "No MSG" stickers on them. If you don't see it, just look again on your next visit. They only have a few of those.
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