Authentic home cooking from Japan, with US measurements.

Originally published on Cookpad Japan as 枝豆で♪簡単浸し豆

Easy Edamame Ohitashi (Marinated Edamame Beans)

Name: Easy Edamame Ohitashi (Marinated Edamame Beans)
Ingredients: 7 oz (200 g) edamame (use as much as you like); About 2 3/4 tablespoons mentsuyu (Japanese noodle soup base); 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet cooking rice wine; any brand is fine); 3/4 cup water (200 ml)

カルン @cook_40047412

Thank you so much for making this recipe popular! This is a quick and easy version of Nagano’s traditional “ohitashi mame” (marinated beans), using edamame instead of the usual green soybeans or kurakake beans.
Recipe background:
I grew up eating ohitashi mame, and decided to try making it with edamame!

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Ingredients

7 oz (200 g)edamame (use as much as you like)
[Marinade for Ohitashi Mame]
About 2 3/4 tablespoons mentsuyu (Japanese noodle soup base)
1 tablespoonmirin (sweet cooking rice wine; any brand is fine)
3/4 cupwater (200 ml)

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Steps

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Boil the edamame until just tender, remove the beans from the pods, and peel off the thin skins from the beans.
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For the marinade: Add all the marinade ingredients to a pot and bring to a boil. If you prefer a sweeter flavor, add more mirin.
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Add the edamame from step 1 to the marinade, and let them soak in the refrigerator for 2 hours to half a day. They're ready to eat after marinating.
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[Variation]
Make extra marinade from step 2 and use it to make cold ochazuke (rice with tea and toppings). It's also delicious served warm.
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Additional Note 1*
If you can find green soybeans, soak them in water to rehydrate, then use them in this recipe.
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Additional Note 2*
In Nagano, ohitashi mame is often made with kurakake beans. I tried it with those, too!
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Additional Note 3*
For New Year's, it's common to add kazunoko (herring roe) to ohitashi mame. This is another tasty way to enjoy it!
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Thank you to Runamari-san for making this with kurakake beans!
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Photo updated on July 24, 2013.
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This recipe became popular on August 3, 2010, and again (with 100 people) on February 15, 2015! Thank you so much!

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Published in the US on July 22, 2025 14:01

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