Eating in China
Shelled pale-green immature soybean kernels in a white ceramic bowl.

Fresh green soybeans

Chinese name
鲜毛豆仁
Mandarin pinyin
xiān máo dòu rén

Immature soybean kernels, also called maodou or edamame, used as a vegetable.

Type
Legumes

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Plump pale-green to yellow-green oval kernels, sometimes with a thin loose skin; shown shelled.

In the kitchen

Cook before eating. Used whole in cooked dishes or ground and simmered for Yunnan-style lazy tofu.

Distinct from mature dried soybeans, green peas and fermented maodoufu. Fresh and frozen forms exist. Contains soy.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鲜毛豆仁吗?

Does this dish contain Fresh green soybeans?

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