Air Fryer Edamame in Pods

Air fryer edamame frozen or fresh is a great way to cook soy beans in a pod. Serve as a Japanese side dish with dinner or shelled dried edamame as a protein packed snack.

Air Fryer Frozen Edamame Recipe

There are two methods we think are best. When we first discovered that we could make this at home we boiled them as the packages usually recommend. Submerged in water you’re going to lose vitamins and nutritional value cooking any vegetable this way.

We baked them out of the pod which we will share below, but when I do not want to heat up my whole house this is the best way to make air fryer snacks. You can throw these in defrosted or right out of the freezer out of the bag and still hard. Works the same way.

in Ninja

You’re kinda’ steaming them in Ninja Foodi or a Cosori, especially if you add them in their frozen state. The ice will melt and the hot circulating air will create steam to get the beans tender inside. That is the only part you will eat but the outside has a lot of flavor with seasoned salts and even spicy if you toss them in some chili paste.

You can find these bagged in the freezer section at almost every grocery store out there. There isn’t one I haven’t seen them in. There are name brands and store brands, I don’t find that there is a difference at all between the two. This is what I use and options to spice them up a bit:

Ingredients

1. Bag of frozen edamame in the pod
2. Olive oil spray or you could use avocado oil
3. Sea salt is best for flavor
4. You could add pepper if you liked

with Spicy Sauce

When this is done you will toss together in this sauce. Whisk the following items together until smooth (mostly) and toss with tender pods;

• 3 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp sesame oil
• 1 Tbsp chili paste and mayonnaise
• 2 tsp soy sauce

Tips

I always like to preheat my machine before adding any food, and spray the basket with olive oil. I rarely skip these steps. The only difference between fresh or frozen is the cook time of course.

Taste this after you are done and you can adjust as needed. Make it hotter with more chili obviously or add more air fryer garlic diced up if you like.

We talk all about Frozen Edamame here and all the ways you can cook it, this is just one choice. Yes you can boil or microwave but the texture is better this way.

You really just throw them in and let them get soft. Normally you shouldn’t overlap pieces and insist on everything being in a single layer but like frozen french fries cooked this way it is okay in these cases. You just need to toss the contents halfway through so it all cooks evenly.

It doesn’t matter what brand of small kitchen appliance you have. Ninja Foodi works well, so does my AirWave and Cosori. They all work basically the same and the biggest difference is the size and shape of the air fryer basket. That’s really it, okay and maybe the color of the machine on the outside.

How to Cook Edamame in the Air Fryer

• Place in a bowl.
  • For defrosted or shelled edamame, lay on paper towels first to remove water from outsides.
• Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle salt and pepper on top and toss together.
• Set the air fryer to the correct temperature and pour them in in a single layer.
• Air fry to heat thru the pod evenly.
• Toss halfway through cook time shaking the basket so the heat can rotate and permeate all sides and inside.

And then you just slide your teeth across the bottom and top so the soy beans pop right out. These and our air fryer cucumber chips are a healthy snack that’s gluten free and delicious.

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