Best Edamame Dip and Spread

Behold the greenness! Introducing an edamame dip with a flavor palate that makes sense. No avocado here. Instead, this is a dip that will widen your mezze pallet with fresh, gingery flavor.

The anatomy of a dip

When it comes to bean dips, my formula hasn’t failed me yet:

• Beans
• fat
• vinegar
• salt
• spices, herbs, and garlic

With a little creativity, you can make many a dip that holds its own by tweaking the ingredient ratios along the way. This edamame dip was created through this type of experimentation, including a lot of tasting along the way. I may or may not have “tasted” a third of the dip…

Edamame dip ingredients

• Beans – edamame
• fat – neutral oil, tahini
• vinegar – rice vinegar
• salt – soy sauce and light soy sauce
• spices, herbs, and garlic – garlic, fresh ginger, a touch wasabi

I served it with tortilla chips, crudité. Then, the next day, as a spread on a salad wrap with spinach, oven roasted tofu, and hot sauce–yum! The edamame dip–and the resultant wrap–was indeed one for the books.

I wish I’d taken more pictures of this edamame dip! I made it for family friends who came over for a social distance happy hour, and my mom served it, by the dollop, in old-fashioned ice cream parlor glasses. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a picture–the humidity was really something else.

Dips for a crowd?

If, sometime in the distant future, you’re serving a crowd, check out some of the other dips around my neck of the inter-webs:

• Lemony Herb Hummus
• Beetroot Hummus
• Baba Ganoush

I hope you enjoy this one, too!

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