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Nishiki Market – 1,000 Foods To Eat Project

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1,000 Foods to Eat Project

I am working my way through the foods that are listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton. This is called my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. A visit to Nishiki Market in Kyoto, Japan was food #37 in my project. 🙂

Ok, so Nishiki Market is not a food. The book actually lists some of what I would classify as “food experiences,” of which a visit to this amazing market in Kyoto is one.

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Spicy Koshari – 1,000 Foods to Eat Project

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Koshari

Movie Night “Cleopatra“

Recently we watched Cleopatra, the 1963 film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. This was a lavish film, and I have to say that Elizabeth Taylor was the most amazing Cleopatra!

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San Marzano Tomatoes – 1,000 Foods To Eat Project

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Cento Brand San Marzano Tomatoes
Cento San Marzano Tomatoes

1,000 Foods To Eat Project

I am working my way through the foods that are listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton. This is called my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. San Marzano Tomatoes is Food #35 in my project. 🙂

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Japanese Eggplant – 1,000 Foods To Eat Project

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Japanese Eggplant
Japanese Eggplant From My Garden

What is Japanese Eggplant?

Japanese eggplant is called “nasu” in Japan. This eggplant is quite different from our American eggplant. The nasu is slender, smaller, and not as bitter as our American eggplant.

The skin of this eggplant is thin, and the flavor is sweet. Additionally it also has way fewer seeds than our American version and is a member of the Nightshade family, which also includes potatoes and tomatoes.

This versatile eggplant is great baked, broiled, steamed, stir fried, and grilled!

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Incredible Wasabi! – 1,000 Foods to Eat Project

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wasabi root in pans

We recently returned from a ONCE IN A LIFETIME TRIP TO JAPAN! The word “incredible” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

1,000 Foods To Eat Project

I used this as an opportunity to try to knock off as many of the Japanese foods as I could that are listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton.

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1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton

Basically I am trying my best to work my way through this book, and what better way to enjoy the Japanese foods than in Japan!

I learned Japan is COMPLETELY FOOD OBSESSED! I was in my element and had the time of my life trying some of the Japanese foods in the book.

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Amazing Soba! – 1000 Foods To Eat Project

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Soba noodles in a bowl, soba sauce in a bowl, and green onions, wasabi, grated daikon and chopsticks

I am currently working on my 1,000 Foods to Eat Project. This project is based on the book 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, by Mimi Sheraton. The back of the book jacket states that the book contains “the tastes, ingredients, restaurants, dishes, and recipes (more than 70) that every food lover should experience or dream about.” As I am a food lover, I certainly didn’t want to miss out on anything, so I purchased this book and began my project.

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Yuzu – 1,000 Foods to Eat Project

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Yuzu in a plastic container

We recently returned from a ONCE IN A LIFETIME TRIP TO JAPAN! The word “incredible” doesn’t even begin to describe it. I was supposed to run the Tokyo Marathon on March 1, 2020. However it was cancelled for all except the elite and wheelchair athletes. I am neither one of those, so I was unable to run. The cancellation was due to the coronavirus situation.

1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die

I had booked flights and had planned an extensive 3 week trip across Japan, and my husband and I decided to move forward with our trip. I used this as an opportunity to try to knock off as many of the Japanese foods listed in the book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton.

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Healthy and Nutritious Spicy Edamame!

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Spicy Edamame and chopsticks

1,000 Foods to Eat Project

The book 1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die by Mimi Sheraton lists edamame as one of the foods to eat. She says that the foods she lists in her book are the tastes that every food lover should experience or dream about. I am working my way through these foods, and edamame is food #29 that I am posting about!

Edamame are young soy beans that are harvested before they are ripened or hardened. Spicy Edamame is my favorite way to eat edamame!

The first time I discovered edamame was at the cinema. They were offering this on their menu, I ordered, and happily shelled and munched my way through the film! These were salted edamame, and oh so delicious.

But I like SPICE. So I found a recipe for Spicy Edamame, from a Japanese restaurant here in San Antonio, which I tweaked a bit and let me tell you…I was in HEAVEN! These Spicy Edamame are absolutely addictive. They are bathed in a hot chili oil and ginger based sauce…need I say more?

Spicy Edamame in a bowl

I can sit and snack on these all day…and did I happen to mention that edamame is really good for you? Nutritionally sound..you can feel good about enjoying this most delicious and healthy snack, or side!

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Hot Chili Oil and Ginger Sauce!

By the way you’ll make more of the ginger based sauce than what is needed for this particular recipe. So you can use the extra ginger based sauce as a dipping sauce for veggies, or even mixed into some rice!

The ingredients include soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, sugar, oyster sauce, ginger, green onions, hot chili oil, and garlic. Before I made this I wasn’t very familiar with mirin, but I learned that it is similar to sake. It’s an essential ingredient in Japanese cooking with a lower alcohol content than sake but with a higher sugar content. I used Aji-Mirin by Kikkoman, which you can purchase here on Amazon.

Aji-Mirin
Kikkoman Aji-Mirin

You will also need some hot chili oil for this recipe. Amazon has a good selection of hot chili oils, including Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp (Chili Oil Sauce) and it even comes with a little spoon. 🙂

Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp (Chili Oil Sauce)

I hope you’ll give this absolutely delicious Spicy Edamame a try.

Spicy Edamame in a bowl

All credit for this recipe goes to former culinary arts student Anthony Santonastaso!

Some Other Recipes You May Enjoy!

Cold Soba Noodles With Dipping Sauce

Soba noodles in a bowl, soba sauce in a bowl, and green onions, wasabi, grated daikon and chopsticks

Japanese Pickled Cucumber

Japanese Pickled Cucumber

Korean Spicy Bean Sprouts

Korean Spicy Bean Sprouts

1,000 Foods to Eat Before You Die

Please follow along with me on this quest to try the 1,000 Foods To Eat Before You Die, from the book by Mimi Sheraton! Join me in this journey and discover new foods, experiences, and cuisines which I hope will add inspiration, fun, and joy to your life! Visit the 1,000 Foods to Eat Project page to view a list of the foods tried so far.

Edamame is #29 on my list of foods to try. 29 down, 971 to go!

If you’d like to follow along and be a part of the 1,000 Foods Project, please sign up to get the latest recipes and inspiration for you to expand your food comfort zone! It’s an incredible journey, please join me by signing up here. 🙂

Cheers! Grace

Spicy Edamame in a bowl

Spicy Edamame

Inspired by Sushihana’s Restaurant’s Spicy Edamame created by Anthony Santonastaso
This absolutely delicious and spicy edamame is perfect as a side or a snack! You can feel so good about eating this healthy and nutritionally sound food! Enjoy!
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Prep Time 12 mins
Cook Time 7 mins
Course Appetizer
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups edamame can use frozen
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tbsp hot chili oil I used Dynasty brand (Chinese style hot chili oil)

Ginger Sauce

  • 1/4 cup soy sauce I used Kikkoman
  • 2 tbsp mirin I used Aji-Mirin from Kikkoman
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 ts sugar
  • 2 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1.5" piece ginger peeled and minced
  • 4 green onions sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced

Instructions
 

  • Prepare edamame if frozen. Cook according to package directions and leave aside.
  • Prepare your Ginger Sauce by combining soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, sugar, oyster sauce, ginger, green onions, and garlic.
  • Heat up the butter in a large pan on med high heat. Add the edamame and continually stir around 3 minutes.
  • Remove from the heat, and stir in the hot chili oil and 3 tbsp of the Ginger Sauce.

Notes

Enjoy this deliciously sweet, salty, and spicy moreish snack!!!  So good you’ll be craving it time and time again!  Please note you will have more than enough of the ginger sauce so you can use the residual as a dipping sauce for veggies or perhaps mixed into rice.  
Keyword Edamame