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Miso edamame dense bean salad

15 min · 26 g protein · 412 cals / serving

Bright green edamame, white beans and chickpeas tossed with crunchy red cabbage, carrot, cucumber and green onions in a punchy miso, ginger and rice vinegar dressing, finished with toasted sesame. No lettuce and no cooking, so it sits happily in the fridge for four days and tastes better on the second.

Servings4

Ingredients

Miso dressing

  • 2 2/3 cups (14 oz) edamame, frozen shelled edamame
  • 1 (15 oz) can cannellini beans, white beans, drained and rinsed
  • 1 (15 oz) can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 4 cups (a 10 oz bag) shredded red cabbage, bagged shredded red cabbage or coleslaw mix (or 1/3 small head, finely shredded)
  • 1 1/2 cups grated carrot, pre-grated carrot (or 2 medium, coarsely grated)
  • 1 large (or 4 small) cucumber, diced small
  • 4 green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Steps

  1. Put the kettle on. Whisk the miso, tamari, rice vinegar, ginger, garlic, maple syrup, sesame oil and water together in the bottom of a large bowl (or the box you will keep it in) until smooth.Step 1, what it should look like
  2. Put the frozen edamame in a heatproof bowl, cover with just-boiled water from the kettle and leave 3 minutes (or microwave as the bag says), then drain, cool under the cold tap and shake dry.
  3. Add the edamame, white beans, chickpeas, red cabbage, carrot, cucumber and green onions to the dressing and toss until every bean is coated.Step 3, what it should look like
  4. Divide among four containers and scatter with the sesame seeds. Eat now or chill: it keeps 4 days in the fridge, and the beans soak up the dressing, so day two is better than day one. Stir before eating.

Good to know

Can I make it spicy?

Stir a teaspoon or two of chili crisp or sriracha into the dressing, or keep it on the table so children can eat it mild.

Will the cabbage go soft?

Red cabbage and carrot stay crunchy for the full four days, which is why they stand in for lettuce here. The cucumber gives up a little juice by day three; drain it off or add the cucumber fresh each morning if you mind.

Is it gluten-free?

Tamari is brewed without wheat and most white (shiro) miso is made with rice, but barley (mugi) miso and some blends contain gluten, so check the miso's label if you need it gluten-free.

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Per

Calories
84
Protein
(27%)
5 g
Fat
(27%)
2 g
Carbohydrates
(46%)
11 g
of which sugar
3 g
Fiber
3 g
Sodium
269 mg

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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How

As written, 1647 kcal goes into the pot and 1950 g of ingredients comes out as about 1950 g of food: 84 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.