Title: What Is Wakame and How Is It Used?
Headings: What Is Wakame?
What Is Wakame?
Fast Facts
What Is Wakame?
Wakame vs. Nori
Wakame Uses
How to Cook With Wakame
What Does It Taste Like?
Wakame Recipes
Where to Buy Wakame
Storage
Nutrition and Benefits

Content: Because wakame does come from the sea, it will taste of the sea, or at least evoke those kinds of flavors, but without any fishiness. In terms of its texture, rehydrated wakame has a slightly rubbery, slippery texture, almost squeaky when you bite into it. Dried wakame straight from the bag, also a snack option, resembles a slightly chewy potato chip. Wakame Recipes
Although not common in Western kitchens, wakame is a very versatile ingredient. Use rehydrated wakame in salads, add it to vegetable soups, or serve it as a side dish to meats and rice dressed with sesame oil and soy sauce. Use the dry ground powder, soy sauce, spring onions, honey, and sesame seeds to marinate meats before grilling. Mix rehydrated chopped wakame into pasta salads and dress with tamari and onion salt. Cucumber and Wakame Salad
Korean Seaweed Soup
Basic Miso Soup with Wakame
Where to Buy Wakame
Most Asian markets will have wakame, but other supermarkets might have wakame in the international aisle, or in a section devoted to sushi, where the sushi rice, soy sauce, and nori are stocked. Another alternative is to find it online. Wakame is most commonly found in small bags in its dried form, but the dry salt-preserved kind will be in the refrigerated section, most likely in an Asian market rather than the common grocery store.