# soya bean roasting

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 17, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soya-bean-roasting/72766 "2001-07-17T05:10:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![delilah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@delilah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delilah)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soya-bean-roasting/72766/1 "2001-07-17T05:10:20Z")

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i was wondering if anyone knows how to roast SOYA BEANS. so far, the typical methods have done nothing to roast the tough little buggers.  
thanks.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soya-bean-roasting/72766/2 "2001-07-18T00:43:18Z")

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Bump.

Are you trying to roast dried soy beans, of the sort used to make soup? I’m guessing it would work better if you used fresh soy beans. I have no first-hand experience at trying to roast soybeans, so I can’t help much.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soya-bean-roasting/72766/3 "2001-07-18T00:50:08Z")

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I love the Internet.

How to roast soybeans (make soynuts).

[http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/faq/faq.pdl?project\_id=1&faq\_id=96](http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/faq/faq.pdl?project_id=1&faq_id=96)

Basically, you take dry soybeans, blanch them (simmer them for 5 minutes), then you discard that water, get some fresh boiling water and cook them for 15 minutes. This guy says they’ll make better soynuts if you then “de-hull” them. I presume he means roll them around in paper towels until the hulls come off.

Then you dry them as much as possible with paper towels, and deep fry them.

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**Author:** ![delilah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@delilah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delilah)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soya-bean-roasting/72766/4 "2001-07-19T06:05:37Z")

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that’s great duck duck goose. thanks so much. perfect.