Emerald Cove Ready-to-Use Pacific Wakame, Premium Dried Seaweed, Non-GMO, Gluten Free, 1.76 oz (1 pk)

I couldn’t find seaweed salad anywhere locally, so I gave this a try — and I’m so glad I did. I didn’t have high expectations, but it’s genuinely delicious and super easy to prepare. I use a 4:1 ratio of water to seaweed and let it soak for a few minutes, then drain and gently squeeze out the extra water. The texture after rehydrating is great — soft but still with a nice bite. I usually add rice vinegar, a little fish sauce, and sesame seeds for a quick and tasty seaweed salad. It also works beautifully in poke bowls and sushi bakes. It makes a surprising amount — the seaweed expands a lot when rehydrated, so one package lasts for many servings. I store it in an airtight container on the shelf, and it’s held up really well over time with no change in quality or texture. For a shelf-stable pantry item, this one really delivers.

If you already know about wakame, then you don't need to read this review. If you don't, you should, because this is one of the greatest and most versatile staples you can keep in your kitchen. Wakame is a mild, slightly salty, tasty seaweed that is full of nutrients and flavor. However, you'd starve to death if you tried to live off this, because it has almost no calories. There are a number of ways you can prepare this. As a soup base, it's quite awesome - just simmer a half cup in a pot of water, add miso, soy sauce, or ponzu, and then spike it with frozen shrimp, thin sliced pork, or whatever else you'd like to toss in. Add a dash of sriracha and sesame oil, and you've got a great-tasting low-calorie soup that beats the pants off anything you can get in a can. If you want some carbs in there, add any kind of noodle you like, from vermicelli to udon. Because the wakame itself adds so much flavor, you don't really need to overload it with sodium-laden soy sauce - just add enough for a little more flavor. My favorite use it to use it as an instant salad - just add water! Place a cup or two of wakame in a bowl, and add 2 volumes of ice cold water. Place it in the fridge, drain the next day, and you've got instant salad to last the whole week. I add thin shredded daikon, carrots, cilantro, and whatever meat I have on hand: frozen shrimp, leftover chicken, canned salmon, even taco meat that didn't make it into shells. Add a sauce made of soy or ponzu with a little rice vinegar, fresh ginger juice if you have it, and a little splash of sesame oil. Top with toasted sesame seeds and you've got an awesome seaweed salad that costs pennies to make, has flavor for days, and very little calories. This bag might seem enormous when you first get it, but once you discover its many uses, you'll use it up faster than you ever thought possible - I go through 3-4 bags a year. More wakame trivia: don't worry about depleting the world's supply, as wild wakame is considered one of the top 100 invasive plants, and has even established itself in San Francisco Bay. Wakame also contains the chemical fucoxanthin, which Japanese scientists claim can enhance fat burning - this may be true or not, but given its low caloric content, it'd be hard to get fat eating this stuff anyway.

This is absolutely delicious and easy to use. Added a tablespoon to my miso soup and it was the perfect amount. Tastes exactly like it does at Asian restaurants!

I bought this for making seaweed salad. It was the best value that I could find at the time. It was also my first time making seaweed salad. I soaked it to rehydrate waiting with bated breath until the time that I could enjoy the seaweed salad. Maybe it was my lack of patience, or lack of know how, but getting the seaweed into the little slices like store bought seaweed salad was not happening. After 20 minutes of attempted slaughter of the seaweed, I gave up and made a chunky seaweed salad. Chunky seaweed salad is very fishy. I would say this product is not great for 1st time seaweed salad makers but probably fantastic for other things that need seaweed.

My favorite wakame, superior taste, very clean product, quick shipping

Wonderful flavor, color and texture. Super easy to use and I love that it doesn't have additives. Clean tasting.

I love this is miso soups. Taste is wonderful and so healthy. Packaged well and arrived quickly. Perfect.

Great in miso soup. Adds color and texture without overpowering flavor. A little goes a long way, as the flakes expand substantially. Never would have guessed that I'd learn to love seaweed!