Philippines

Ginisang Monggo

Name: Ginisang Monggo
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Philippines
Ingredients: 250 g Mung beans; 150 g Pork belly; 100 g Prawns; 1 bunch Leafy greens (spinach); some of each Garlic, onion & tomato; 1 tbsp Fish sauce

Filipino mung bean stew

Ginisang monggo is a nourishing Filipino stew of softly cooked mung beans.

With a little pork, prawns and leafy greens, it is traditionally eaten on Fridays.

Servings4

Time50 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Mung beans250 g
Pork belly150 g
Prawns100 g
Leafy greens (spinach)1 bunch
Garlic, onion & tomatosome of each
Fish sauce1 tbsp

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Cook the mung beans soft.
Fry garlic, onion and tomato.
Add the pork and prawns.
Stir in the cooked beans and simmer.
Add leafy greens and season with fish sauce.

Make it original

Mung beans and fish sauce are in the Asia Boutique.

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