Ginisang Munggo (Sautéed Mung Beans)

Posted on May 21, 2011 | by Ray

Ginisang Mongo or sautéed mung beans can be very boring and bland if it’s not cooked correctly. That is why some folks would add all kinds of goodies to the dish to make it flavorful, like adding smoked fish (tinapa), or chicharon (pork rinds). Okay here is a simple and yet very tasty version of this dish. What you need to do is peel the shrimp, fry the shells, and use the same oil to saute your pork in. Let’s do it.

Ginisang Mongo (Sautéed Mung Beans)

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups Mung Beans AKA Mongo
12 cups water
12 pcs Whole Shrimp - peeled and deveined.
1/4 lb Pork Meat (substitute with Chicken if you'd like) - cut in half-inch strips
1/2 Red Onion - diced
1 small Tomato - diced
5 cloves garlic - finely minced
3 Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 1/2 Tablespoon Fish Sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 bunch fresh Spinach

DIRECTIONS:

Peel all the shells and heads of the shrimp. Tails can be left on if you'd like.
Set aside shells and heads in a bowl.
Devein the shrimp and set aside in a separate bowl.
Combine water and mung beans in a deep sauce pot.
Place the pot over high heat to boil.
When the water is boiling, turn heat to medium.
Continue boiling until beans are soft to touch and outer shells are separating.
Add more water if needed. This dish has to be soupy.
Turn off the heat and set aside.

You may do these following steps while boiling mung beans

Place a pan over then add oil.
When the oil is hot, add shrimp shells and head.
Fry the shells until it turns crispy.
Place small colander over a bowl.
Transfer fried shrimp's shells including the oil into the colander, let it drain then discard the shells.
Add the shrimp oil back in the same pan.
Turn heat to medium-high.
When the oil is hot, add onion, tomatoes, and garlic.
Saute for about 2 minutes.
Add pork and fish sauce then saute until pork becomes light brown.
Transfer everything to the pot of boiled mung beans.
Turn heat to high and let it boil.
Once boiling, turn heat to medium, and then add the shrimp and spinach.
Let it simmer for about 2 minutes.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve with rice.

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10 Comments → “Ginisang Munggo (Sautéed Mung Beans)”

Adora's Box

2 years ago

Yum. Such a comfort food. Love the shrimp oil. Did you save some of the boiled mongo to eat with milk and sugar? That’s my favourite part of the mongo experience.

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- Ray
  
  2 years ago
  
  Oh yeah Adora, that’s the best part of cooking ginisang mongo. Setting aside some of the boiled mung beans to add milk and sugar for that quick meryenda.
  
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Tina

1 year ago

I cook my ginisang monggo with the same ingredients as yours (except that I also add ginger), but I must say that your monggo looks a lot better than mine!

Nice to find you on Adora’s Box, Ray! I’m your newest follower on FB!

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- Ray
  
  1 year ago
  
  Hi Tina,
  
  OMG, I hope Adora didn’t mind, hahaha! Well, thank you very much for your nice comment Tina. I’ll be following you as well.
  
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Oggi

1 year ago

Gourmet ginisang munggo. I’m getting hungry just staring at it. And yes, we always set aside some cooked mung beans for a sweet snack.

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- Ray
  
  1 year ago
  
  Thank you Oggi for calling it Gourmet. My wife calls it Art – (MaARTe raw ako), Hahaha!
  
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Nami @ Just One Cookbook

1 year ago

Hi Ray! Thank you for visiting my site. Wow I love your professional looking website! And there are videoclips on how to too! What an amazing job. As I just started blogging, I know how much it takes to build a blog like this. And the pictures…. gorgeousness pictures. Your cooking look fantastic and I’m happy to follow you now. Nice to meet you Ray!

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- Ray
  
  1 year ago
  
  Hi Nami,
  
  Thank you very much for the your compliment and kind words. I will for sure be following you as well. Have a wonderful day, Nami!
  
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Juliana

1 year ago

How interesting…I never had savory mung bean…I will have to try this one out. Looks yummie with shrimps. Awesome pictures and video. Hope you are having a great week Ray

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- Ray
  
  1 year ago
  
  Hi Juliana,
  
  Shrimp is one of ingredients that make this dish flavorful. Thank you for your compliment!
  
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