Mungo Guisado – Filipino Mung Bean Stew
Mungo Guisado or Filipino Mung Bean Stew is a classic comfort dish, it’s one of my favorites. Mung beans in case you didn’t know are the beans that produce bean sprouts. That crunchy sprout commonly used in many types of Asian Cuisine.
In many Mungo Guisado recipes including the one my grandmothers used they would soak the dried mung beans, in Tagalog its called Mungo beans, in water for hours. My recipe doesn’t call for soaking the beans; skipping the soaking step in my opinion makes my recipe much easier as you don’t have to plan on making the dish hours ahead.
I love mungo guisado on cold rainy days. Eaten with freshly steamed white rice makes it a filling and comforting meal. I use bok choi, Chinese cabbage, in my recipe; but you can use any type of leafy greens such as spinach, bitter melon leaves, kale, or mustard greens.
Here’s my recipe, hope you love it as much as I do!
Ingredients:
2 Cups Dried Mung Beans – available in the Asian markets
2 Tbs. Vegetable oil
1 Large onion chopped
1 Tbs minced garlic
1 Cup tomatoes diced
6+ Cups Water
2 – 3 Tbs Patis – Fish Sauce – adjust to suit your taste
1 Lb. Shrimp shelled and deveined
1 Large Bunch of Bok Choi or other leafy greens roughly chopped
Directions:
Heat oil in large pot
Sauté onions until they start to turn translucent
Add Garlic until it starts to brown
Add Tomatoes and cook until they start to soften
Add dried mungo beans
Add at least 6 cups water and stir well
Bring to a boil then reduce heat and cover pot
Cook for at least an hour or until the beans are softened to your liking – you may have to add more water if the mixture is too thick – add water 1 cup at a time until you get the desired consistency
Stir in Patis and shrimp -you can adjust amount of fish sauce to your liking or leave it at 2-3 tbs and let everyone add more later if they prefer
Cook another 8 minutes or so until shrimp is cooked, they are pink
Add bok choi or leafy greens
Stir in and cook until leaves are wilted
Serve hot
- 2 Cups Dried Mung Beans
- 2 Tbs vegetable oil
- 1 Large onion Chopped
- 1 Tbs garlic Minced
- 1 Cup tomatoes Diced
- 6+ Cups Water
- 2-3 Tbs Patis Fish Sauce
- 1 Lb. Shrimp Peeled and deveined
- 1 Large Bunch of Bok Choi or leafy greens Roughly chopped
- Heat oil in large pot
- Sauté onions until they start to turn translucent
- Add Garlic until it starts to brown
- Add Tomatoes and cook until they start to soften
- Add dried mungo beans
- Add at least 6 cups water and stir well
- Bring to a boil then reduce heat and cover pot
- Cook for at least an hour or until the beans are softened to your liking - you may have to add more water if the mixture is too thick - add water 1 cup at a time until you get the desired consistency
- Stir in Patis and shrimp -you can adjust amount of fish sauce to your liking or leave it at 2-3 tbs and let everyone add more later if they prefer
- Cook another 8 minutes or so until shrimp is cooked, they are pink
- Add bok choi or leafy greens
- Stir in and cook until leaves are wilted Serve hot
