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Mung Bean Soup Recipe


Mung Bean Soup Recipe
Mung bean soup is a Filipino side dish that goes great with fried food. There are many variations on the leaves / veggies / meat / fish that you can add into it and almost every Filipino cook will have their own version

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Ingredients
  • 1.5 cups dried mung (monggo) beans, rinsed
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 2-3 tomatoes, sliced
  • 1/2 cup pork belly, sliced into 1/2" x 1/2" x 1" pieces
  • 2-3 tbsp. dried shrimp
  • 2-3 tbsp. shrimp paste (bagoong)
  • 1-2 tbsp. fish sauce (patis)
  • 1 cup greens (chili leaves, or ampalaya leaves)
  • salt and pepper

Directions
  1. Place beans in a saucepan, cover with water, and boil until soft.
  2. Remove from heat and leave for about 1-1.5 hours until beans have taken the water in and expanded
  3. In a separate pan, fry the pork until browned and a bit crisp. Set aside and keep any oil that remains in the pan.
  4. Add garlic -- when light brown, add onions until transparent, and then tomatoes and when wilted, add shrimp paste.
  5. Add boiled mung beans (including water).
  6. Bring to boil and keep at boil for 15-20min.
  7. Season with salt or fish sauce.
  8. Add leaves and fried pork, simmer for 5min.
  9. Serve hot.

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Comments


Yum - If this is that recipe that generaly at the end prior to eatting you add the pork rind (checharoone?) ten this is my favorite!! I always beg my mom to cook.....YUMMY thanks for sharing..


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