RCI-VG.004.0366.001

Ginisang Mongo

Name: Ginisang Mongo
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 1 unit mung beans (1 cup, washed and soaked in tepid water for 30 minutes prior to boiling); 1 tbsp cooking oil; 3 cloves garlic (crushed); 1 small onion (sliced); 1 cup pork (sliced thinly); 2 tbsp patis (fish sauce)- optional; 3 medium tomatoes (sliced); 1 cup broth (or more; may use water; add according to the consistency you want); 1 unit salt and pepper to taste; 1 unit bitter melon leaves or 2 cups spinach leaves (or amount depends on how much you want); ½ cup shredded tinapa (smoked herring) - optional; 1 unit chicharon (if desired)

Munggo or mung or mongo bean (baeatong in Aklanon) is a versatile vegetable. The beans is the main i

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

mung beans
1 cup, washed and soaked in tepid water for 30 minutes prior to boiling
1 unit
cooking oil
1 tbsp
garlic
crushed
3 cloves
onion
sliced
1 small
pork (sliced thinly)
1 cup
patis (fish sauce)- optional
2 tbsp
tomatoes
sliced
3 medium
broth (or more; may use water; add according to the consistency you want)
1 cup
salt and pepper to taste
1 unit
bitter melon leaves or 2 cups spinach leaves (or amount depends on how much you want)
1 unit
shredded tinapa (smoked herring) - optional
½ cup
chicharon (if desired)
1 unit

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Ginisang Mongo

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