Hard Soup

Mongo Guisado (Mung Bean Soup)

Name: Mongo Guisado (Mung Bean Soup)
Prep time: 31 min
Cook time: 78 min
Total time: 109 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: 2 cups water; ounces raw mung beans; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 onion , chopped; 2 cloves garlic , minced; 4 ounces boneless pork loin , cut into 1-inch cubes; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 4 ounces peeled and deveined prawns; 1 small tomato , diced; 3 cups chicken broth , or more as needed; 8 ounces fresh spinach leaves

Total Time

1h 49m

31m prep · 78m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

—

Difficulty

Hard

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This mongo guisado (mung bean soup) recipe is a hearty soup that's excellent on its own or with rice. Mongo beans are also called mung or green beans. Malungay leaves are very nutritious, and the tree is sometimes called a horseradish tree; use them in place of spinach if you can find them.

Ingredients

2 cups water
ounces raw mung beans
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion , chopped
2 cloves garlic , minced
4 ounces boneless pork loin , cut into 1-inch cubes
salt and ground black pepper to taste
4 ounces peeled and deveined prawns
1 small tomato , diced
3 cups chicken broth , or more as needed
8 ounces fresh spinach leaves

Instructions

1

Bring water and mung beans to a boil in a pot; boil until beans are soft, about 40 minutes. Mash beans; set aside.
2

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Add pork; season with salt and black pepper. Cook and stir 3 minutes. Gently stir in prawns; cook 2 minutes. Add tomatoes; cook 3 minutes more. Reduce heat. Add chicken broth; simmer and stir for 5 minutes.
3

Add mashed beans; mix well. Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent soup from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Add more chicken broth or water if soup is too thick. Stir spinach leaves into soup; cook 2 minutes more. Serve hot.