mongo guisado mung bean soup

Prawn

Mongo Guisado Mung Bean Soup

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
8 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

Directions

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