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Heart-Healthy Mung Bean Recipe

This recipe provides instructions for making a Filipino dish called Munggo Guisado which involves sauteing garlic, onions, tomatoes, pork and shrimp then simmering them with precooked mung beans, water, salt and pepper. The dish is high in fiber and protein but low in fat, making it a heart healthy side dish.

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Heart-Healthy Mung Bean Recipe

This recipe provides instructions for making a Filipino dish called Munggo Guisado which involves sauteing garlic, onions, tomatoes, pork and shrimp then simmering them with precooked mung beans, water, salt and pepper. The dish is high in fiber and protein but low in fat, making it a heart healthy side dish.

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Munggo Guisado

(Sauteed Mung Beans) Recipe


1 tablespoon corn oil 1. In a skillet, heat oil, and saute
2 cloves fresh garlic, crushed (or crushed garlic until lightly brown.
1 tablespoon, minced) 2. Add onion and tomatoes. Saute until
1 cup white onions, chopped skin begins to curl.
(1 medium)
3. Add pork, and saute until lightly
1 cup raw tomatoes, chopped brown.
(2 small)
1 cup raw lean pork, thinly 4. Add water, and simmer pork for
about 15 minutes.
sliced (4 ounces)
1 cup raw shrimp, peeled 5. Add the sauteed mix to mung beans,
(4 ounces) and continue to simmer 15 minutes.
1 cup leaf spinach, frozen (about 6. Season with salt and ground pepper.
2/ of a 10-ounce package)
3
7. Add peeled shrimp.
3½ cups precooked mung beans
(from 1¾ cups dry 8. Add frozen leaf spinach, and cook
beans)* 4 minutes until done.
4 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground pepper Yield: Serving size:
8 servings 1 cup:
* T
 o cook dry, uncooked mung beans: Wash and boil the
Calories 160 kcal
uncooked mung beans in a large saucepan, using 6 cups
Total Fat 3.5 g
of water. Cook until tender, about 1½ to 2 hours. Drain.
Saturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 35 mg
Quick Facts Sodium 350 mg
This side dish is heart healthy because: Total Fiber 8g
1. It is made with vegetables, seafood Protein 13 g
(shrimp), and lean meat. Carbohydrates 19 g
Potassium 370 mg
2. A small amount of corn oil is
added.
3. The pork is simmered slowly in
moist heat. Source: Filipino American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays,
American Dietetic Association, 1994.

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