Munggo Guisado with Shrimp

Name: Munggo Guisado with Shrimp
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 cup green mung beans (best if soaked overnight); 1.5 cups coconut milk; 1.5 cups vegetable or chicken stock (or water if you have neither); 1 whole head of garlic, peeled and chopped; 1/2 a small onion, very thinly sliced; 1 pinky-sized piece of ginger, peeled; 2 bay leaves; small handful of frozen shrimp or a bit of pork (pork belly or bacon would be nice here), optional; small handful of spinach, optional, washed and rinsed

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:1h

This delicious Filpino mung bean stew is a wonderful side dish to other traditional Filipino foods like chicken adobo! It also makes a hearty main dish all on its own, served with white rice. Munggo guisado is tasty, healthy, and couldn't be simpler to make using pantry ingredients. The shrimp is optional here, but it's how my stepmom makes it. You can easily substitute pork, which is more traditional, or omit the meat entirely for a vegan dish!

Updated at: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:52:18 GMT