MUNG BEAN SOUP (MONGGO)

MUNG BEAN SOUP (MONGGO)

INGREDIENTS:

½ lb Mung Bean

10 cups water

1 to 2 tablespoon canola oil

1 lb pork cutlets (cut into bite size)

1 large roma tomato (chopped)

¼ cup chopped white onion

2 clove garlic (chopped)

1 tablespoon fish sauce

1/8 cup fish sauce

handful spinach

Directions:

In a medium soup pot, boil water and the mung bean over medium to high heat (30 to 45 minutes, you know that the beans are ready when the skins are cracked). 

While waiting for the beans, heat oil, sauté the pork. Once pork is cooked, add onion and garlic, stir until onion is opaque. Add tomato and 1 tablespoon fish sauce. Stir for 1 minute. Set aside until mung bean is ready. Add the pork mixture to the mung bean, add 1/8 cup of fish sauce, and continue to boil for 5 more minutes. Remove the soup from heat. Add spinach and stir. Serve with rice.