Seafood Monggo

A hearty and flavorful mung bean stew packed with shrimp, crabs, sweet corn, and leafy greens. This comforting Filipino dish blends rich seafood flavors with local vegetables for the perfect

Ingredients Tips:

• Use shrimp cube to deepen the seafood flavor without overpowering
• Choose female crabs for richer broth and fat
• Add more chicharon before serving to keep it crispy
• Swap or combine saluyot, alugbati, and ampalaya leaves based on what’s available

Cooking Tips:

• Soak monggo overnight to reduce cooking time and improve texture
• Stir-fry shrimp separately to prevent overcooking and enhance flavor
• Add leafy greens last to keep them vibrant and fresh
• Adjust water based on your preferred soup thickness

Seafood Monggo

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Ahearty and flavorful mung bean stew packed with shrimp, crabs, sweet corn, andleafy greens. This comforting Filipino dish blends rich seafood flavors withlocal vegetables for the perfect

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Main Course, Salad, Soup

Cuisine asian, Filipino, filipino cuisine

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• ½ kg monggo beans soaked overnight then boiled until tender
• 3 pcs sweet corn chopped and boiled
• 5 pcs crabs steamed
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• 1 thumb-size ginger sliced
• 6 cloves garlic minced
• 2 pcs medium onion chopped
• 2 pcs tomatoes chopped
• 1 kg shrimp
• 1 pc shrimp cube
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 4 pcs long green chili
• Chicharon crushed (for topping)
• Handful of saluyot leaves
• Handful of alugbati native spinach
• Handful of ampalaya leaves

Instructions

 

• Heat cooking oil in a pot, sauté ginger, garlic, onion, and tomatoes until soft
• Add shrimp, stir-fry until just cooked then remove and set aside
• Add shrimp cube and let it dissolve
• Pour in cooked monggo beans, add fish sauce, black pepper, and water as needed
• Stir in long green chili, steamed crabs, and cooked shrimp; simmer briefly
• Add boiled corn and mix gently
• Top with as much chicharon as you like
• Add saluyot, alugbati, and ampalaya leaves and cook until wilted
• Cooking Tips
• Soak monggo overnight to reduce cooking time and improve texture
• Stir-fry shrimp separately to prevent overcooking and enhance flavor
• Add leafy greens last to keep them vibrant and fresh
• Adjust water based on your preferred soup thickness

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