Pork Monggo

Name: Pork Monggo
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 5-6 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 kilo pork cut into cubes; 1 cup hibe/dried shrimp; 1 cup monggo/mung beans; 1 ampalaya/bittermelon no seed sliced thinly,soaked in hot water; 5 cloves garlic minced; 1 onion diced; 2 tomatoes cubed; 1-2 cups malunggay leaves; 2 tablespoons fish sauce; 1 pork bouillon cube; 6 cups water; Cooking oil; to taste Salt and pepper; Optional: crushed chicharon and tinapa (smoked fish) flakes

Missus C @cook_3444903

A budget-friendly dish as it does not require a lot of ingredients. You can also remove the pork and just use dried or smoked fish, like dilis/anchovies, or tinapa to stretch your budget even more. That's why a lot of Filipino moms (or dads) have this on the menu during Fridays or later part of the week. And if you don't include pork (which can also be replaced by chicken), you can also serve this during the Holy Week.

Missus C @cook_3444903

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Ingredients

45 minutes

5-6 servings

1/2kilo pork cut into cubes
1 cuphibe/dried shrimp
1 cupmonggo/mung beans
1ampalaya/bittermelon no seed sliced thinly,soaked in hot water
5 clovesgarlic minced
1onion diced
2tomatoes cubed
1-2 cupsmalunggay leaves
2 tablespoonsfish sauce
1pork bouillon cube
6 cupswater
Cooking oil
to tasteSalt and pepper
Optional: crushed chicharon and tinapa (smoked fish) flakes

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Steps

45 minutes

1

In a pot, boil washed mung beans in water (make sure beans are covered in water, add more whenever necessary to avoid burning) for 30-45 minutes or until soft/cooked. Set aside.
2

Heat pan in oil and add garlic and onion. Cook until garlic is light golden brown and onion is translucent. Add tomatoes and dried shrimp cook for about 2-3 minutes.Add ampalaya/bitter melon or gourd that was soaked in hot water to remove bitterness (make sure to rinse and remove water from ampalaya). Set aside.
3

In the same pan, add pork and cook for about 20-30 minutes or until all sides have browned. If the cut pork has fat, I like making sure the fat part is toasted to make it crunchy. Or just throw the pork in the air fryer to cook.
4

Add cooked pork, garlic, onions, ampalaya/bittermelon, tomatoes, dried shrimp and pork cube to the pot with the cooked monggo beans and bring to a boil. Add fish sauce, salt, and pepper to taste. Simmer for about 5 minutes. Turn the heat off. Add malunggay leaves and cover pot for another 5 minutes to let the residual heat cook the leaves.
5

Serve with chicharon or tinapa flakes on top and with a side of steamed white rice.