If you've recently made a few mung bean recipes and are looking for more ways to use the beans in your pantry, we suggest sprouting them. Sprouting mung beans at home is a simple task that opens up a world of possibilities when making healthy recipes. Mung bean sprouts add a crisp, refreshing crunch to whatever you combine them with and are full of all the same benefits as mung beans. Add mung bean sprouts to your next sandwich, work them into a salad recipe, or use them to make stir fry. After making mung bean sprouts once, you're sure to make them again.
Monggo Guisado, or Mung Bean Stew, is a Filipino Mung Bean Stew that makes for the perfect simple weeknight meal. Nutritious, hearty and delicious, it's typically served with rice and fish and loaded with plant-based protein. That said, there are many sweet and savory ways to prepare this mung bean stew, and the way it is prepared varies from island to island. This Monggo Bean Stew recipe captures the original flavors of mongg guisado but is prepared with a Bob's Red Mill twist. Made with Mung Beans, vegetable broth, coconut milk and ginger, it's a bowl full of flavor that's so good you'll crave it weekly.
After reading about the many mung bean benefits, choose from one of the recipes above to begin adding this legume to your weekly meals. From bean sprouts to Filipino-inspired stew, mung beans are an excellent way to boost the nutritional value and flavor of a recipe simultaneously. We can't wait to hear about the tasty dishes you come up with. From the Bob's Red Mill family to yours, have a fun and flavorful day!
Learn more about mung beans and cooking them by checking out the articles: What Are Mung Beans? and How to Cook Mung Beans.
Do you cook with mung beans regularly? We'd love to hear more about the many ways that you use this superfood. Share your favorite mung bean recipes with us in the comments below.
