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mung bean sprout stir fry
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Stir Fried Mung Bean Sprouts - Cooking Sprouted Mung Beans

How To Cook Sprouted Mung Beans? Stir fried mung bean sprouts makes easy, nutritious side dish with rice or add to scrambled eggs! You may also add this to other vegetable stir fry recipes, or add more protein to it, and you can also use this as a filling for sandwiches, burritos etc if you wish!
Prep Time2 minutes
Cook Time3 minutes
Total Time5 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: how to cook sprouted mung beans, mung bean recipes, mung bean sprout stir fry, mung bean sprouts, mung bean stir fry, stir fried mung beans
Servings: 6
Calories: 74kcal
Author: Parvathy

Ingredients

  • 2 cups mung bean sprouts
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder or minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • salt adjust to taste
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder optional
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil or sesame oil or any oil you prefer

more optional ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon red chili flakes for more spiciness if desired
  • scrambled eggs as you prefer

Instructions

  • Rinse the mung bean sprouts very well and keep it aside.
  • Melt butter in a large pan and then add the sprouted mung beans to the pan.
  • Add salt, olive oil, black pepper, garlic powder, soy sauce, brown sugar and turmeric (if using) and mix well to combine with the mung bean sprouts.
  • Keep the heat in low to medium and stir fry the sprouts for about 2 to 3 minutes until the sprouts are lightly cooked but still crunchy in texture and all the flavors are well blended with the sprouts.
  • Top with red chili flakes if you want more spiciness or mix in scrambled eggs if desired!
  • Serve hot with rice or add to salads, scrambled eggs, soups, stews etc as you like!

Notes

You can cook sprouted mung beans in so many different ways including making stir fried mung beans, using them to make mung bean dal, mung bean soup etc or you can also make scrambled eggs with added mung bean sprouts!

Nutrition

Calories: 74kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 94mg | Potassium: 78mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 225IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 1mg