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Mung bean sprout

Vigna radiataAlso called mung sprout and sukjunamul

Mung bean sprouts are sprouted mung beans that cooks use as a vegetable. They can be boiled, simmered, steamed, or stir-fried, and used as a garnish.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Made from
Mung bean
Family
Fabaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Mung bean sprout, whole

Photo: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use mung bean sprout

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Garnish
  • Steam
  • Stir fry

Cooking with it

For pad thai, add the sprouts near serving time and stir briefly.

Nutrition

What 100 g of mung bean sprout holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 33%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 65%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of mung bean sprout, raw
Energy30 kcal · 126 kJ
Protein3 g
Fat0.18 g
of which saturated0.05 g
Carbohydrate5.9 g
of which sugars4.1 g
Fibre1.8 g
Sodium6 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of mung bean sprout, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium149 mg
Calcium13 mg
Iron0.91 mg
Magnesium21 mg
Zinc0.41 mg
Vitamin C13 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)1 µg
Folate61 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 169957), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where mung bean sprout is cooked

15 dishes in the catalogue use mung bean sprout. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list mung bean sprout among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with mung bean sprout

14 of the 15 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Asinan Bogor

    Indonesia

  • Rebanira itame

    Japan

  • Lotek

    Indonesia

  • Rujak cingur

    Indonesia

  • Karedok

    Indonesia

  • Mi Kocok

    Indonesia

  • Tahu campur

    Indonesia

  • Mie celor

    Indonesia

  • Rice lengko

    Indonesia

  • Soto Kudus

    Indonesia

  • Soto Jepara

    Indonesia

  • Bakwan

    Indonesia

  • Ketoprak

    Indonesia

  • Nasi tumpang

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include mung bean sprout.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: mung bean sprout in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
mung bean (sprouted)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What mung bean sprout is called

Names in 30 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    brote de soja verde · sukjunamul

  • French

    pousse de soja vert · pousse de mungo · germe de soja vert · germe de mungo

  • Italian

    germoglio di fagiolo mungo

  • Portuguese

    Moyashi

  • German

    Mungobohnensprossen · Sojasprossen

  • Dutch

    taugé

  • Russian

    ростки маша · бобы мунг

  • Arabic

    براعم بقلة الماش

  • Chinese

    綠豆芽

  • Japanese

    緑豆もやし

  • Korean

    숙주나물 · 녹두나물

  • Thai

    ถั่วงอก

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  • Armenian

    Լոբու ծիլեր

  • Bikol

    Tawge

  • Burmese

    ပဲပင်ပေါက်

  • Cantonese

    芽菜

  • Catalan

    brot de soia verda · brot de mongeta mung · brot de fesol mung

  • cdo

    Dâu-mò̤-chái

  • Czech

    mungo klíčky

  • Esperanto

    mungidoj

  • Hausa

    Tsire-tsire na wake

  • Indonesian

    toge · kecambah kacang hijau · taoge

  • Javanese

    Kecambah

  • Malay

    tauge halus

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Bønnespirer

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    绿豆芽

  • Slovenian

    kalček zlatega fižola

  • Ukrainian

    Паростки вігни

  • Uyghur

    پۇرچاق ئۈندۈرمىسى

  • Vietnamese

    giá đỗ xanh

  • Waray

    Tawge

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q7635866

Photos

Photo: Kolforn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons