Recipe for cooking lumpiang sariwa

Recipes from Oceania and the Philippines :: Oceania and Filipino Appetizers and Snacks

1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tbsp. cooking oil
1/2 pound cooked pork, diced
1/2 c. chopped shrimp
1/2 c. cooked garbanzos (chick peas)
1/4 c. cooked ham, chopped
2 c. julienned carrots
1/2 c. green beans, sliced thinly, French style
2 c. shredded cabbage
18 egg roll wrappers
Lettuce leaves

Cook onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add pork, shrimp, garbanzo beans and ham. Simmer uncovered or without a lid for 5 mins., stirring frequently. Add carrots, green beans and water. Cook for another 5 mins. Add cabbage and salt, stir until cabbage is done. When all of the vegetables are cooked, let the dish cool.

To prepare egg roll wrappers, cook one side only on a lightly greased skillet until wrappers are slightly brown. Cook one side only.

To assemble, place an egg roll skin unbrowned side up on one corner facing you. Top with a lettuce leaf and 1/3 c. cooled vegetable mixture. Roll up, folding in one end of egg roll wrapper and leaving other end open. Serve immediately with Brown Sauce.

Brown Sauce
1/2 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 c. chicken broth
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 clove garlic, finely chopped

In a saucepan, mix sugar and cornstarch. Stir in chicken broth and soy sauce. Cook and stir until mixture bubbles. Lower the heat and add garlic. Cook until thickened.