Fresh Lumpia (Lumpiang Sariwa)

• For filling:

  1 Tbsp olive oil
  ½ C ground chicken breast or lean pork
  ½ C shrimp, peeled and deveined
  2 cloves garlic, chopped
  ½ C cabbage, julienned
  ½ C green beans, julienned
  ½ C carrots, julienned
  ¼ C celery, julienned
  ¼ C jicama, julienned
  ½ C low-sodium chicken broth
  ¼ tsp salt
  ¼ tsp black pepper
  

• For lumpia sauce:

  1 C broth from preparing the filling
  1 Tbsp lite soy sauce
  1 Tbsp brown sugar
  3 cloves garlic, minced
  1 tsp cornstarch
  2 Tbsp cold water
  

• For wrap:

  8 Vietnamese spring-roll wrappers or lumpia wrappers
  8 pieces red leaf lettuce
  ⅓ C dry roasted peanuts, chopped
  

Directions

• 1

  Prepare the filling: Heat oil in a sauté pan, and sauté the ground meat with the shrimp and garlic.

• 2

  Add the vegetables (cabbage, green beans, carrots, celery, and jicama), and sauté until slightly crisp.

• 3

  Add the chicken broth, and continue until vegetables are cooked. Season with salt and black pepper.

• 4

  Remove from heat and use a colander to strain; save the broth for use in preparing the lumpia sauce (steps below). Let meat and vegetable mixture cool to room temperature.

• 5

  Meanwhile, prepare the sauce: Mix 1 cup of the broth strained from the cooked filling, soy sauce, brown sugar, and garlic together in a saucepan, and bring to a boil.

• 6

  In a small bowl, mix the cornstarch in 2 tablespoons of cold water. Slowly add the cornstarch mixture to the broth in the saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sauce thickens.

• 7

  To assemble the spring rolls: Soak one spring roll wrapper in warm water until soft and transparent. Dry immediately with a paper towel.

• 8

  Place the wrapper on a plate, and lay a piece of lettuce on the wrapper. Put 2 tablespoons of the meat and vegetable mixture on the wrapper.

• 9

  Fold bottom of wrapper over filling; wrap one side over filling and roll to the other side (to seal in the filling).

• 10

  Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.

• 11

  Serve with lumpia sauce on top. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.