Rolling With Pork & Beans Spring Rolls

I always like to munch on spring rolls or lumpia. May it be Chinese, Shanghai, Ubod, Ngohiong, Rollos Primavera, anything that is rolled and fried is a winner to my palate.

Recently, my fancy in this dish was caught again by a unique recipe from a food magazine called Pork & Beans Spring Rolls, sponsored by of course, a manufacturer of pork and beans. The goal of this recipe is to make a tasty spring roll at a much lesser time as well as budget friendly.

Pork & Beans Spring Rolls

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon cooking oil

2 tablespoons onion, chopped

6 pieces longganisa, chopped

1 cup cabbage, shredded

1 can Pork & Beans (230 grams)

1/3 cup cheddar cheese

8 pieces lumpia wrapper, cut into halves

Procedure:

1. Heat pan with oil, then add onion and longganisa. Fry longganisa until well cooked. Add in cabbage and cook until wilted.

2. Add Pork & Beans and mix well. Simmer until almost dry and pasty.

3. Spread a tablespoon (about 40 grams) of mixture over spring roll wrapper, add cheese then roll.

4. Deep fry until crispy. Serve with ketchup if preferred. Recipe costs only P110.00 and makes 16 rolls.

With Pork & Beans, spring rolls get a tasty twist.

Allow me to add some tips on this one.

1. Instead of just cabbage, you may add shredded carrots as well. This is the best chance that your kids can get their molars on veggies.

2. Other than longganisa, you may want to use chorizo recado if you want a more complex taste other than just sweet meat.

3. Make sure to appropriately chop the longganisa. If you notice, mine are bigger coz I didn't chop them well. (I just didn't have enough time to cook the longganisa and chop them.) It easily tore my lumpia wrapper, so for a hassle-free rolling, make sure the meat is chopped well.

4. My life was easier because I got my veggies at the mall and requested the very accommodating merchandisers to shred the cabbage and carrots finely for me. (God bless their hearts.)

Happy Tummy Thoughts everyone!