Lumpia ~ Philippine Style Fried Egg Rolls

Lumpia is probably one of the most popular Philippine dishes. As with most recipes you can modify the stuffing ingredients to better suit your own personal taste. My wife usually uses ground beef, however, ground pork, chicken, turkey, shrimp etc. may be substituted. I think you will most certainly enjoy these.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/4 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
• 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 egg yoke (save the egg white for sealing the wraps
• cooking oil
• one package of lumpia wraps (Look for them in an oriental store. I prefer the round ones over the square ones. Egg roll wraps may work but I personally have never tried them.)
• Banana Katsup (optional for dipping in. This also can be found in most oriental stores. Don't let the name fool you. It is made from bananas but it taste nothing like bananas. you can get sweet or spicy. this stuff is awesome. You'll find yourself putting it on your hamburgers.)

Directions:

Mix together in a medium bowl: ground beef, onion, carrot, celery, pepper, salt garlic powder and egg yoke. Carefully seperate the lumpia wraps (this will probably be the most time consuming part but with a little patiences and practice you'll become a master). Start by placing one wrap one a flat surface. Place one or two teaspoons of meat mixture in the center of wrap in a straight line not quite all the way to the edges. fold one half over the other and and fold the sides in to keep the meat from coming out. Wrap into cylinder shape fairly tight without breaking the wrap. seal the edge with a little bit of the reserved egg white. continue until you run out of meat. . Deep-fry in hot oil until golden brown and drain on paper towel. Serve with Banana Katsup or your favorite sweet and sour sauce.



Back to Philippine Menu

Back to Home Page

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at jeff_pal@hotmail.com

You Are Visitor #

Authored and designed by Jeff Palazzo



This page created with Netscape Navigator Gold