Cooking Filipino Lumpias

We had a traditional Filipino dinner tonight of Lumpias.





My husband's mom is from the Philippines and the last time we visited her I watched her making them and vowed that I would make them for Amelia when she was old enough to try them. Her recipe was not really based on measuring anything (as most authentic recipes seem to be!) but I at least got the ingredients right even if I guessed on the amounts!

 Ingredients (approximate amounts - I did not measure):

• About10 fingerling potatoes 
• 1 pound ground veal, pork and beef mixture 
• 1/2 cup minced onion 
• 1/2 minced carrots 
• salt and pepper to taste 
• 1 package lumpia or egg roll wrappers (I used a package of 60 won ton wrappers)
• vegetable oil for frying
• 1 egg
• rice wine vinegar

Prep: I used my Cuisinart Mini prep to chop up the carrots and onions and potatoes.  If you don't have a food processor - use a grater.  I added the ground meat, salt and pepper and then used my hands to mix it.


 

Separate the wrappers and add a small scoop of the meat mixture inside each one:



Use about a tablespoon of rice wine vinegar and the egg whites from one egg to make the "glue" that holds your wrappers together.  Use your finger (or a pastry brush) to dab on the vinegar and egg white mix on one edge of the wrapper and roll it up like a burrito.




After making your lumpias, you are ready for frying.  Use about a cup of vegetable oil and heat it up to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C).  Use a candy thermometer to make sure your oil is the right temperature.



In small batches - carefully drop the lumpias into the heated oil and cook for about 1-2 minutes on each side, until golden brown.  Drain on paper towels. 



* One thing my mother in law always does is freeze some of them uncooked for later - because this makes a LOT!  So I made about half and put the rest in a Tupperware container for later.  Then you can have a few whenever the mood strikes you!

After frying up your lumpias - pick your favorite dipping sauce and enjoy!  We used Sweet and sour sauce and a sweet chili sauce:





In case you were wondering - Amelia loved them!



Especially the sweet and sour sauce!