Friday, August 17, 2012

Cooking Filipino Lumpias

We had a traditional Filipino dinner tonight of Lumpias.

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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.


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

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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* 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:

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In case you were wondering - Amelia loved them!

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Especially the sweet and sour sauce!

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5 comments:

Sarah S said...

Yummm!!!

Lisette M said...

How could she not like them? They look delicious!
The filling of meat and potatoes is not cooked before?

Stitchy Mc Floss said...

These look yummy!

We are doing a CAL over on my blog if you want to jump in. :)

Blessings to you and your family, too. :)

mrspao said...

They look delicious!

Crispy Fish Rolls (Crispy Fish Lumpia) said...

yummy... your child looks happy eating lumpia... :)