Recipes

Lumpia

By: The Local Palate
Lumpia by Nikko

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yields

Makes 50

    Ingredients
  • 3 cups plus 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, divided
  • 1 pound ground pork
  • 1 red onion, minced
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 3 tablespoons minced ginger
  • ½ cup minced carrots
  • ½ cup minced potato
  • ½ cup minced string beans
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 4 tablespoons kalamansi juice
  • 4 tablespoons Maggi liquid seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons fish sauce
  • 2 tablespoons chicken powder (chicken bouillon)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pepper
  • 50 lumpia wrappers
  • Special equipment
  • Deep-fry thermometer
steps

For the filling:

  1. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a wide pan over high heat. Add pork to pan and cook until brown and not clumpy, stirring, about 6 minutes. Drain pork, reserving oil, and set aside.
  2. In the same pan, heat reserved oil over medium-high; add onion, garlic, and ginger and sauté for 5 minutes. Return pork to pan along with carrot, potato, and beans and cook for 7 more minutes.
  3. Add scallion, kalamansi juice, Maggi, fish sauce, chicken powder, salt, and pepper, mixing thoroughly to combine.

For wrapping and frying the lumpia:

  1. Measure 1 cup of water into a bowl. On a work surface, arrange one wrapper like a diamond and brush the top half with water. Scoop 1 tablespoon of filling onto the part of the wrapper closest to you. Fold the bottom corner over the filling, then fold in both sides and roll up until completely wrapped. Repeat until all filling is used.
  2. In a Dutch oven or high-sided heavy pot, heat 3 cups oil to 350 degrees, then drop in lumpia in batches and fry until golden brown and crispy. Repeat until all lumpia are cooked.

  • Recipe Adapted from
    Nikko Cagalanan of Kultura in Charleston, South Carolina

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