Be it filled with meat, vegetable or mix of both, FRIED LUMPIA is always an enjoyable treat . The gastronomic sensation of having crispy fried lumpia dipped in vinegar garlic sauce (or sweet chili sauce) always makes me salivate just with the thought.
Usually its a mixture of ground meat and vegetables when we make lumpia, but at times if we made a big batch of pancit molo filling then it also makes a good fried lumpia. Fishes like bangus and tilapia also makes delicious lumpia filling.
Ingredients
- 1/2 kilo ground pork or beef
- 1 cup togue (monggo sprouts)
- 1 cup julienned (thin strips) carrots
- 1 cup julienned (thin strips) baguio beans
- 5 big cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 big onion, minced
- Salt
- Pepper
- Soy Sauce
- Spring Roll wrapper
- Cooking oil (enough for deep frying 3-4 cups )
- Vinegar and crushed garlic as dip
How to make Fried Lumpia
- In a heated wok or pan, place ground meat and cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Sauté-in garlic and onions.
- Put-in the monggo sprouts and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the carrots and Baguio beans and cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Season with salt, pepper and soy sauce to your desired flavor
- Remove from the pan and let cool.
- Wrap the cooked vegetable in spring roll (lumpia) wrapper.
- In a deep fryer or pan, heat oil until hot enough.
- Deep fry the wrapped lumpia until the the wrapper turns golden brown. Cook in batches like 4-5 pieces at a time depending on size of your pan to maintain the hot oil temperature.
- Remove from the fryer and place in a collander to let the oil dip. You can also use a plate or any container lined with paper towel to absorb excess oils.
- Serve with vinegar and crushed garlic dip. Sweet and chili sauce or tomato catsup also makes good dips.