A classic Filipino appetizer made with beef, carrots and scallions wrapped in spring roll wrappers. Always a party favorite.
Note: For other fillings, you may add minced black mushrooms, minced jicama or water chestnuts, and/or clear noodles. It’s also great with ground pork.
1. Prepare filling. In a large bowl, mix the ground beef, garlic powder, ground pepper, soy sauce, and vinegar until blended. Add carrots and scallions and mix until well blended. Mix in egg and cornstarch. Cover and put in the fridge for at least 30 minutes for meat to absorb flavor.
2. Wrap and cook. Follow wrapping instructions found on the lumpia wrapper packaging. You can use a teaspoonful or tablespoonful of filling, depending on the size of lumpia you want. Once all lumpias are wrapped, heat oil in a deep fryer. Once oil is hot, slowly drop enough lumpia (depending on the size of your fryer) in the fryer, making sure that they are not crowded in there. Fry until they turn golden brown, 3-5 minutes. Remove from the fryer and transfer on to a paper towel-lined strainer. Repeat for the remaining lumpias. You can serve them whole or cut in half (as pictured). Dip in Sweet and Sour Sauce or Duck Sauce. Another great dipping sauce is a mixture of ¼ cup vinegar, 1 teaspoon soy sauce and a dash of ground pepper (add chili pepper flakes for the extra kick!).
Enjoy this SARAPLICIOUS! dish.
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These were great!! I will make these again to serve to a crowd. I wasn’t able to roll them thin enough–not so skilled to make them look like taquitos, but the taste was very authentic, so that didn’t matter!
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Saraplicious! Kitchen on 8.1.2010
They do look like Taquitos! I’ve used Vegetable and Olive oil in the past. The taste is different but not much significant. You just won’t get a golden fry with EVOO. I also make an all veggie version of Lumpia with shredded carrots, cabbage, green onions and bean sprouts. It’s also tasty. There’s so many varieties of Lumpia. This one in particular is more commonly called Lumpia Shanghai.
theyoungcook on 7.29.2010
these actually look sort of like taquitos.
every christmas we make a sort of chinese/asian dinner and it’s always lumpias but with chicken and shrimp with bean sprouts and other goodness!
my question is, does it taste different if i use vegetable oil?
Saraplicious! Kitchen on 7.21.2010
No. The meat is raw.
einnoch on 7.11.2010
Is the meat cooked before you roll the lumpia, like in the recipes that I have made for egg rolls?
Megan {Country Cleaver} on 6.28.2010
Oh goodness this has made my day! I had a neighbor who would bring these over to our house on football Sundays, and they were gobbled up immediately! I’ve always wanted to learn to make them myself, so now I can ~ Thanks so much, I can’t wait to give them a shot!
~Megan