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requested recipe: Spicy Lumpia
there are many version of Lumpia or commonly known as Spring Rolls. There are Thai inspired versions, Fried Pork versions, and Fried Vegetarian Versions....
Dips also vary....
traditionally the Thai or Fresh Spring Roll version is dipped with a sweet and savory sauce made with sugar, cornstarch, some water, chopped unsalted peanuts, chopped garlic, some salt, a teeny tiny bit of vinegar, and cracked pepper heated up in a pan for a couple minutes til a light brown color
dip for the fried version is usually the Thai Style Sweet and Sour Sauce or Good old regular Banana or Tomato ketchup. Personally I prefer the banana ketchup with this, and this is the only time I would eat anything with banana ketchup, only for this. But that's just my preference.
dipping sauce for the fried vegetarian version is usually vinegar, some calamansi, bird's eye peppers / siling labuyo, garlic, onions and occasionally some soy sauce.
Here are the common recipes for all three:
Ingredients:
* 1 pound of ground beef or pork (whatever meat you want)
* 1 cup shrimp, chopped
* 1 cup carrots, chopped
* 1 cup green beans, chopped finely
* 1 cup bean sprouts
* 2 cloves of garlic
* 1/2 yellow onion, chopped
* 1 egg, slightly beaten
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 tablespoon red crushed pepper
* salt and pepper to taste
* lumpia wrappers
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* vegetable oil for frying
Procedure:
* Saute garlic and onion in a 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add the ground beef or pork and stir-fry until the ground meat will turn its color from red to gray.
* Add the carrots and shrimp, then add 1 tablespoon of red crushed pepper. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper to taste.
* Add the egg, green beans and bean sprouts. Let it cook for 3 minutes. or until golden brown.
* Wrap in lumpia wrapper and dip fry in vegetable oil.
Note: You can dip the spicy lumpia shanghai in sweet and sour sauce or any sauce that you prefer
fresh thai style lumpia
Lumpia is a delicious and a healthy Filipino appetizer. It actually resembles to the popular Asian dish spring rolls. In Philippines we actually have several versions of this dish, it could be with vegetables, fresh or fried or with meat or fish that is also fried.
Enjoy this fresh Lumpia recipe!
Sariwang Lumpia
Ingredients:
half a cup of sliced cabbage in julienne strips
1 carrot sliced in julienne strips
one cup of bean sprouts
1 small sweet potato sliced in julienne strips
1 onion sliced
2 cloves of garlic minced
10 pieces of prawns boiled, shelled and cut into two lengthwise
half a cup of shrimp broth
1 small block of tofu cut in small cubes
salt
pepper
1 teaspoon of fish sauce
some cooking oil
lettuce
10 pieces of lumpia wrapper
Procedure:
In a pan put the cooking oil, sauté the garlic and onion. Once it has becomes translucent add the vegetables, stir fry for about five minutes add your tofu, salt, fish sauce and pepper. Pour the shrimp stock and cover, let it cook for another five minutes. The vegetables should be a little bit crispy. Drain your vegetables.
Assembling the lumpia:
Lie your lumpia wrapper, put a lettuce leaf, put 1 prawn and scoop your cooked vegetables. Roll it gently one time, then fold the sides then continue rolling to seal it. You can serve it with sweet and spicy peanut sauce.
Mini Vegetable Lumpia with Garlic-Vinegar Dip
2 Tbsp. olive oil
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 medium-sized onion, finely chopped
1/2 cup green beans, finely sliced
1/2 cup carrots, finely chopped
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
1 cup bean sprouts
Pepper to taste
Soy sauce to taste
1 tsp. sesame oil
Mini spring roll wrappers
3 Tbsp. water
Oil for frying
In a pan, heat oil medium-hot then add garlic. When garlic is slightly brown, add onions then stir-fry the vegetables until almost done. Season with pepper, soy sauce and sesame oil. Set aside, draining excess liquid. Separate mini spring roll wrappers and cover with damp cloth. Take one wrapper at a time, laying each wrapper on a plate. Place a tablespoon of vegetables on the wrapper, and wrap vegetable mixture firmly, sealing the edge with a little water. Heat oil in a deep frying pan on 'hot' stove setting and fry spring rolls until lightly browned (using a deep fryer is best). Serve hot with garlic-vinegar dip.
Garlic-Vinegar Dip
3 cloves garlic, finely crushed
1/2 cup vinegar of choice
1/8 tsp. ground pepper
Pinch of salt
1 tsp. shallots, finely chopped
1 chili pepper, chopped (optional)
Mix ingredients in a glass bowl and add more vinegar/pepper/salt as required.
, what we have as "Adobo" is simply a seasoning or marinade so i was looking forward to seeing what was considered true Filipino Adobo nice job on the post man, and please enter a throwdown, were not pros we just cook what we thinks taste good, so dont feel intimidated its all in fun
Any other awesome pork recipes? Or a recipe for Escabetcheng Lapu-Lapu? 
