Lumpiang Shanghia!

     Lumpia or fried spring rolls is known to have been originated by Chinese immigrants from Fujian province of China when they migrated to Southeast Asia including Philippines. In the country where I came from, the Philippines, Filipino's are known to have made a lot of variations to the spring roll. The fillings can be made out of veggies, plantain, jack-fruit, turnip, heart of palm, flake of chicken or fish and a lot more. It's just mainly a matter of preference and creativity. The kind of lumpia I'll be sharing to you is called Lumpiang Shanghia which is ground pork and minced veggies as a filling. Lumpiang Shanghia is the kind of lumpia I always serve because everyone who tries it, loves it!

     I can just see CJ's smile from ear to ear. CJ is my husbands bestfreind, for a quick info, CJ's mom brought my husband's mom to the hospital the night she had him. They have lived in the same neighborhood ever since, so apparently they are just like brothers. Cj never had lumpia not until last summer and he feel in love with it. So this is a recipe of my lumpia requested by CJ.

     This recipe can make about 45-50 pieces of lumpia depending on the quantity you put in your filling. You can store the rest in you freezer for weeks and pull it out anytime you feel like eating Lumpia!

Ingredients:

1 lb ground pork

2 large carrots (minced)

1 medium jicama (minced)

1 medium onion (minced)

2 gloves garlic (minced)

1 egg (beaten)

1 Tbsp soy sauce

1 tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

1 Tbsp flour

1 pack lumpia wrapper (can be found at Asian store in frozen section)

4 cups good olive oil (for deep frying)

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl except lumpia wrapper and oil.

2. Separate one lumpia wrapper from the batch and lay it out on your folding surface.

3. Scoop 1 tbsp of filling and place at the bottom center of the wrapper.

4. Fold lumpia as directed in the video.(Seal lumpia wrapper with water)

5. In a deep frying pan pour in olive oil over 350 degrees/ high heat.

6. Fry each lumpia for about 7 minutes (don't crowd the frying pan)

7. Serve with sweet chili sauce which you can buy at your local Asian Market.

8. Enjoy!

-Love-