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                  LUMPIA (CLOSE KIN TO CHI.EGG ROOLS)

Serving Size  : 2    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Pork                             Seafood

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  4                    Oriental dried mushrooms
    3/4   lb           Lean ground pork
  1       md           Size onion, chopped
  3                    Cloves garlic, minced or
                       -pressed
    1/3   lb           Med. size raw shrimp,
                       -shelled, deveined, chopped
    1/3   c            Water chestnuts, chopped
  1       tb           Soy sauce
  1                    Egg lightly beaten
                       Salad oil
                       Lumpia Sweet & sour sauce
                       -recipe follows
 12                    Lumpia wrappers (recipe)
                       - or egg roll skins(thicker
                       -than monemade lumpia, so
                       -not as delicate a crust
                       -after frying)

 Prepare sweet and sour sauce; set aside.  Also prepare lumpia
 wrappers and set aside. Soak mushrooms in warm water to cover for 30
 min., then drain. Cut off and discard stems; finely chop caps.
 Crumble porc into a wide frying pan.  Add onions and garlic and cook
 over med. high heat, stirring, until meat is browned (about 6 min.)
 Add shrimp, mushrooms, and water chestnuts and cook for 2 min.  Stir
 in soy. Let cool; then discard excess pan juices. Fill and fold
 lumpia ,start from a corner Diamond wise, then roll up bringing the
 sides in, moistening wrapper edges with egg to seal. ( at this point
 you may cover and refrigerate for up to 8 hours.)
 Into a 2 to 3 quarts pan, pour oil to a dept of 1-1/2in and heat to
 340 . on a deep frying thermometer. (If using egg rolls, heat to
 360 .) Add 4 or 5 lumpia; cook, turning as needed, until golden
 brown (2-3 min). Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper
 towels; keep warm in a 200  oven.  Repeat with remaining lumpia.
 Serve with sweet & sour sauce.

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