What distinguishes good lumpiang ubod (heart of palm spring rolls) from great lumpiang ubod? The quality of the ubod, of course, the right balance of ...
Spring Rolls
Pork and Mushrooms Spring Rolls
Just when I thought I knew all everything about cooking spring rolls, I learned something new again. If you mix the filling and let it rest overnight in ...
Fried Chicken Spring Rolls
The ground chicken and cabbage filling was meant to go into dumplings with hand-rolled wrappers but Alex cut her finger and couldn't roll the dough. I took ...
Tuna lumpia (spring rolls)
In April, 2003, I posted a tuna lumpia (spring rolls) recipe using cooked fresh tuna. That recipe was updated (with better photos) in 2011. Although I ...
Chicken, Cheese and Roasted Pepper Sticks
Something like fried spring rolls but with un-Asian filling, these chicken, cheese and roasted pepper sticks are dipped in beaten eggs and rolled in bread ...
Slow-cooker pulled pork, mashed potatoes and cheese spring rolls
Pork ribs were marinated in barbecue sauce and slow-cooked for eight hours. After cooling, the meat was shredded and combined with stiff mashed potatoes ...
Fried spring rolls with mushrooms, salted eggs, tomatoes and herbs
Serving the traditional salted egg and tomato salad as a spring roll was an idea I learned from my friend, Sol, and her husband, Deo. They went even ...
Tikoy (nian gao) and cheese turon (fried spring rolls)
Here's a great way to use all that tikoy from the Chinese New Year. Yes, as turon filling! The combination of tikoy and cheese as turon filling might sound ...
Cheese and nori spring rolls
Sam had this idea of combining cheese and nori for fried spring rolls filling. I couldn't quite visualize it so the idea remained an idea. Then, Alex ...
Tinapa (smoked fish), salted eggs and tomato spring rolls
One of the law school girl friend parties I went to over the Christmas holidays was hosted by my friend, Sol. We live in the same town although on opposite ...
Fried Mushrooms and Vegetables Spring Rolls
An American reader once commented that, in the States, spring rolls are fresh and, when fried, they are called egg rolls. The difference in terminology ...
Rice-stuffed fried spring rolls with eggplant caviar dip
Sam likes to have a crisp element in her vegetarian food. When I cook something that doesn't have anything crispy in it, she's likely to remedy the ...
Baked Apple Spring rolls
If you love apple pie but don't know the first thing about making a pie, here's a delicious way to get your baked apple fix. Baked apple spring ...
Chili relleno spring (egg) rolls
The immortal Asian spring rolls with a classic Mexican filling -- whole chilies stuffed with cheese. And, yes, it is ovo-lacto vegetarian. These spring ...