Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2004

Mmmm! Only thing I'd do is reduce the salt, we had to add 1/2 lb of meat to make it taste less salty. Hubby loves this recipe and it was so easy and quick to make!! We'll definitely make this again.

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2004

Love this dish! I made my variation w/ ground pork mixed w/ shrimp cut into small pieces, omitted the soy sauce and added finely chopped water chestnuts. If you can't find the sweet chili sauce, you can make a sweet and sour sauce using ketchup, a little vinegar, sugar, cornstarch and water mixed over low heat. It was a hit on my office party.

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2003

Great recipe. Tasted just like the lumpia I ate growing up. Just need to find the perfect dipping sauce for it, then I'm in heaven! LOL!

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SIERRAMUM

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Reviewed: Apr. 25, 2003

Great recipe!! My room mate bought me a pastry bag to squeeze out the mix, it saves alot of time. I also quater the warpers to make them bite size.

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Todd

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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2003

All I have to say is INCREDIBLE!!! These taste just as good as any restaurants, if not better! I used just the pork, and added freshly ground ginger,cabbage and omitted the salt. They turned out fabulous! The other recipes I looked at were way too long and time consuming. This one was quick easy and oh so tasty! Will definitely make these again and again. Awesome recipe Christine!! Thanks for sharing!

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Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2003

I love lumpia, but can't find it where I live now. So finding this recipe was great. I used all beef because I forgot to buy the pork, but it was still good. The extra salt is not needed at all. I cooked some when fresh and froze the rest. They work great when fried after being frozen. Just put in hot oil without thawing. Next time I may try adding some veggies to the mix for some variety. These are a lot of work but so worth the time and effort.

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Reviewed: Sep. 26, 2002

I left out the added salt completely, added garlic and they were great. I divided the mixture in half and added ginger and shredded carrots to one half of it for a variety. The smaller egg roll wrappers make far more than 20 servings, depending on the size of the serving. Next time I will use less hamburger and more pork. The hamburger flavor overpowered the pork. Excellent base recipe to start from. Thanks.

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Reviewed: Jul. 10, 2002

This recipe is great, but there is no need for the additional salt because the soy sauce has a lot of sodium. Also, if you like garlic, use fresh crushed garlic instead. I tend to use ground beef instead of ground pork because the ground pork takes longer to cook, and when I make a huge batch of these, I don't have time to make sure the pork is cooked well and at the same time the lumpia wrapper is not burnt! My extra ingredient that gives the taste a special twist is to use sesame oil too. I use sesame oil that's more an asian style, and it has a strong scent, but a lot of people will say it tastes good and ask what that extra ingredient is. I also add an egg as well. This recipe is good w/sweet and sour sauce or w/soy sauce and a little vinegar for dipping.Another good sauce to eat with this is Thai sweet chili sauce for a little hint of spice.

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Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2002

My Filipina finance loves this recipe! Be very careful with the salt though, if you use what the recipe says it will turn out extremely salty... The salt that is in the soy sauce is already enough.

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Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2002

My husband has craved lumpia's ever since he left the Marine Corp.....almost twenty years ago. I decided to make this recipe for him and our card-party guests and it was a HUGE hit! They always ask if we'll be having these at each card party. They were served with banana ketchup, which I've never had and had my doubts about. That, too, was excellent! My only suggestion for this recipe would be to use low-sodium soy sauce and to cut back a little on the salt. This recipe is one that I will use again and again, thanks for sharing it Cristine!

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2002

This recipie is great. It is just like the ones the ladies in the kitchen (all Filipinos) make for our work pot-lucks. I had a request from a fellow co-worker to create a chicken version. Through not authentic, diced chicken with just an added drop of seseme seed oil, cooked just like the rest of the recipe, was great.

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Reviewed: Oct. 28, 2001

It was a hit at my husband's pot luck party! They all loved it! I used ground pork and it tasted terrific!! I made another batch for the house, I used ground beef it wasn't as great. I suggest using ground pork. Also, I'd add about 1 tbs of onion powder and maybe 1 tsp of msg. Lessen on the black pepper..maybe just a 1 tsp. 2 1/2 is just way way too much.

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