Lumpiang Bangus (Milkfish Springrolls)
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Hope everyone had a wonderful fiesta celebration – okay not all of you are from Mambajao and we celebrated the festivities of Santo Nicolas. It was great seeing my cousin Marites and her husband Hugo, they just finished their US Tour and was leaving today to return to Philippines. We had a great time and it was also good to see my cousin Marcelo and his wife Erlinda and meeting the kids (some) and the grandkids…beautiful and seeing more cousins – that I’ve not seen for a very long time, of which I have to say that I have no remembrance, but they all remember me! LOL.. yeah time flies and time with family is even more precious! So here is more recipe for our own kind of cuisine for some bangus..if you’ve not had it.. you have to try it!! Thanks Filipino Recipes – Philippines Foods & Recipes
Lumpiang bangus is another delicious variant of the famous lumpia recipe. I already covered the lumpiang shanghai and lumpiang sariwa recipe few months ago. As we already know, the typical lumpia consists mainly of pork and chopped vegetables. This one, it’s all about the fish.
Milk Fish
Lumpiang Bangus Ingredients:
* 1 medium bangus (milkfish)
* 1 medium onion
* 2 cloves garlic
* 125g (1 cup) frozen peas
* 1 medium carrot cut into julienne pieces
* 1 stalk diced celery
* 25 lumpia wrappers
* 2 tbsp olive oil
* oil for frying
* 1 box 1.5 oz (42.5g) raisins
* 1 tbsp soya sauce
* 1/4 lemon
* salt and pepper to taste
Lumpiang Bangus Cooking Procedure:
1). Clean bangus (milkfish) by removing the scales, removing gills, internal organs and washing the inside part of it.
2). Slice the backside to expose meat. Pour soy sauce and squeeze the lemon over. Parboil just until pink is gone.
3). Cool. Remove bones. Set aside.
4). In a skillet, saute garlic and onion in olive oil. Add the fish meat, and all ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste.Cook 5 minutes. Cool.
5). Wrap 1 tbsp of the mixture in lumpia wrapper. Continue until wrappers or filling is used up.
6). Fry in hot oil just until light brown. Serve hot with sweet chili sauce or any dip sauce you want. Enjoy.
