Lumpiang Togue Recipe

Lumpiang Togue has all the perks of the ever-filling and flavorful spring roll. These crunchy sprouts bring a one of a kind texture to our lumpia, and blend with the other components nicely.

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By: Vanjo Merano 9 Comments Updated: 12/3/24

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Lumpiang Togue is a variation of my favorite meaty lumpia. Instead of meat, Mung bean sprouts (locally known as togue) can be used as the major ingredient. This dish is a popular appetizer and snack in the Philippines and it is best eaten when dipped in spicy vinegar with onions and whole peppercorn.

How to cook Lumpiang Togue:

Make the filling

Start by heating up your wok. You could also use a frying pan for this. Then pour in 2 tablespoons of cooking oil. Once the oil is hot, you can also add 1 teaspoon of garlic, and 1 teaspoon of onion, both of which you’ve minced. Now sauté these together.

Afterwards, you can add ¾ cup of dried shrimps, which you’ll cook with the other components. Do this for 1 minute. Then place 1 cup of chopped fried tofu inside, and stir these together. For a burst of flavor, we’re also going to put 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, and just ⅛ of a teaspoon of ground black pepper inside. Considering how mung bean sprouts can be pretty neutral in flavor initially, these help a lot in hyping up our dish’s taste.

Now it’s time for us to integrate 1 lb. of togue or mung bean sprouts! Let this cook along with the other ingredients for 2 minutes, then add 1 medium-sized carrot you’ve julienned. Again, we’ll be cooking this but for about 1 to 2 minutes only. Then remove all of these from the pan, and wait for them to cool. Now you’re all good with the inside of your delicious spring roll! With this, you have the option of storing this for later use, or cooking it all at once. If you’ve decided on the latter, let’s continue putting the dish together!

Wrap the lumpia

Take your spring roll or lumpia wrapper, and start placing a bit of your filling onto the center of this. After that, fold it into itself with the sides also folded in so none of the filling falls out. Then place a bit of slurry onto the end of the wrapper so we can lock the lumpia nicely. Repeat this step for the rest of your filling and spring roll wrappers.

Fry the lumpia until it turns golden brown

It’s time to pour the cooking oil— about 3 cups— into a cooking pot. You could also try this step with a deep fryer. Then apply heat to your pot. Start deep frying your lumpia by placing them into the pot carefully, and waiting for them to cook. You can take them out of the deep fryer or pot once the wrappers become a golden brown color.

Then put these in a container or plate you’ve lined with some paper towels. These will help absorb any excess oil from frying. After that, you can transfer this to a serving plate, and serve it with some flavorful vinegar and onion dip! Get ready to bite into the crispiest, irresistible set of fresh Lumpiang Togue!

When I think of Lumpiang Togue, I remember the “Jolli jeeps” in Makati who sells this for meryenda. I also remember my childhood days; one of our neighbors sells meryenda and lumpiang togue is one of the favorites. Of course, turon, bananacue, and Kamoteque are never left behind.

Health benefits of Mung bean sprouts

You might have already guessed that this is a pretty nutritious ingredient because it’s a vegetable. But to get you started on just how helpful this can be, let me tell you about how it can be great for maintaining your digestive processes. Because it has insoluble dietary fiber, it aids in cleaning the colon. And eating more mung bean sprouts can also help you to avoid constipation.

They are also rich in antioxidants that are great for keeping your eyes in good shape. These can help keep you from getting some common eye conditions like age-related macular degeneration. But another advantage to this ingredient you can’t forget about it is how it can help treat hypertension. Because peptides can be created when seeds sprout, these can help in protein building and decreasing high blood pressure.

Now that you’ve learned some benefits you can get from our dish’s main ingredient, let’s try cooking it!

If you liked this recipe, do let us know in the comments below! We’re also open to any suggestions and questions!And if you’re stuck on the kind of sauce specifically to have this with, you could also take a look at our Filipino Vinegar Dipping Sauce recipe. It will introduce you to 3 different variations of vinegar sauce that would taste perfect with some crunchy lumpia!

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Vanjo Merano

Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.