I had leftover pork fillings when I made pork dumplings for dinner last night. Usually I’d put the leftover in a freezer bag, freeze it, and use it later for dirty rice. Last night I decided to turn them into mini meatballs and steamed them like I did the pork dumplings.
If you want to make a lot for appetizers or snacks, here’s a modified recipe of the dumplings to make Asian Steamed Meatballs.
INGREDIENTS :
6 button mushrooms, finely chopped
3 stalks of scallions, finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely copped
1 package of ground pork
2 tsp of rice cooking wine
1 tbsp of …read more

If you ask any non-Filipino person who has been to a  Filipino party or simple get-together quite a few times  here in America what they’ve eaten at that particular party they’ll tell you the most quintessential Filipino party dish. And that’s LUMPIA which is what we Filipinos call our egg rolls.
What the difference between the Filipino egg rolls compare to other Asian egg rolls? The kind of wrapper used is the big difference. The egg rolls you find from Asian take-out restaurants use the wonton kind (used in dumplings/pot stickers). Filipinos use a thinner version. This makes the fried wrapper crispier, …read more