Egg Roll Bowl (Filipino Lumpia Bowl: Lumpiang Hubad) (2024)

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by Liren Baker on January 12, 2021 updated October 24, 2022 | 4 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Please see Affiliate Disclosure in my Terms of Service.

Looking for a lumpia recipe without the rolling? Try an egg roll bowl! Also known as Filipino lumpiang hubad, this lumpia bowl requires no wrappers, rolling, or frying!

Egg Roll Bowl (Filipino Lumpia Bowl: Lumpiang Hubad)

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Looking for a lumpia recipe without the rolling? Try an egg roll bowl! Also known as Filipino lumpiang hubad, this lumpia bowl requires no wrappers, rolling, or frying!

Note: I originally created this recipe for a sponsored post I created in partnership with Filippo Berio on Instagram. This blog post, however, is not sponsored; I love this recipe so much, I just had to share the recipe with you!

My mother has been on my mind so much lately. Navigating the holidays without her always brings back the memories, and now, I have been seeing her in my sister’s eyes, more than ever.

They share the same, perfectly arched brows, and more and more, I’m noticing similar mannerisms, even through FaceTime. And when I look deep into her eyes, I see my mom’s strength, her humor, and her resilience. I am comforted. And I am awed.

A few months ago, I thought of my mom when I made these lumpia bowls and shared it on Instagram. It’s an adaptation that I know my mother would have appreciated – I took her recipe and simplified it, eliminating the rolling and wrapping, and looking back, I wonder why she didn’t do the same. She was always looking for shortcuts, and for someone who didn’t particularly enjoy cooking, I am surprised that she always rolled her lumpia instead of serving it “hubad.”

Then again, maybe she found a certain zen in the rolling. Or brought back her own food memories. I’ll never know.

But I do know this – she would have appreciated saving time, and making time to spend with the ones we love.

Filipino Egg Roll Bowl

Quick confession: when I first saw egg roll bowls on other websites, I chuckled to myself, because in the Philippines, this already exists. Lumpia (Filipino egg roll) bowls are essentially “lumpiang hubad” — “hubad” translating to “naked.” Lumpiang hubad, or naked lumpia, is the filling without its wrapper, and essentially a simple stir fry full of vegetables and a little meat. The version I share here is my mom’s delicious lumpia filling without the wrappers, rolling, and fussy frying.

How to Make Lumpiang Hubad

If you can chop some veggies and make a quick stir-fry, then you can make a lumpia egg roll bowl!

This lumpia bowl is full of crunchy vegetables – cabbage, sweet potato, bean sprouts, carrots, and string beans – with a little ground beef. When cooking the vegetables, I add it to the pan in batches, to give the more crunchy vegetables time to cook so that nothing is too mushy in the end!

To serve, I place the lumpiang hubad over rice and drizzle with a simple garlic vinegar dressing (rather than dipping!). The crunch and pop of flavors are delicious, making it an easy meal that allows for egg roll flavors any day!

More Filipino Recipes to Try

Lumpiang Shanghai: Filipino Spring Rolls (Lumpia)

Filipino Pork Adobo

Vegetarian Pancit Bihon (Filipino Rice Noodles with Veggies)

Pancit Canton (Filipino Stir-Fried Noodles)

Mechado Filipino Beef Stew