Spam Musubi
SKU:
SPAM?!? Yes, yes, it’s not grass-fed, organic anything, but everything in moderation, including Spam, makes eating (and life) a happy experience.
Sweet, salty, crunchy, and chewy in a singular bite of happy. Works exceptionally well as an early tee-time breakfast.
PSA: Requires a plastic Spam musubi (moo-sue-bee) maker.
Sweet, salty, crunchy, and chewy in a singular bite of happy. Works exceptionally well as an early tee-time breakfast.
PSA: Requires a plastic Spam musubi (moo-sue-bee) maker.
Ingredients
|
3-4 cups Japanese short-grain rice
Remember to use the rice cooker cups 1 can of Spam Low-sodium or hot-n-spicy are favorites About 6 sheets of sushi nori |
Upscale Additions (All optional)
Scrambled eggs with green onion Kimchi (kim-chee) Edo Murasaki (eh-doe moo rolling-r rah-sah-key) Furikake (foo rolling-r ree, kah-keh) Shiba-zuke (she-bah-zoo-keh) Spam musubi maker/mold, easily found on Amazon |
|
What To Do
Cook rice in rice cooker. Open the can of Spam, blithely ignore the sucking sound it makes as it drops out, and cut into ¼” slices. Fry spam until crispy on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
Cut nori sheets in half, so the nori’s height will be approximately the same size as the long side of the spam musubi frame. (See photo at left.) Put shiny side down on a cutting board, or other smooth surface. Put spam musubi frame about 1/3 from the edge of the nori. Put about 1-2 spoonfuls of rice in the musubi frame. Press down flat with some good pressure.
If you want to add any extras, this is the step to do it. Place the spam on top. Add 1-2 more spoonfuls of rice. Press down flat again, and slowly pull up the musubi frame. Wrap the nori all around and seal by running a wet finger across the edge of the nori. Lay the sealed side down to set the seal.
Using a serrated knife, or a sharp, damp knife, cut in half (length-wise), and then cut in half again. One spam musubi yields 4 spam “sushi”. Makes 8-12 musubi, depending on whether you include add-ons.
Cut nori sheets in half, so the nori’s height will be approximately the same size as the long side of the spam musubi frame. (See photo at left.) Put shiny side down on a cutting board, or other smooth surface. Put spam musubi frame about 1/3 from the edge of the nori. Put about 1-2 spoonfuls of rice in the musubi frame. Press down flat with some good pressure.
If you want to add any extras, this is the step to do it. Place the spam on top. Add 1-2 more spoonfuls of rice. Press down flat again, and slowly pull up the musubi frame. Wrap the nori all around and seal by running a wet finger across the edge of the nori. Lay the sealed side down to set the seal.
Using a serrated knife, or a sharp, damp knife, cut in half (length-wise), and then cut in half again. One spam musubi yields 4 spam “sushi”. Makes 8-12 musubi, depending on whether you include add-ons.
Notes and Talking Story
- Most importantly, COOK SPAM. Eating it like ice cream, with a spoon straight from the can (My dear friend, you know who you are. I am talking directly to you, with love) is just plain gross.
- We had been using white Koda Farms rice, but lately primarily use Sukoyaka Genmai brown rice, in an effort to be a little healthier with rice generally.
- The white rice sticks a little better and is softer and a bit sweeter, but we now reserve it for really special occasions.
- This is party food in Hawaii. In our home, we make it for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, graduation, potlucks, when the the kids had been especially good, and now, when they come back home to the nest!
- Also doubles as a breakfast/snack item for golfers. The golfing segment of the household says it works miracles on the course.
Variations on a Theme: Playing with Mix-Ins
Furikake Spam Musubi
Add your favorite furikake to the rice after it has cooked, and make Spam musubi as normal.
Kimchi, Shiba-zuke, or Scrambled Eggs
Add a layer of the preferred item on top of the Spam when making musubi, then add rice as normal and close up with nori. Specifically for kimchi, use the white papers as the green parts do not stack as well and hold too much liquid. Even with the white parts of kimchi, some kimchi juice will drizzle into the rice as you wrap the nori around it. This is desirable and delicious.
Add your favorite furikake to the rice after it has cooked, and make Spam musubi as normal.
Kimchi, Shiba-zuke, or Scrambled Eggs
Add a layer of the preferred item on top of the Spam when making musubi, then add rice as normal and close up with nori. Specifically for kimchi, use the white papers as the green parts do not stack as well and hold too much liquid. Even with the white parts of kimchi, some kimchi juice will drizzle into the rice as you wrap the nori around it. This is desirable and delicious.
