Recipe: Perfect Spam Musubi

Spam Musubi. This Hawaiian take on surf and turf is sure to be a hit at your next luau! Your taste buds will be so pleased by the delicious flavor that they'll throw on a Lei and start dancing the hula. Spam Musubi is a popular snack in Hawaii.

Remove and drain on plate lined with paper towels. In another pan, combine soy sauce, mirin and sugar. Place the clean SPAM can on the lower third of the Nori. You can cook Spam Musubi using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spam Musubi

1. It's 1 can of Spam (seasoned by condiments marked by "a.").
2. You need 1 tbsp of a. Soy Sauce.
3. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of a. Sugar.
4. You need 1 tbsp of a. Mirin.
5. It's 60 ml of a. Water.
6. It's 9 of sheets Dried seaweed paper for rice balls.
7. You need 1 of desired amount Thinly cooked omelette.
8. Prepare 1 of desired amount Furikake rice sprinkles.
9. You need 2 slice of Sliced cheese.
10. You need 1 of desired amount Kimchi.
11. Prepare 1000 grams of Cooked rice.

Sprinkle rice with Furikaki and the top with a piece of the SPAM. Remove the mold and place it in a bowl of water to keep it clean. To mold the musubi, start by placing a strip of nori, rough side up, on a cutting board or clean work surface. Place a Spam musubi maker mold over it, in the middle, then place a slice of Spam into.

Spam Musubi step by step

1. Cut the Spam into 8 or 9 pieces and cook it in a frying pan without using any oil. Once it starts to brown, add the premixed a. condiments and cook until it gives it more color. (Stop before the condiments start to burn.).
2. Have the ingredients out. It's up to you what fillings you'd like to put in your musubi! The picture shows the ingredients for a musubi with rice seasoning and an egg omelette, which is perfect for a bento. Please combine the other ingredients with Spam according to your taste..
3. Place the musubi maker on top of a sheet of dried seaweed and fill it with rice. Top it with rice sprinkles..
4. Also place the omelette on top..
5. Place the Spam and push the musubi with the musubi maker lid. Remove the musubi maker and wrap it with the seaweed and you're done..
6. Try it with kimchi, cheese, furikake rice seasoning, thin omelettes, shiso leaves, sesame, and a bunch of other different toppings and condiments..
7. I bought my musubi maker in Hawaii. It's easier to make with the musubi maker because it's just the right size..
8. If you don't have a musubi maker... you can place plastic wrap in a deep dish or container. Add the rice and rice sprinkles..
9. Place the omelette on top..
10. Lay the cooked and seasoned Spam on top..
11. Firmly press the musubi down after laying another sheet of plastic wrap on top..
12. Lift the plastic wrap on the bottom and remove the musubi from the container. Cut the musubi according to the size of the Spam..
13. Wrap it with dry seaweed..
14. Wrap it with plastic wrap tightly. This is what makes it good! Shape the musubi after it's wrapped..
15. Other than placing the Spam on top and wrapping it with seaweed, it's also good to sandwich the spam and other ingredients between layers of rice..

At its most basic you have just three ingredients: SPAM, rice and nori (or seaweed). But the variations on SPAM musubi are endless; you can marinate the SPAM, add a scrambled egg, make them bite sized, or even substitute chicken or beef for the meat. And they're AMAZING dipped in my Traditional Chinese Plum Sauce! Spam musubi is a favorite snack in Hawaii. These are popular at beaches, malls and provide a quick bite to eat between work breaks.