Spam musubi - a Hawaiian snack
A popular snack in Hawaii, Spam musubi is so easy to assemble and customize. This is Hermann's take on this Japanese inspired dish.
Ingredients
- 4 cups of white short grain rice
- 1 can of Spam
- 3 eggs
- Furikake seaweed salt
- Nori sushi wrapper
Simple sweet sauce ingredients
- 2 cups dark Soy sauce
- 5 cups light Soy sauce
- 3 cups white granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups water
*NOTE: You can use whatever sauce you want or even add chilli peppers or tobasco to this sweet sauce
Instructions
Steps
- Cook the rice as per your usual method or rice cooker instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for your sweet sauce (or whatever sauce you like make) and then set aside.
- In another bowl crack open the 3 eggs and add 1 tablespoon of furikake salt and then scramble. Set aside.
- Remove the spam from the can and cut into even portions. (I turn the spam on its side and portion out 5 pieces (with a maximum thickness of 5mm). But I no measure nothing when I cook.
- Heat a fry pan and place spam portions. (No need oil or butter) Cook until edges begin to caramelize and then flip and do the same on the other side. Usually 3 minutes per side depending on the heat of your stove.
- Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Pour the scrambled eggs mix into the frying pan. (Again no oil or butter) Spread the mix out as if you are making a thin omelette. Brown each side if you desire, then remove from the pan.
- Return the portions of spam to the frying pan
- Brush sweet sauce immediately over each spam. Do the same to the other side. Turn the heat down so that you don’t burn the sugar in your sauce. (But I love that crispy burnt caramelized sauce)
- Remove from the frying pan.
Assembling
- Cut your nori (seaweed wrapper) into long strips or bands and set aside.
- You will need to work fast so that the rice is still warm.
- If you are using a musubi mould, fill it to the top with rice and then press down until the rice block is tight. You may need to press down more than once.
- If you are using the empty spam can, fill the can half way with rice and using the back of a spoon, press the rice down until it nice and compact. Be sure to get into the curved corners and that you have the rice block even throughout. (Add a couple more spoons of rice and press down if needed).
- Turn the can over onto a cutting board, plate or clean surface. Tap the can a few times to release the block of rice. Pick up and place the rice block on top of your nori strip or band making sure that the strip or band is in the centre of the musubi and ensuring that you can fold the nori over and around the musubi.
- Sprinkle half a tablespoon of furikake onto the rice block.
- Tear a piece of egg (about the same length as the spam) and place on the rice block
- Place the caramelized spam on top of that and then fold the nori over and around the musubi.
- Seal the ends of the nori using a bit more of the sauce.
Notes
Serve immediately (if you want). Otherwise you can wrap the spam musubi in a glad/cling wrap and refrigerate for lunch the next day.