Spam musubi parties have been a huge tradition with me and my sorority sisters back in undergrad and the tradition still holds strong! My friend Adriene is in town and it is only natural for us to throw a traditional spam party. And trust me, it was good.
Spam musubi is a great Hawaiian snack that originated from Japan. It's basically spam sushi- and it's wonderful. Don't judge until you try it. You wont be disappointed- promise.
Not only is this incredibly easy to make, but its cheap and fast and can last you for DAYS!
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Spam Musubi Recipe:
3 cups of jasmine rice
1 can of spam (or spam lite)
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1/2 cup of mirin*
4 sheets of nori*
1 container of furikake*
1 spam musubi maker**
*Mirin (sweet rice wine), nori (seaweed), furikake (japanese seasoning) can all be found at your local Asian specialty grocery store. If you are a Pittsburgher, you can easily find these at Oriental Market or Lotus Foods down at the Strip District.
** I've had some trouble finding this in Pittsburgh, so I just gave up and ordered one online. You can get them here for a reasonable price.
Cook the rice according to the directions on the bag. Cut the spam into 8 slices length-wise (should fit perfectly into the spam musubi maker). In a large saucepan, mix the soy sauce and mirin and saute the spam in the sauce for 10 minutes on medium-low heat. (Until the sauce thickens). Split your sheets of nori length wise and place musubi maker on the middle of your nori sheet. Fill musubi maker with rice and press flat with top of maker until the rice is 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle rice with thin layer of furikake and top with one slice of spam. Add another 1/2 inch layer of rice and press flat with top of maker and remove maker. Fold over sides of nori and dampen sides to seal it. Repeat and enjoy!
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The pictures below show the nori sheet split into 3, simply because I ran out. But it IS how they do it in Hawaii- although I do prefer only splitting it in two as the rice is held in better.
3 cups of jasmine rice
1 can of spam (or spam lite)
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1/2 cup of mirin*
4 sheets of nori*
1 container of furikake*
1 spam musubi maker**
*Mirin (sweet rice wine), nori (seaweed), furikake (japanese seasoning) can all be found at your local Asian specialty grocery store. If you are a Pittsburgher, you can easily find these at Oriental Market or Lotus Foods down at the Strip District.
** I've had some trouble finding this in Pittsburgh, so I just gave up and ordered one online. You can get them here for a reasonable price.
Cook the rice according to the directions on the bag. Cut the spam into 8 slices length-wise (should fit perfectly into the spam musubi maker). In a large saucepan, mix the soy sauce and mirin and saute the spam in the sauce for 10 minutes on medium-low heat. (Until the sauce thickens). Split your sheets of nori length wise and place musubi maker on the middle of your nori sheet. Fill musubi maker with rice and press flat with top of maker until the rice is 1/2 inch thick. Sprinkle rice with thin layer of furikake and top with one slice of spam. Add another 1/2 inch layer of rice and press flat with top of maker and remove maker. Fold over sides of nori and dampen sides to seal it. Repeat and enjoy!
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The pictures below show the nori sheet split into 3, simply because I ran out. But it IS how they do it in Hawaii- although I do prefer only splitting it in two as the rice is held in better.
I am telling you, best thing ever.
