Spam Musubi
Spam Musubi perfectly captures Hawaii's unique culinary heritage featuring a fusion of seared spam, sticky rice, and crisp nori! This handheld snack is a cornerstone of local cuisine, found everywhere from convenience stores to family gatherings. Its perfect balance of sweet, savory, and umami flavors makes it impossible to eat just one!
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 can spam
- 2 cups cooked rice
- seaweed sheets cut into 1 inch strips
- cucumber optional
Sauce
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon mirin
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut your spam into 8 equal slices.
- In a pan, add spam and sear on each side. Remove spam and add the water, soy sauce, mirin, and brown sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar and add spam back in. Bring the sauce to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Allow the sauce to thicken slightly, while coating the spam in the sauce. Remove from heat.
- To an assemble, place plastic wrap inside the empty spam can, add spam and push it to the bottom. Add rice and press down to ensure even distribution. Remove plastic wrapped spam from the spam can.
- Add the spam and rice to the middle of a strip of seaweed, so the seaweed is going down the middle of the spam. Repeat with the other side of the seaweed. If traveling, tightly wrap it in plastic wrap so it stays together or eat it as is!
Notes
This spam musubi recipe can be enjoyed right after you make it, or within 4-6 hours of assembly at room temperature. If you need to store them longer, wrap each musubi individually in plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.