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Spam Musubi

Name: Spam Musubi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 600 g rice; 1 can Spam (about 340g); 4 egg; 4 gimbap seaweed; 1 tbsp cooking oil; 1 tbsp sesame oil; 0.25 tsp salt; 1 tbsp whole sesame seeds; 2 tbsp soy sauce (for seasoning the Spam); 1 tbsp sugar (for seasoning the Spam); 2 tbsp water (for seasoning the Spam); 1 tbsp cooking wine (for seasoning the Spam)

Simple musubi wrapped in seaweed with sweet and salty grilled Spam, egg, and rice.

Base: 4 servings
35 min
9 steps
375 kcal a serving

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Ingredients

Servings

600 grice
1 canSpam (about 340g)
4egg
4gimbap seaweed
1 tbspcooking oil
1 tbspsesame oil
0.25 tspsalt
1 tbspwhole sesame seeds
2 tbspsoy sauce (for seasoning the Spam)
1 tbspsugar (for seasoning the Spam)
2 tbspwater (for seasoning the Spam)
1 tbspcooking wine (for seasoning the Spam)

Steps

1
Mix sesame oil, salt, and sesame seeds gently into warm rice.
2
Slice the Spam about 0.8 to 1 cm thick.
3
Heat cooking oil in a pan and grill the Spam until golden brown on both sides.
4
Add soy sauce, sugar, water, and cooking wine, and simmer for about 1 to 2 minutes until the seasoning absorbs into the Spam.
5
Beat the eggs, cook them thickly in a pan, and cut them to the size of the Spam.
6
Cut the gimbap seaweed to a width suitable for wrapping the musubi.
7
Press rice into a Spam can or musubi mold, layer the egg and Spam on top in order, and then add rice again.
8
Remove from the mold and wrap the center with the seaweed.
9
Cut into bite-sized pieces to finish.

If making this with children, you can blanch the Spam once in hot water and reduce the soy sauce to about 1.5 tablespoons to make it less salty.