Spam Recipes
What to do with a can of Spam — musubi, fried rice, teriyaki Spam, breakfast burritos and a fried Spam, egg and cheese — for busy weeknights.
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Simple, delicious, and always a hit! Spam Musubi is an easy to make classic Hawaiian snack you can enjoy at home.
matt cowanIngredients
- 1 can Spam
- 2 cups sushi rice
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- as needed Nori sheets
Instructions
- 1Cook your sushi rice and while still warm, mix in 1 tbsp of mirin to season it.
- 2Slice the Spam into 8 pieces and fry until golden on both sides.
- 3In the same pan, add soy sauce + brown sugar and simmer the Spam slices until coated and caramelized.
- 4Wet your hands, mold the mirin-seasoned rice into rectangles, and place a slice of Spam on top.
- 5Wrap with nori and you’re done!
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Open in Pepper →A Can Of Spam Goes A Long Way
There's always a can in the back of the pantry, and it keeps forever. Slice it thin, get it crisp in a hot skillet, and it turns into dinner faster than anything you'd have to thaw.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on the nights nobody planned ahead — payday is Friday, the fridge is thin, and everybody still wants something salty and hot on a plate.
Every recipe here starts with that can: Spam Musubi with sushi rice and soy sauce, Smoked SPAM rubbed and basted with apple juice, SPAM Fried Rice with frozen peas and carrots, Easy Teriyaki Spam, a Sunday Spam Sandwich on an asiago bagel, and Buffalo Spam S'mackin Cheese made with a box of mac.
Quick Tips
- 1
Slice it thin
Cut the can into 8 even slices, about a quarter inch each, so every piece crisps instead of steaming.
- 2
Skip the oil
Spam renders plenty of its own fat. Start it in a dry nonstick skillet over medium and give it 3 to 4 minutes a side.
- 3
Rinse the sushi rice
For musubi, rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then let it cool 10 minutes before pressing so it holds its shape.
- 4
Add sauce at the end
Soy sauce, mirin or teriyaki burns fast. Pour it in during the last minute and toss until the slices are glossy.
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