Spam Musubi is a snack consisting of a slice of grilled spam on top of a block of rice, wrapped in nori seaweed, from the tradition of Japanese onigiri which is also called o-musubi.
▶It comes from Japan and was popular among the lunchboxes of Hawaiian plantation workers.
▶Survivors of the Japanese American internment camps claim to have invented the precursor to Spam musubi when they placed slices of seasoned Spam on white rice in a pan.
▶During World War II canned meat (Spam) was incorporated into local cuisines wherever American troops were stationed.
👉See the Korean recipe for Budae-jjigae already on the blog.
▶On August 8, 2021, L&L Hawaiian Barbecue established “National Spam Musubi Day” to celebrate this iconic Hawaiian snack.
- Difficulty: Medium
- Cost: Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4 people
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: American
- Seasonality: All seasons
Ingredients
- 12 oz spam
- 3 nori seaweed
- 2 cups Japanese rice (already cooked)
- to taste vegetable oil
Tools
- 1 Mold musubi mold
Steps
For the gohan rice recipe, click HERE. It’s better if made the day before.
Cut the spam.
Grill it in a pan with a drizzle of oil (you can add soy sauce, mirin, and sugar if desired).
Cut the nori seaweed into 8 strips of 2×9 inches.
Each strip with the shiny side down is placed in the center of the mold.
Wet your hands and arrange the rice in the mold, place a slice of spam on top, and close with seaweed.
Serve.
If you don’t have the suitable mold for musubi, you can use the spam can.
