Spam Musubi

Insatiably Epicurious

SPAM MUSUBI

Special Equipment:
Parchment paper
Half sheet pan
Musubi maker
Rice cooker

Ingredients:
2 cans spam
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
8 sheets roasted nori
Furikake
4 cups uncooked short grain rice (I prefer Calrose)
5 cups water

Instructions:
- Rinse rice until water runs clear. Drain off as much water as possible. Place washed grains in inner rice cooker pot. Add 5 cups water. Cook.

- Cut each can of spam into 8 slices. Lay each slice flat onto a surface with rounded sides, like a brownie pan.

- Mix sugar and vinegar until dissolved. Stir in soy sauce and oyster sauce. Pour mixture over spam. Marinate for 30-60min.

- Set oven to broil. Lay parchment paper over sheet pan.

- Lay each slice of spam into pan. Set pan on the lowest rack.

- Each oven is a little different, so you’ll need to keep an eye on the spam. After about 3-5min, the edges will begin crisping. Flip to the other side, baste with marinade, and broil for another 3min. Don’t let it burn. Remove from oven and set aside to cool.

- Fill a small bowl halfway with water.

- Lay nori on a clean working surface. Place musubi maker in the middle of the nori.

- Fluff up rice a bit. Sprinkle rice with furikake and lightly mix in.

- Fill the musubi mold 3/4 with rice. Press down until firm. Sprinkle with more furikake if desired. Place two slices of spam into rice mold. Lift up the mold carefully. Fold the nori closets to you onto the spam. Wet the opposite end of the nori and fold over.

- Turn musubi over and set aside. This will give the nori a chance to set firmly with the weight of the rice on top of it.

- Once all the musubi are complete, slice each into 1/2 or 1/4, depending on preference.

- *For parties, I cut into 1/4 and saranwrap individually. This helps keep the rice from drying out.