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Spam Musubi

Cecily Wong|

Spam Musubi
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Musubi, also referred to as onigiri, is a Japanese snack made of rice wrapped in nori seaweed. In Hawaii, Spam musubi, rice topped with Spam and wrapped in sticky white rice, is a filling snack served at lunch, picnics, sleepovers, and any other time or place you would eat a snack. Recipe courtesy of Cecily Wong, author of Diamond Head.
Servings
1
Spam Musubi
Ingredients
  • 4 cup cooked short-grain white rice
  • 3 tablespoon rice vinegar
  • 1/2 cup hawaiian teriyaki sauce
  • 1 (12 ounce) container spam
  • 4 sheets nori
Directions
  1. While rice is still hot, mix in the rice vinegar.
  2. Cut the block of Spam into 8 even slices.
  3. Marinate the Spam in the teriyaki sauce for 5 minutes. In the meantime, heat a frying pan and add a little oil.
  4. Fry the Spam slices on each side until glazed in the sauce and a crispy on the edges.
  5. Using wet hands or a musubi mold, form the seasoned rice into a rectangular shape.
  6. Cut the nori sheets into 1-inch strips.
  7. Assemble the musubi by topping the rice with a piece of Spam and wrapping it in the middle with a piece of nori.
 
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