Snack · 25 min · japanese

Spam Musubi

Weeknight-friendly Japanese cooking: Spam Musubi comes together in 25 minutes with spam, cooked rice, and not much else. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 12 grams of protein per serving. No specialty equipment and nothing hard to find at a regular grocery store.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 6 oz Spam
• 2 cups Cooked rice
• 2 sheets Nori
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Sugar

Steps

1. Slice the Spam into 8 even slabs, about 1/4 inch thick.
2. Sear the slices in a dry skillet over medium-high heat for 2 minutes per side, until crisp and browned at the edges.
3. Add the soy sauce and sugar to the pan and toss for 1 minute, until the slices are glazed and sticky. Watch closely, the sugar can burn fast.
4. If you have a musubi mold, press about 1/3 cup of warm rice into it firmly. Otherwise, shape a compact rectangle by hand with wet hands.
5. Lay one glazed Spam slice on top of each rice block.
6. Wrap a strip of nori around the middle, shiny-side out, sealing the overlapping edge with a dab of water.
7. Serve warm or at room temperature. Beginner tip: use warm, freshly cooked rice. Warm rice sticks together beautifully, cold rice crumbles apart.

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