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Spam Musubi
SUBMITTED BY:
Rashad Maiden
PHOTO BY:
Joanna
"Spam Musubi is a popular snack in Hawaii. It is a type of sushi that has marinated cooked spam in sushi. I got this recipe from a local Hawaiian friend when I was living there."
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PREP TIME
25 Min
COOK TIME
30 Min
READY IN
5 Hrs 25 Min
Original recipe yield 10 pieces
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2 cups uncooked short-grain white rice
2 cups water
6 tablespoons rice vinegar
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup oyster sauce
1/2 cup white sugar
1 (12 ounce) container fully cooked luncheon meat (e.g. Spam)
5 sheets sushi nori (dry seaweed)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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DIRECTIONS
Soak uncooked rice for 4 hours; drain and rinse.
In a saucepan bring 2 cups water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in rice vinegar, and set aside to cool.
In a separate bowl, stir together soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar until sugar is completely dissolved. Slice luncheon meat lengthwise into 10 slices, or to desired thickness, and marinate in sauce for 5 minutes.
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Cook slices for 2 minutes per side, or until lightly browned. Cut nori sheets in half and lay on a flat work surface. Place a rice press in the center of the sheet, and press rice tightly inside. Top with a slice of luncheon meat, and remove press. Wrap nori around rice mold, sealing edges with a small amount of water. (Rice may also be formed by hand in the shape of the meat slices, 1 inch thick.) Musubi may be served warm or chilled.
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Reviewed on Oct. 10, 2005 by
Blancheskid
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Oct. 10, 2005
I've been making spam musubi like this for years, except that I omit the oyster sauce, add a little ginger, bake the marinated spam at 350 deg F for 8-10 minutes, and sprinkle toasted black and white sesame seeds onto the molded rice. Here's a tip: use the spam can as a mold by CAREFULLY cutting the bottom out of it with an x-acto knife. Also, it helps if you use "pre-toasted" nori sheets. Untoasted nori can be tough. Another tip to keep the rice from sticking to your hands; have a bowl of water handy to wet your hands and the musubi mold.
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Reviewed on Aug. 12, 2006 by
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CHOZENBOI671
Aug. 12, 2006
Being an "Island Boy," I like to find recipes for 'local' food. It reminds me of home and is usually considered comfort food to me. I've been making musubi for years but have never made it with the marinade. Very good! Like others suggested, cook on low heat. That sugar will start to caramelize real quick and burn if your heat is too high. I put some furikake mix in with the rice just for some extra flavor. You can get furikake mix from many asian food stores. I usually get the basic 'nori komi' mix (great over steamed rice too). I make big batches and individually saran-wrap them. Perfect on the go snack. Regular steamed rice works fine. No need to soak for four hours. Just wash it and cook it like you would normally.
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Reviewed on Jan. 16, 2008 by es
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Jan. 16, 2008
growing up in hawaii, i ate spam musubi all the time. i've always made it with a sugar and soy sauce marinade but when i saw this recipe with oyster sauce, i thought i'd give it a try. i made two kinds to see if i could taste the difference and the one with the oyster sauce is the way to go. it really adds that extra something that makes a great spam musubi. i was shocked because i didn't think it would make that much of a difference, but it did. note that using non toasted nori can be really chewy and therefore can be difficult to eat. i use korean seaweed instead, which is usually toasted and seasoned with sesame oil and salt. you can get it at a korean market.
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growing up in hawaii, i ate spam musubi all the time. i've always made it with a sugar and...
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Reviewed on Jan. 21, 2007 by LaurenAshley!
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Jan. 21, 2007
This is a great recipe. But it doesn't have to be that hard. My family just uses calrose rice (fresh or day old), Spam, and nori. The only thing we do to the spam is fry it in brown sugar and shoyu. But, I'm sure this makes really great spam musubis.
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This is a great recipe. But it doesn't have to be that hard. My family just uses calrose rice...
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Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2008 by
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Jan. 5, 2008
After going to Hawaii for the first time a few years ago, my fiance and I fell in love with spam musubi. I'm so glad that I found this recipe. BUT, I really don't like oyster sauce (I did a test batch of 2 spam slices marinated as directed in this recipe, and didn't like the way it came out) and after doing a bit more research for other musubi recipes online, I decided to substitute the oyster sauce with mirin (Japanese sweet cooking wine that you can find at any Asian grocery store/market). YUMMY YUM YUM!!! It was perfect, just like in Hawaii! My fiance couldn't get enough! (And neither could I!) TIPS: You don't have to use sushi rice, regular rice is just fine. When you cook the marinated spam slices, be sure to do it at a low heat, as the sugar in the marinade really does make the spam burn very easily. When I assembled my musubi, I kept a small bowl of water next to me to continually wet my fingers and the musubi maker (as well as using it to seal the seaweed strips). Speaking of the seaweed, before you cut it into strips, be sure to "toast" it - simply take each sheet and quickly make three-four passes over your stove burner and it will toast fine (don't let it linger over the burner or have the burner set too high or it will burn). I'll definitely keep this recipe as one of my favorites.
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Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2005 by
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Kim O
Feb. 16, 2005
On our 7th trip to the Hawaiian Islands, we finally tried Spam Musubi! It is "ono"! I have to say I only used this recipe as a guideline. I made a few changes. I marinaded the spam in teriyaki, and cut nori into 1 1/2 inch strips. I also bought a musubi mold, which I got in Maui, but you can buy them online. Dip mold in water before molding each musubi, it will make removal much easier. Also lay a piece of plastic wrap on flat surface, lay nori on top, center mold and fill with rice then spam and then rice again, press. Remove mold, wrap seaweed around rice and wrap in plastic. I gave my sister two musubi's to take home...one for her and for her husband...she ate both! Mahalo!
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On our 7th trip to the Hawaiian Islands, we finally tried Spam Musubi! It is "ono"! I have...
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Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2005 by PUNANICHENG
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PUNANICHENG
Mar. 30, 2005
I'm from Hawaii and I love making/eating spam musubi. Recipe looks good, I would suggest buying a musubi maker from any Japanese market, it will make the end product a lot easier to make. To add more flavor to the rice, I add 1 cup of rice vinegar with 1 cup sugar mixed into the hot rice just after it's finished cooking (for 3 cups of uncooked rice). I would try to get 10-14 slices from 1 can of spam for best spam to rice ratio.
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I'm from Hawaii and I love making/eating spam musubi. Recipe looks good, I would suggest...
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Reviewed on Jan. 27, 2008 by CMAC023
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CMAC023
Jan. 27, 2008
Aloha! I moved from Hawaii and I missed eating the spam musubi in Pearl Highlands(Food Court), so i searched online and here it is the perfect recipe!!!! Yum! Mahalo to the person who posted the recipe. I always thought it was just rice and spam.
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Aloha! I moved from Hawaii and I missed eating the spam musubi in Pearl Highlands(Food Court),...
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Reviewed on Nov. 12, 2005 by
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Poookie
Nov. 12, 2005
The marinade was delicious. I didn't know it was the oyster sauce that was missing when I tried making this at home before. It's my favorite breakfast food. I used low sodium soy sauce and low sodium Spam and went easy on the sugar. Turn on a fan and let it blow the vinegar off the rice for a lovely shine while you cook the meat. Don't crank up the heat too much under the meat or the marinade will burn. If shaping by hand, wet your hands in water and squish the rice into shape. I am used to rice sandwiching both sides of the meat. I also like the furikake or goma seasoning (black and white sesame seeds toasted with salt) sprinkled all over it for crunch. This is sacrilege, but I have used a thin sheet of egg omelette instead of nori for my seaweed fearing husband.
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The marinade was delicious. I didn't know it was the oyster sauce that was missing when I...
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