Richelle's Spam 101

Spam Musubi

Ingredients:

• Short grain steamed rice
• Neutral-flavor oil (vegetable, canola, avocado, etc.)
• Sliced spam
• Seaweed paper
• Furikake
• Musubi Mold
• 3 Tbsp Soy Sauce
• 3 Tbsp Sugar
• 1 Tsp Mirin (Optional)

Instructions:

1. Make steamed rice, let it cool to room temperature.
2. Cook sliced spam in a skillet over medium-heat until it has a slight color.
3. Stir together Soy Sauce, Sugar, and Mirin. Add to pan with Spam and make sure all sides of the spam are coated.
4. Let the spam cool to room temperature.
5. Assemble the ingredients in the musubi mold and serve!

Tips for a Better Spam Musubi:

1. Add scrambed eggs!
2. Any protein may be used. If it's a looser protein like tuna salad, you can sandwich it between two layers of rice.
3. Choose your own Spam-to-rice ratio.

Korean Spam Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• Day-old rice 
• Neutral-flavor oil (vegetable, canola, avocado, etc.) 
• Minced garlic
• Diced onion
• Spam (cut in to desired shape) 
• Egg
• Gochujang 
• Sesame oil
• Soy sauce
• Green onions (thinly sliced) 
• Sesame seeds (optional) 
• 2 Tbsp gochujang
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp sesame oil

Instructions: 

1. Cook the spam in about 2-3 tablespoons of cooking oil, once brown removed it from the oil and put it aside.
2. Cook the garlic and onion in the spam oil.
3. Once the garlic and spam have a little color add the rice. Cook until rice starts to soften and has the garlic and onion well distributed throughout.
4. Add back the spam, mix all together.
5. Add the sauce, mix until everything is evenly coated.
6. Push the rice to edges of the pan to create a empty circle in the middle, add oil and whisk egg until scrambled then mix in with the rest of the rice. 
7. Garnish with green onions and sesame seeds.

Tips for a better Spam Fried Rice:

1. If you don’t want it spicy, just omit the sauce.
2. If you let the rice cook too long, it starts to char and get firm, so be sure to move it around in between letting it sit in the heat. 
3. This is also tasty if you top it with a fried egg.

Eggslut Spam Sandwich

Ingredients:

• Hawaiian rolls
• Sliced spam
• Neutral-flavor oil (vegetable, canola, avocado, etc.) 
• Shredded green onions
• Egg
• Sriracha 
• Kewpie mayo
• Sesame oil
• Lime juice
• 2 Tbsp sriracha 
• 1.5 Tbsp kewpie mayo
• 1 Tsp sesame oil
• Lime to taste

Instructions:

1. Cook the spam. 
2. Cut the Hawaiian rolls in half, lightly toast.
3. Assemble all the ingredients.

Tips for a better Eggslut Sandwich:

1. The eggs may be cooked in any desired way, you are not limited to sunny side up.
2. The sauce measurement may be changed according to personal taste.