Description
Learn how to make delicious Hawaiian Spam Musubi with sushi nori at home. This popular island snack combines savory spam with seasoned rice, wrapped in seaweed for a portable treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Rice:
- 2 cups sushi rice, rinsed
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
Spam:
- 1 (12 oz) can Spam, sliced into 8 pieces
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tbsp mirin (optional)
Additional:
- 4 sheets sushi nori, cut in half
- cooking spray or neutral oil for frying
Instructions
- Cook Rice: Combine rice and water, simmer until cooked, then season with vinegar, sugar, and salt.
- Cook Spam: Brown Spam slices in a skillet, then coat with a soy sauce, brown sugar, and mirin mixture.
- Assemble Musubi: Layer rice and Spam in a musubi mold, wrap with nori, and seal with water.
- Serve: Enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Notes
- Musubi can be wrapped tightly in plastic wrap for portability—perfect for picnics or lunchboxes.
- Adjust sauce sweetness to taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 musubi
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 720 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
