Hello! Happy Saturday, everyone! I just got home a while ago after spending the entire day with my high school friend. Traffic is really exhausting but at least we were able to go and do all the plans we have for the day. His holiday break begins today and he wanted to meet my brother when we visit our mama next week (as if he's a total stranger Lol.) My classmates used to visit our house back then so brother might still recognize him.
Anyway, that's too much info spam. Let's go to the real spam.
When we think of breakfast comfort foods, spam would most likely come up to our minds. It's delicious as is but did you know that there's an even more delicious way to eat spam?
I've first heard of spam musubi around 2023 and I think it became quite popular here in the Philippines around 2024 as I've seen it on some vlogs of chefs.
Spam musubi is inspired by two cultures. Can you guess?
Of course, musubi is from Japan while Spam from the U.S.A. However, it is believed that it originated in Hawaii. Well, I've watched a Hawaii food vlog before and there are stores selling mainly spam musubi but of different flavors.
Spam musubi looks a lot like sushi but bigger and feels more like a sandwich because of the spam and omelette. What makes the taste different is the sauce coating the spam.
This food is sweet, salty, creamy, neutralized by rice. I promise this tastes good so let's go cook!
Glaze:
1️⃣ First, cook the rice. The best rice to use is short-grain rice or those they use for sushi but I don't have that so I used the regular rice I have. Set aside after cooking or you can make it more sushi style by adding sugar, salt, and rice vinegar. (You can search for the sushi rice recipe on the web as I have already forgotten the measurements of the ingredients.)
2️⃣ Now, let's proceed by making the omelette. Pour enough cooking oil on the pan and cook the two eggs one at a time to have two omelettes. Stack them together and use the can of spam to cut a rectangular shape. (Don't forget to wash the can before using.) This will give four perfectly shaped omelette. Set aside. Don't throw the omelette trimmings.
3️⃣ Next, we fry the eight slices of spam. Set aside.
4️⃣ I haven't taken a photo of this step but the glaze is just mixing the soy sauce, honey, and mirin together on a small bowl. Some fry the spam then brush the spam with the glaze while it gets cooked. Meanwhile, what I did here is pour some of the glaze into the pan then fry the spam again for a minute or two each side, until the spam has absorbed the glaze.
5️⃣ It's time to assemble! I don't have the spam musubi molder but we can always improvise! Wrap the inside of the spam can with cling wrap and put enough rice (depends on how much rice you want but don't make it too thick) and press it flat.
Then spread some mayonnaise.
6️⃣ Next, we place one piece of the omelette and spread mayonnaise on top as well.
I told earlier not to throw away the omelette trimmings, right? Because we can still use it for the other spam musubi.
7️⃣ Lastly, the spam.
Then pull the cling wrap on the sides of the can down to completely wrap the spam musubi. Continue to press down firmly until everything feels compact. You need all ingredients to stick together so they won't fall out when you remove the cling wrap.
8️⃣ Take it out of the can by carefully pulling the cling wrap. Then cut the nori sheet at least 2 to 2.5 inches thick and wrap it around the spam musubi. Make sure the nori completely wraps around to better hold the ingredients together. I also sprinkled some black sesame seeds on the rice.
Tadah! Enjoy!!!
Anyway, this how it looks like before I remove the cling wrap.
I love spam musubi so much but what holds me back from making it again is the process of stacking them all together inside the can. It's tedious and took a lot of time. Laying the cling wrap flat to the shape of the can was such a challenge! But it's alright because the spam musubi's taste was so worth it! It also looked cute, right? It's like a huge sushi!
I think spam musubi can also be a perfect picnic food or a snack for kids because it's visually appealing.
