Hawaii

Aloha! Today we are headed to Hawaii. I will teach you how to make spam musubi, which is a popular snack in Hawaii. Spam musubi is based on a Japanese dish which is also known as musubi or onigiri. Onigiri is technically not sushi, because the rice is not seasoned with vinegar. This is a very common food in Hawaii because of the big Japanese population. This recipe is very easy and quick to make. It tastes really good as well.

Ingredients:

1 Can of Spam

2 Cups of Rice

Few Sheets of Nori (aka roasted seaweed)

            First, rinse rice with water before cooking. If you have a rice cooker, use that. If not, then pour rice into a pot and fill it up with water about an inch above the rice. Let it come to a boil. When the water starts to dry up, reduce the heat to low. Let it cook for about 10 more minutes and then turn off the heat. Set it aside and let it cool down.

            Open up the can of spam and pour it out. Keep the spam container and use a can opener to open the bottom of the can. Thoroughly wash the container. We will use the can as a rice mold later on. Cut about 8-10 slices of spam. Fried the spam on a nonstick skillet. When it turns brown or looks crispy, flip it and slightly cook the other side. After spam is cooked, transfer the spam onto a plate and put it aside to cool down. While you wait for the spam and rice to cool down, now you can cut nori into 8 1-inch strips.

            When the rice and spam are cooled down, you can start making the spam musubi! Use a spoon and scoop some rice in the clean spam container and mold it into a rectangular shape. Wet your hands with water so that rice would not stick to your hands. Gently push the rice out of the spam container while keeping the molded shape. Place a slice of cooked spam on top of the rice. Now take a strip of nori and wrap it around in the middle of the rice and spam. To make the end of the nori stick together, just dab a little bit water to the end. Repeat the same process for the rest of the spam musubi. Enjoy!