Spam Musubi

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 5 cups cooked sushi rice (room temperature)
• 12 ounces spam
• 4 tablespoons mirin
• 5 sheets nori, seaweed (cut in half lengthwise)
• 6 tablespoons soy sauce
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• nori goma furikake, japanese seasoning (furikake)

Recipe

• 1 open spam can and remove spam, set aside. open both ends of can and wash thoroughly.
• 2 cut spam into 10 slices and fry until crispy. let drain.
• 3 in another pan, combine soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. bring to boil over medium-high heat and then reduce to low.
• 4 add the spam slices to the pan and make sure they are coated in the sauce. simmer on low until sauce thickens and then remove spam.
• 5 lay the sheet of nori on a clean surface. place the clean spam can on the lower third of the nori. fill the mold (the spam can) with rice and press flat until the rice is 3/4" high.
• 6 sprinkle rice with furikaki and the top with a piece of the spam.
• 7 remove the mold and place it in a bowl of water to keep it clean.
• 8 fold the nori over the spam and sushi rice and roll until it is completely wrapped. moisten the end of the nori to seal.
• 9 repeat this for the rest of the spam slices.