Spam Musubi
Yeah, you heard me. SPAM. Normally I don’t fuck with canned meat products, but this is a special case, and I’ll go into why after I lay out this recipe.You’re going to need 1 can of spam, some good teriyaki sauce (or make your own), some sushi rice (about 3/4 cup uncooked), and optionally, some furikake of your choice.First, free the SPAM from it’s coffin, and give it a light rinse under cold water to get that disgusting aspic off of it. Next, slice it into slices about 1/4″ thick – you should get about 6-8 from a single can. Place into a piece of tupperware, then cover with teriyaki and marinade overnight.The next morning, make your sushi rice but don’t use vinegar, though – use salt instead). Take the marinated spam out of it’s teriyaki bath and fry it in a non-greased pan until it’s browned a bit. Reduce the heat to very low, add the teriyaki sauce to the pan, and let that simmer for 20 minutes or so.Take your sushi rice and form it into compressed patties about the same size as your SPAM slices, but a little thicker in height. Place a SPAM slice onto each patty, and wrap with a wide strip of nori. If you’d like, sprinkle some furikake onto the rice before you add the patty. Wrap each up in plastic wrap individually. Serve at room temperature.Now, you’re probably wondering “what the fuck, b? SPAM?” and I’ll explain. The salty SPAM mingles with the sweet & savory flavor of the teriyaki, and you’ve got a lot of nori covering those bits of rice and meat – and if you’re paying attention, you know that’s some japanese Umami flavor we’re talking about. Anyway, it’s an amazingly easy, delicious, and portable lunch snack – perfect for air travel or hiking or work, since the rice is filling, the seaweed is nutritious, and the marinated & fried SPAM adds some complexity. Best of all – no refrigeration required! They’ll be awesome for about a day, and slightly less awesome the next day (but still very edible).I know it sounds crazy, but these things are all over hawaii. Apparently in the middle of the Pacific, SPAM is a local favorite of everyone.