Get ready to freak out about today's recipe: SPAM Musubi
It's a common food in Hawaiian cuisine, and it's not at all as scary or gross as you might think. Spam has an unfortunate stigma: Ham-in-a-can = gross, right? Wrong.
Ingredients you need: Spam, rice, Teryaki sauce, seaweed (optional). Start cooking your rice (see last week's recipe). While it's cooking, prepare your Spam and seaweed, if you decide to use it. Cut the spam into thin slices. Cut one sheet of seaweed into quarters.
Once the rice is done, remove from heat, remove the lid, and allow to cool. While it's cooling, heat some teryaki sauce in a pan on medium.
Once the sauce is hot, add the slices of spam. Let them caramelize and get hot.
Lay out one strip of seaweed.
Put a small cup of water next to the pot of rice.
Wet your hands. It makes handling the hot, sticky rice easier.
Spoon some rice into your hand, and shape into a ball.
Place the rice on the seaweed, and the caramelized Spam on top of the rice.
Fold the strip of seaweed onto the Musubi. If the seaweed doesn't stick because it's too dry, wet it slightly with the water you set aside.
Warning: If you are impatient and don't wait long enough for the rice to cool, you will have red, swollen hands like me.
I know Spam is kind of a freaky food, but it's really substantial and cheap. It's a very good source of nutrition for food storage. (I wouldn't recommend eating it everyday, but in an emergency, it will provide much needed energy). And honestly, it isn't gross at all if you cook it the right way. Spam Musubi is a meal my husband and I look forward to, so that should make you trust me and try it!
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