My favorite restaurant in Hawaii is
7-Eleven! Yep, that little convenience store where you get your taquitos, hot dogs, and slurpees (at least in my part of the states). I was pleasantly surprised when I moved to Hawaii and saw that their 7-Elevens were nothing like the ones from home. Shelves stacked with udon noodles, saimin bowls, katsu plate lunches, every onigiri and sushi hand roll you can think of, and of course, musubis.
The classic Hawaiian snack is a savory spam and rice sandwich and wrapped up in nori (dried seaweed). I always made sure to pick one up before hitting the beach or going on a long hike in the mountains.
It’s been about a year since I moved away, but still crave this little snack from time to time. I had some leftover spam from my last budae jigae recipe and these flower spam and egg musubis worked out perfectly for them! RAMEN NOODLE SALAD
Some tips from the kitchen
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Some of you asked what spam tastes like and to me it tastes like a mix between ham, bologna, and a sausage patty. Salty, savory, meaty goodness!
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I tend to opt for Spam Lite because of the sodium content in regular spam. Spam Lite has 33% less calories, 50% less fat, and 25% less sodium than regular spam without losing any of the tasty texture or flavor.
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If you don’t have the flower cut outs (this is one I have) make a small omelet with the eggs, and cut them to fit the size of the spam.
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Normally musubis are made with the nori wrapped around and secured, but I wanted to show the flower cut outs so left that side uncovered. Purely for aesthetic purposes 🙂
Ingredients
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1/2 can light spam
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1 egg, beaten
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3 cups cooked white rice
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2 sheets sushi nori, quartered
Spam Marinade
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1 tbsp. oyster sauce
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1 tbsp. soy sauce
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1/2 tbsp. sugar
Instructions
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Slice spam into 4-5 equal pieces. Punch out shapes (optional)
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In a pan on low heat, place in spam slices, and carefully add small spoonfuls of the egg into the cut outs.
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Cover with a lid to set the egg in the holes.
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Pan sear spam on both sides, brush non-presentation side with the spam sauce. Flip over to caramelize.
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To a cleaned spam tin, line with plastic wrap and add 1/2 cup cooked rice. Press down. Brush a more sauce on top of rice. Place spam on top of rice and press down again. Wrap in plastic wrap to set.
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Divide nori sheets into 4 equal pieces, upwrap musubi, and wrap the bottom with nori sheet to keep the top exposed.
Flower Spam & Egg Musubi
Ingredients
- 1/2 can Spam Lite
- 1 Egg beaten
- 3 cups Cooked white rice
- 2 Sushi nori sheets quartered
Spam Marinade
- 1 tbsp. Oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp. Soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp. Sugar
Instructions
- Slice spam into 4-5 equal pieces. Punch out shapes (optional)
- In a pan on low heat, place in spam slices, and carefully add small spoonfuls of the egg into the cut outs.
- Cover with a lid to set the egg in the holes.
- Pan sear spam on both sides, brush non-presentation side with the spam sauce. Flip over to caramelize.
- To a cleaned spam tin, line with plastic wrap and add 1/2 cup cooked rice. Press down. Brush a more sauce on top of rice. Place spam on top of rice and press down again. Wrap in plastic wrap to set.
- Divide nori sheets into 4 equal pieces, upwrap musubi, and wrap the bottom with nori sheet to keep the top exposed.
