Spam Musubi

Name: Spam Musubi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Hawaiian
Ingredients: 1 can canned Spam, sliced; 4 cups cooked short-grain rice; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp granulated sugar; 2 tbsp mirin; 6 nori seaweed sheets, halved

A classic Hawaiian lunch snack featuring sweet and savory glazed Spam atop seasoned rice, wrapped neatly in a crisp strip of nori.

25 minEasyServes 6350 cal/serving

HawaiianLunchStovetopStandardDairy-FreeNut-FreeEgg-FreeShellfish-FreePork-FreeNightshade-FreeCorn-Free

Ingredients

1 can canned Spam, sliced
4 cups cooked short-grain rice
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp granulated sugar
2 tbsp mirin
6 nori seaweed sheets, halved

Instructions

1

Mix 3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp granulated sugar, and 2 tbsp mirin in a small bowl until the sugar dissolves completely.
2

Place a skillet over medium heat and add 1 can sliced canned Spam.
3

Fry canned Spam for 2 to 3 minutes per side until browned, ensuring internal temperature reaches 165°F.
4

Pour glaze mixture over canned Spam and turn slices to coat until sauce thickens.
5

Lay a strip of 6 halved nori seaweed sheets flat and set a musubi press in the center.
6

Pack 4 cups cooked short-grain rice into the press, top with glazed canned Spam, and press firmly.
7

Remove mold and wrap nori seaweed sheets tightly around rice block to seal.

Questions

Can I make Spam Musubi gluten-free?

Yes. The gluten in this entry is 3 tbsp soy sauce. Swap the soy-based sauce for tamari or coconut aminos. Everything else proceeds as written.

How long does Spam Musubi keep?

Refrigerate leftovers within two hours and eat them within three days. Reheat gently on the stovetop.

Can I halve or double Spam Musubi?

Yes. As written it serves 6. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.