A Tutorial: How To Make Spam Musubi

Ok, you know you live or lived Hawaii if you know what a Spam Musubi is. This tasty meal is easy and quick to make. Might be gross to a lot of people, but it's something real big here in Hawaii. But sometimes, it's easier to just buy already made if you're at the store, and your kids want to eat NOW. The other day, while at the grocery store, Cy saw some ready made Spam Musubi's. (They were under one of those heated up light source thingies). He said he wanted one, and I knew I had all the ingredients needed to make him one at home, so I said, "gotta wait til' we get home, babes". He said, "You can't make Spam Musubi!!!"... SO CUTE!!! Especially because it's coming from my lil' 3 yr old.... I had to show him that I could. So, thought I'd show you how to make it too.... of course most of you Hawaii Locals already know how - so this goes out to all those kids that never learned how, and is stuck at a college dorm thinking about how they should've listened to their mom when she was trying to teach them how to make Spam Musubi. LOL.... But no worry - Auntie Jen is here to help guide you thru this easy painless and tasty process..... here I go...

Here's what you need:


Spam, Knife, Cutting Board, Nori Wrapper (dry seaweed), Musubi Acrylic Maker (which by the way you could also use as an acrylic block for your unmounted stamps....), Frying Pan (not shown).

No forget the Hot Rice.... Gotta be kinda sticky, so don't use Pilaf Rice or Spanish Rice - it will NOT work!!! Jasmine rice not good for this either - the best kine is Diamond G....

I only making 2 musubi's, so I sliced off 2 pieces of spam - if you making moremusubis, then cut whatever amount of slices you going make.

Now, throw 'em in one hot frying pan - NO NEED OIL - Spam get plenty of that already!


Throw the rest in a ziploc bag, and save it for another meal...

While you wait for the spam to cook, start forming your rice with the musubi maker. The maker comes in 2 pieces, 1 which is this - that looks like a block, the other piece is the "pusher downer" which you will see in the upcoming photos. If you are talented, you could probably just make the musubi without the maker, but this helps a lot, because the "pusher downer" will pack the rice together and that's what you want.

K, I told you - the "pusher downer" is now here... you going take 'em, and fit it 'em right in the middle - right on top of the rice... and start pushing down....
Down.....
Down... all the way, til' your rice is smooshed, and can no longer be smooshed. Just no SMASH 'em.
Now you going push the "pusher downer" some more, and start lifting the box while the "pusher downer" is still on top of the rice - the box is going to slip out from the top...

Just like this.... and when you take all the pieces away....


you going have one nice block of rice in the shape of a rectangle - but try look, just the same size as one spam slice.... hmmmm... how ironic? LOL!!!


Now take a Nori wrapper out - it is about the size of 2 spam musubi's, so you gotta cut 'em in half (or at least the one I bought - they have several different sizes).
I just use my kitchen shears, and cut right down the middle (the long way).

Now take your nice rectangle block shape rice, and put it right on top of the Nori, lining up with the edges the short way. Should be just about the same size, it's ok if it's a little smaller or longer, still going taste good!!!


K, the spam is cook when it looks like it has a real bad sun burn.... time for take the buggahs out!!!
Now, take 1 spam slice, and put it right on top of the rice, lining it up again. Hooo... making me hungry just doing my own tutorial... LOL!!


Now, bring the wrapper edges together at the top, and just overlap them over each other. Use a lil' bit of water to keep them held together.
All PAU!!! This is how it looks like from the side.... unfortunately, it was eaten so fast, I was unable to get a picture of my Cy eating this Spam Musubi. But I gotta tell ya, it was just like he just found out his mommy was a Chef or something - because when I gave him that Spam Musubi, he was so happy and said, "Wow.... Mommy, I didn't know you can make Spam Musubi!!! ".... talk about melting my heart....

~Jen~