Recipes: Spam & Egg Musubi, Spam and Cabbage

We celebrate Spam with a taste of Hawai'i, making 'Spam Musubi' and a dish that locals love, 'Spam and Cabbage'. These recipes were shared by Chef Palani ‘Franco’ Visoria. He runs Palani's Hawai'i Noodles in Wesley Chapel. 

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Spam & Egg Musubi

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 can SPAM, sliced into 9 pieces
• 5 eggs, scrambled omelet style (flat)
• pepper
• 3 cups raw rice
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• 2 tsp sugar
• ¼ cup water
• nori (toasted seaweed), cut into 2-inch wide strips
• teriyaki sauce for glazing

Equipment

• Spam musubi mold
• Spam slicer (optional)
• non-stick frying pan
• spatula
• tongs
• mixing bowls

Directions

1. Cook rice according to package directions; use rice cooker if available.
2. Cut SPAM into 9 even slices.
3. Heat 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil in non-stick frying pan over medium heat; place SPAM in single layer and pan-fry both sides until golden brown.
4. Glaze SPAM with teriyaki sauce; remove from pan.
5. Beat eggs, add pinch of pepper, and pour into non-stick pan; cook until top is set, then slide onto cutting board. Cool slightly, then cut into rectangles similar to SPAM.
6. Put cooked rice in bowl and allow to cool. In small bowl, combine ¼ cup water, rice vinegar, and sugar; mix into rice.

Assembly

1. Lay one piece of Nori on cutting board; place musubi mold on top of seaweed.
2. Place piece of SPAM, followed by egg, and topped with rice into mold.
3. Press musubi with plank and gently remove mold.
4. Wrap seaweed tightly around rice, SPAM, and egg stack; use water to seal seaweed, then let musubi rest seam side down.

Spam and Cabbage

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 can Spam
• ½ yellow onion
• 1 head cabbage
• 2 tbsp shoyu (soy sauce)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 cup chicken or beef broth
• cooked rice, to serve

Directions

1. Cut Spam into strips; slice onion and cabbage thinly.
2. In large skillet, warm oil over medium-high heat; sauté onions for 8–10 minutes.
3. Remove onions from skillet; add Spam and cook for about 6 minutes.
4. Add onions back to skillet with Spam.
5. Add cabbage, shoyu, and broth (or water if no broth available); season with salt and pepper.
6. Simmer until cabbage is tender.
7. Serve over hot rice.

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