Method

1. Make the rice as per packet instruction.
2. Meanwhile make the teriyaki sauce: mix teriyaki ingredients (2 tbsp sugar + 1 tbsp soy sauce + 1 tbsp mirin) in a microwave safe dish and microwave from 30sc to 1min. You can also heat it in an saucepan on the stove until sugar is dissolved.
3. Prepare the spam:
   • Remove spam from tin and save tin for later, we will use it as mould for the musubi.
   • Cut the spam lengthwise into four (4) 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) thick slices. Keep the tin.
   • Pre-heat a frying pan over medium heat with a dash of oil.
   • Place spam in the pan, and cook 4 to 5min on one side, until lightly browned (see picture 1 below).
   • Flip the spam and reduce heat to medium-low.
   • Spoon 1/2 tbsp of teriyaki over each slice, coating evenly. Cook 2 to 3 min.
   • Flip spam, coat the other side with 1/2 tbsp teriyaki. Cook 2 to 3 min.
   • Flip spam, add any remaining teriyaki (if applicable no worries if not), cook 1 to 2 min.
   • Reserve for later.
4. Assemble the musubi:
   • Cut each nori sheet into 3 even strips.
   • Gather ingredients (rice, cooked spam, furikake, nori) & spam tin.
   • Add 1/2 cup of rice in the spam tin (~100g) and press down using the back of a spoon (picture 2).
   • Flip the tin and gently tap/ shake to make the moulded rice drop onto your work surface, similarly to what you did when getting the spam out of the tin in the first place (picture 3).
   • Add a generous sprinkle of furikake or toasted sesame seeds (picture 4).
   • Cover with a slice of spam (picture 5).
   • Roll a strip of nori around the rice & spam. You can brush a bit of water on the end of the sheet to help seal it (picture 6).
   • Wrap tightly in cling film until ready to eat.
   • Enjoy!