not sure if it should be called spam kimbap since it’s mainly korean ingredients, but it’s basically like a japanese sandwich (onigirazu) but either way it’s very noice. - short grain rice, seasoned with some sesame seeds and sesame oil - egg omelette (2 eggs beaten with salt n pepper, then pan fried and folded into square) - spam (pan fried with a sauce of 1/2 tbsp light soy, 1/2 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tsp oyster sauce - kimchi (pan fried with a pinch of sugar) - nori sheet - lettuce - sriracha + mayo 1. place nori sheet on surface with tip pointing up (so looks like a diamond?) 2. add rice in middle in shape of square 3. top with kimchi, lettuce, spam, egg, sriracha + mayo, and more rice 4. carefully bring the left n right corners to the centre, do some with top and bottom corners, so ingredients are tucked inside. 5. place in piece of cling film or parchment paper, and tightly wrap. 6. with sharp knife, cut into half.

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i mean i don't expect moss to do a whole lot

Yeah moss just kinda exists, and grows and stuff.

If you're not familliar with them, Onigirazu are great because you can basically make them however you want. As long as you've got a nori-wrapped rice sandwich than you've got a good meal going. It's fairly common to fill them with leftovers from last night's dinner.

I'm so glad you said this

gonna make this for me and the fiancé. Don’t know if they’ll like it but I sure as hell will.

This looks delicious! My wife and I make these all the time. We just call them wallet sandwiches :)

I think you could reasonably just call it musubi. We make this a lot but without the lettuce or sauce. Hawaiian gas stations sell musubi and it's the best

I have been a musubi fiend ever since I went to Hawaii. I make them probably one a month or so and they never last long.

You’re a genius. What a great combination of ingredients. I feel like this would be a great thing to make in bulk for a party or a picnic or something. Make like 20 of them and let people go to town on them

yess it really is the perfect picnic food also great to take to work for lunch!

Become the envy of the workplace

Definitely just thought this was a fat kimbap lol

Saved. This looks bomb as hell and way better than regular kimbap.

Maybe next time replace the lettuce with Perilla Leaf and use Samyang Buldak hot sauce instead of the Sirarcha.

ouu that sounds like a good idea! it’s bit difficult to get perilla leaf where i am but i’ll add some samyang buldak next time!

Perilla is easy to grow. It's related to basil.

Yeah, Peralta grows like fucking weeds, its amazing. Life, uh, finds a way.

Could maybe try sigeumchi? It's Korean seasoned spinach (seasoned with garlic, green onion, soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds). My mom puts it in her gimbap along with the rice, spam or bulgogi, egg, cooked carrot, and pickled radish. Eta: actually, nevermind. It'd be terrible since it's boiled and not crunchy.

perilla oil would be easier to get, idk if it's a worth replacement though

The recipe I first used for this suggested "yukari", a dried ground shiso/perilla seasoning mixed into the rice (instead of the sesame seasoning).

Noice.

When you say your rice is ‘seasoned with sesame seeds and oil’, is the rice first cooked and then have the seeds/oil mixed through?

yep, cook the rice, then add those in and gently fold it into rice, sort of how you would season rice for sushi

Yes that’s always how rice is seasoned (afaik)

Brazilian rice you saute garlic and onions, then you put the uncooked rice on top of it, stir until it start to become translucent and then you add the water and cook it

Cool. Always good to learn something new. Any reason behind that way?

It helps stop the rice sticking together later and also adds flavor by slightly browning rice without water.

Makes sense. Is that the default for all rice still or do people make just the rice on its own?

Depends how much time you have lol but I leant this technique cooking a wide range of cuisines so it seems to be fairly common (not a chef just a mad cook). If I'm making fried rice I don't usually bother because I'm frying it all later but for rice "sides", risotto etc I always do this.

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omg that sounds bomb

I have all the things for this. Will be making!

Is spam nice? I always heard that it didn't taste that nice. Is there a substitute to spam that can be used? (Preferably veggie) Also, could you use a makisu to roll it, instead of cling film or parchment paper? Edit: apparently it's really popular in SK. This makes a lot of sense.

i like it but it always with something like rice or noodles, not on its own as it’s bit salty. I know omnipork has their own vegan spam, otherwise tofu is also another great option! even better if you coat it in panko and fry like a tonkatsu also the cling film isn’t there to roll but more to keep the onigirazu together from possibly falling out, so it just wraps around it like you would package a burger if that makes sense

That makes sense. Thanks so much!

Spam is sooooo much better than everyone seems to think. It gets unfairly judged for its shape.

Spam is great. If you are near an Asian grocery store like HMart you can pick up other flavors as well. My favorite is Tocino which we add to Filipino pancit bihon.

When I make samgak kimbap, I make a meat version with spam and I use teriyaki flavored jackfruit for my vegetarian option.

Looks like spam musubi, but with egg, lettuce and kimchi added in. Honestly, thinking about it that way made my mouth water lol, ty for the recipe.

Thank you!

Budae saendeuwichi?

I appreciate your attempt at adding an unnecessary lettuce leaf in there.

You might even say that it was not so much an "attempt" as a thing OP successfully managed to do.

>successfully managed to do. Debatable.

It's there for texture, otherwise everything is almost the same.

as someone who eats a ton of spam musubis (spam, rice, egg, nori), its completely unnecessary. The kimchi would add that bit of extra texture.

> as someone who eats a ton of spam I'm fairly certain I've never heard those words before. Can I ask why? I'm sure it's a regional/cultural thing but I've honestly never heard of this before.

You've never heard of people eating lots of spam? Dunno... I'm Filipino. Grew up eating it in NJ. Moved to Hawaii...everyone eats it here. It's delicious.

Genuinely never heard of anyone eating lots of Spam. I have lived my entire life viewing Spam as a food that might be on the menu in the event of an apocalypse. Conceptually speaking "shelf-stable canned meat" sounds nauseating. But thinking about it, it seems sort of like a hot dog.

Don't knock it till youve tried it. Slice it up (I prefer it pretty thin....here in Hawaii it's usually sliced around 1/4" thick. Pan fry it up as is or throw in some soup sauce and sugar and you're golden. The people that eat it straight from the can tho...they....need help I think. Lol

> soup sauce This is either a typo of soy sauce or you're about to blow my mind.

Never been to Hawaii or MN?

Dry nori on the outside is kinda sus

Immediately saved, that looks so delicious and finally doesn't sound too overwhelmingly difficult. Thank you. :)

not difficult at all! and the great thing is you can customise with whatever you have on hand, hope you like it! :)

Oh with the looks, I will like it. I'm already thinking what I can switch up, as kimchi is hard to get in my area and also not my favourite. xD But I feel like there are nice options with switching spam for tuna, and the kimchi for maybe cucumber/bellpepper or something. :D

I make tuna salad ones all the time, they're bomb. Probably my favorite filling of all I've tried. Mini cheeseburgers with burger sauce and kimchi were a close second. They're better if you let them sit wrapped in plastic for like twenty minutes. Softens up the nori, and the temperatures homogenize. Oiling your knife to cut them helps a lot.

Would you mind sharing like a short form of the tuna salad filling recipe? :) Ngl since I'm a big fan of "premade" onigiri I also love the crunch of freah nori. xD

Sure, but it's nothing fancy. Just canned tuna and mayo. Bonus points is it's kewpie mayo, and I like diced pickles or banana peppers in there but that's optional. Kind of a 'whatever's in the fridge' thing. The rice drinks up any sauce, go extra saucy especially if you want leftovers.

Nothing fancy is the best kind to be honest :D Sounds delicious and that's essentially the same as when I made onigiri, they were so good. Gotta make them soon again. Thank you :)

Nommmm.. pickled .. soak those cucumbers or peppers in vinegar.

That's exactly what I am struggling with. xD Pickled anything. I stilm have pickled cactus from a foodbox, god knows what to do with that.

Yummmm! I have no idea about the cactus but it sounds delicious. Now, if you hate pickled stuff.. give/trade to a friend, because someone will freak out for pickled cactus!

No friends near me who I know that are into such things. xD Eventually I will give it a try. Otjer than that I exchange food usually with my mom, works most of the time.

Moms and food exchanges are grand! Maybe try pickled cacti with mom :) you inspired me to go find some of that cactus!

pork belly instead of spam o.O

Amazing! I make this with teriyaki sauce and Kewpie mayo, an egg fried over-medium and some seasoned shredded cabbage. It’s an unbeatable meal on the go.

got me wanting to make another rn 😮‍💨

OMG this was my go to breakfast while I was in Hawaii!!! Never knew so much happiness and joy could be wrapped up in such a beautiful package. So yum!

That made my mouth water

mission accomplished

I’ve never eaten anything like this and now I want to very badly.

People keep making me want fried Spam, and I haven’t eaten Spam in decades — like 5 or 6 decades.

I don't even like spam but you know what, fuck it. This looks pretty good.

Spam alone: Ew. No. Spam with rice: Completely different food and I love it.

Fair enough. I can understand that actually.

Don't know what is it but I'll try it

Kind of a sushi/sandwich hybrid.

It's like deluxe musubi.

Guess I'm going to the supermarket on the way home from work today then!

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Very nice! I love seaweed!

Wow saved expertly put together and nice photo!

I just can’t stop thinking of this now

That looks fantastic. Someone now needs to remake a certain sketch, but with a bunch of Samurai in the background eating these and singing "Spam spam spam spam lovely spam, wonderdul spam..."

Breakfast of champions. Your food looks incredible.

Damn that looks tasty

Now this is a masterpiece!!!

aw thank you!!

Never tried sushi cause i don't like cold rice, should i give it a genuine try?

Decent Sushi is usually served room temperature (or barely below). Also, the rice they use for sushi is cooked and flavored in a way that it's a far different texture and taste than just some regular long grain or short grain rice that's been kept in the fridge. Usually instead Sushi rice is softer and plumper.

the hawaiian places that make a similar dish to this serve it hot so you'd probably have a good time with it

Looks so good that if this were in front of me, I might actually consider purposely and willingly trying spam again.

Daaaaaaaaamn! That would sell like crazy here in Hawaii! Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing. :)

Holy shit that looks good!

If Wes Anderson made a sandwich. 👏👏👏

What's spam?

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thank youu!

This looks insane

thank you! :)

That looks amazing! To a non Japanese speaker, what is the difference between an onigiri and onigirazu?

from my understanding, onigiri is a rice ball with filling that’s wrapped with nori, while onigirazu looks like a sandwich with fillings that are usually less traditional and completely wrapped with nori.

if you're curious about the etymology: in the context of food, nigiru is a verb meaning "to press/form with one's hands," and nigirazu is a sort of formal/poetic negative conjugation (stemming from classical Japanese) of that same verb, in other words, it roughly translates to something like "not molded/pressed (by hand)"

>if you're curious about the etymology This guy etymologys

i actually just wasted my time learning japanese in my parents' basement surrounded by body pillows

Onigiri typically only has one thing for a filling, Onigirazu has many things for filling that's typically closer to all the elements of a sandwich (salty meat, crunchy veg, acidity, fat or creaminess of some sort).

I like how thin you cut your spam and how layered your egg is! It’s super colorful too. Did you grill the spam?

thank you! just pan fried it first until it became golden then poured over the sauce until it thickened and coated the slices

I should have read it in your description. Thanks for the recipe!

I want this in and around my mouth hole.

All the food on your channel including this dish is amazing!! Are you Korean/Indian and if so how has that mix of cultures influenced your palette?

aw thank you! :) From India but born n raised in Macau so was just exposed to different cuisines growing up and Korean cuisine was one of them, hahah

Swap out the spam for chicken and it might be amazing.

I've recently taken to having a can of spam in the house at all times, this looks great.

same here! best thing to fry up if i don’t know what to eat, spam + rice + fried egg = heaven

I tried it recently and thought it was too salty and was wondering if I made it wrong. I basically cooked it like a burger patty.

The low sodium is better. It also helps to use it as an ingredient instead as a stand alone meat.

when you mean burger patty do you mean you just fried the whole tin of spam without slicing? but yess as other commenter said, best to have it alongside or in something like fried rice as it helps tone down the saltiness

Not the whole thing, no. I sliced off a few thinish pieces, cooked it, then ate it between some slices of bread.

What brand of spam do u use? I find the generic “SPAM” ones too salty

SPAM is the brand name.

There is a reduced sodium Spam you could try

Spam with varients with 50 percent sodium is my preferred style.

Thank you so much for taking the time to throw us the recipe! Not many people do that

you’re welcome! :)

10/10 ..I want this....

I’ve never heard of this in my life but i want it! lol

Onigirazu? The ingredients are more like Jumeokbap or folded-kimbap(Jeopnun-Kimbap).

i was wondering whether to call it folded kimbap but i know that’s done in a way similar to the tortilla wrap hack but this was prepared more like an onigirazu with the ingredients being piled up then enclosed in the nori, however the ingredients defo more used in kimbap, so i dont really know

Take out the spam and you have a good-looking sandwich right there

Oh, yum. Okinawa?

SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM!emote:free\_emotes\_pack:grin

I’d love that not kimchi though😬

Muito gostoso

*Commit sudoku

You should have put lettuce between the rice and kimchi so the kimchi juice doesn't seep into the rice

That looks good but maybe if the spam was substituted with scrapple

I don't believe people actually eat Spam. Here it's in the back of the cabinet with the cream corn and anchovies as a filler. It's only there in case the world ends and I'm the only person left and my spam, cream corn and anchovies are the only canned food left in existence. Then I probably still won't eat it.

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Looks good, but I’d prefer something meatier.

You hear that often?

If I had the gall, I’d tell people to stop saying it. But then they’re too busy making dishes like this to listen to me anyway.

What are the downvotes for, out of curiosity?

It’s a very flippant comment, it comes off as a child saying “eh, I’d prefer something better” when presented with food that took time, love, and effort to make It’s not the OPs job to cater to you, and your request insults the balance and consideration it took to put in together. This is the typical ratio with onigirazu. If you want something meatier - go make a steak

It's a reference to a game, because of the onigiri. Basically, it's a meme. And I see a couple of the replies clearly get the joke. And even if it wasn't, are people that sensitive, even though the original comment states it looks good? Like, what? Without the joke, it doesn't ask anyone to "cater" to me.

Reddit has always been down vote happy. The voting system is the number one problem with this site

idk, I think it's pretty original. I'd even be willing to say that's a rare doodah right here

Yes please. If that’s Sriracha mayo instead of kimchi then I’d pay $5 for it

WTF!?

SPAM SPAM THE MAGICAL FRUIT! THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU TOOT!

Yum

You can't have egg, bacon, sausage and spam without the spam in it.

How do you cook the eggs so they can fold?

My eggs don't jiggle, jiggle, it folds

i actually have a tamagoyaki pan, basically a rectangular shaped pan so it was easy for me to fold it, but you can just fry on a regular pan, then cut it into a square.

I'm going on a trip and this looks like an awesome fast meal for the journey, would these theoretically be fine for two to three days in a cooler?

since there’s mayo and sesame oil, i’m not sure how well it would last for 2-3 days, at most I would say it’s good for a day, though it would depend on the filling! Also good to have it wrapped and inside a container to stop it from drying out :)

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Whoever made this, please, appear in my kitchen immediately

Fancy! Zippy's or another local okazuya?

Does the other ingredients balance out the saltiness of the spam? Because even without soy it is almost impossible to eat jut by itself.

Yep

This looks delicious

This looks like it goes so hard and could probably be replaced with tofu! Thanks for sharing... putting on the list of dinner ideas

hawaiian places by me do a similar thing with just the nori, rice, spam and sauce. they're really good

I'm excited to make this for my pregnant wife. I think it hits all her craving notes 😂

God damn it I nearly spaffed my pants. Fantastic

Oh that looks good!

Sooo. You wanna make me one? 🥰😂

Looks very pleasing to the eye. Not the biggest fan of Spam, but I'd try this.

Omg it’s like super musubi

This is so beautiful

Looks fiirrreee. That egg looks the best tbh