If you love a popular Hawaiian favorite SPAM® Musubi, you will LOVE this SPAM® Onigirazu (スパムおにぎらず). The ingredients are similar to classic musubi; all you need is SPAM® product, rice, and a nori (seaweed) sheet. The biggest difference is that you could add more fillings in Onigirazu, and today I added lettuce and a fried egg to make it more like a breakfast dish. This combo of deliciousness is portable and hearty enough to fill a hungry stomach any time of the day. You’ll love it for a picnic, road trip snack, or plane food too!
What is Spam Musubi?
A popular snack and lunch dish in Hawaii, SPAM® Musubi is made of a thinly sliced grilled SPAM® product on top of rice pillow. The SPAM® product and rice are wrapped together with nori (seaweed sheet), almost look like Tamago Sushi. It is sweet, salty, filling and extremely addicting. If you like to get creative, check out the cuter version of Piggy SPAM® Musubi which I made a while ago to surprise my children.
How To Make Spam Onigirazu
SPAM® Onigirazu is a little bit fancier version of SPAM® Musubi. You could add more ingredients and make it more delicious as onigirazu holds more fillings inside. If you’re not familiar with onigirazu, it’s basically a rice sandwich; instead of making a triangle/round onigiri (omusubi), we make a rice sandwich with more fillings. I made a video on how to make it here, and I have also shared my Chicken Katsu Onigigirazu and Bulgogi Onigirazu recipes on my blog (and more recipes coming soon!). As the SPAM® product is a bit on the salty side, I like to add a fried egg to make it more balanced, while lettuce (especially iceberg lettuce) gives a crunchy and refreshing texture. SPAM® product is usually cooked with soy sauce for musubi, so I season the SPAM® product the same way in this recipe. Soy sauce, mirin, and sake are the most important 3 ingredients for typical Japanese flavors.
Hawaiian Foods Week with Spam Onigirazu
My children absolutely love onigirazu and it’s one of their most requested lunch items. As next week (June 12 – 18) is Hawaiian Foods Week, I got the idea for this recipe while grocery shopping and saw SPAM®. As many of you know, SPAM® products are a part of life in Hawaii. It’s served everywhere, from grocery stores, delis to fancy restaurants. Even McDonald’s features several SPAM® items on their breakfast menu. Starting next week, I will be celebrating Hawaiian Foods Week with many of the brands you know and love, which include King’s Hawaiian, Dole, SPAM®, Kona Brewing Co., and Mauna Loa. After making the onigirazu for my children, I made several sandwiches with King’s Hawaiian rolls, SPAM® product, and King’s Hawaiian BBQ sauce for Mr. JOC. He thoroughly enjoyed the combination, and it’s now made the list as one of our quick meal ideas. What are your favorite Hawaiian foods? Share in the comment below! 🙂
Using an Onigirazu Mold
Mark, one of JOC readers from Oregon, kindly sent me this beautiful onigirazu mold that he handcrafted. It’s made of Port Orford cedar and there is not a single nail used in this mold. Thank you, Mark! If you want to purchase this mold, please click onigirazu mold page for details. Sign up for the free Just One Cookbook newsletter delivered to your inbox! And stay in touch with me on Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and Instagram for all the latest updates. Full Disclosure: This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of King’s Hawaiian. The opinions and text are all mine.
