Post #618273 by Bender_Rodriguez on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 7:46 AM

These are about as authentic as you get for Hawaiian style Spam recipes. There are tons of variations you can experiment with as well.

Onolicious Spam Fried Rice

4 cups cold, cooked white rice
1/2 can Spam, diced
1/4 cup chopped scallion (green onion)
1/4 cup diced red onion
3 eggs
2tbsp. shoyu (soy sauce, preferably Aloha Shoyu or a low sodium Kikkoman if you must)
2tbsp. Oyster flavored sauce (found in the Asian food aisle)
1tbsp. Tabasco
2tbsp. toasted sesame seed
Fresh ground pepper to taste
2tbsp. peanut, coconut or cottonseed oil

-Heat your wok or largest frying pan on medium high heat and add the oil, thoroughly coating the pan, quickly stir fry the spam until it's nicely carmelized about 2 to 3 mins., add the scallion and onions and stir fry about a minute, break up the cold rice and add to the pan and continue stir frying (if the rice sticks to the pan, you can add a TINY splash of chicken stock to loosen it (too much will make the rice soggy), spread out the rice to expose an open area in the middle of the pan and add the eggs, scramble the egg in the pan or wok and fold it into the fried rice mixture. add the shoyu, oyster sauce and Tabasco (and black pepper to taste) and stir fry until heated through. Garnish with toasted sesame seeds, additional scallions and serve hot with your favorite protein.

Spam Loco Moco

Two thick slices of Spam
Two eggs
Steamed white rice
Brown gravy

This is a simple recipe but if anyone wants a good, brown gravy recipe I can post that as well.

Pan fry two slices of Spam until crispy, cook the eggs any style you like (most people back home prefer this recipe sunny side up or over easy), place the Spam on the steamed rice, top with the fried eggs and smother the whole thing with brown gravy. Typically this is served with macaroni salad for an extra cholesterol, fat and carb overload. Add Tabasco to taste if you like. Not the healthiest of dishes but friggin' awesome.

Saimin (Ramen)

Hawaiian style ramen noodles/Saimin (if unavailable, shrimp flavored Top Ramen is an acceptable substitute)
2 cups water
1oz. Spam cut into thin strips
1/2 oz. sliced kamaboko (Japanese fish cake, available in most Asian supermarkets)
2 tbsp. chopped scallion
1/2 ounce bean sprouts
1 sheet of nori (dried seaweed)
1 egg
Furikake (a nori, sea salt and sesame garnish found in the Japanese section of most Asian supermarkets)
Hot chili oil (optional)

Bring water to a rapid boil and add the broth packet, spam, sprouts and scallion, then add the noodles (if using fresh saimin noodles, immediately crack and add the egg to the side of the sauce pan, to poach it at the same time, otherwise add it after the first minute of cooking the dried ramen), cook the noodles for a total of three minutes for dried and 90 seconds to two minutes for fresh noodles until al dente adding the kamaboko and nori during the last 30 seconds of cooking. Pour it all into a large bowl and garnish with Furikake (or toasted sesame seeds), additional scallions and top with chili oil if desired.

~~Larry

[ Edited by: Bender_Rodriguez 2011-12-22 07:48 ]