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Spam Sushi (Hand Roll)

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Ingredients

Spam strips, cooked Sato-Shayu style
Sushi rice
Nori (seaweed used to roll sushi)
Cucumber sticks
Radish sprouts
Takuwan strips (Japanese pickled radish)
Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)

Preparation

  1. SUSHI RICE:

    Step 1

    Wash and cook 3 cups Calrose rice. While still hot, season with Vinegar Sauce, or use packaged sushi mix such as Sushi!-No-Ko.

  2. VINEGAR SAUCE:

    Step 2

    1/2 cup Japanese rice vinegar

    Step 3

    1/2 cup sugar

    Step 4

    1 teaspoon salt

    Step 5

    Cook until sugar dissolves. Cool. Sprinkle half of vinegar sauce over hot rice; mix gently. Add more vinegar sauce to taste. Or follow instructions on package mix.

  3. SATO-SHOYU STYLE:

    Step 6

    Spam sliced or cubed.

  4. SAUCE:

    Step 7

    1/4 cup shoyu

    Step 8

    1/4 cup sugar

    Step 9

    1/4 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)

    Step 10

    Bring sauce to a boil in a small pan. Add Spam, lower heat, and cook 2-3 minutes.

  5. TO ASSEMBLE SUSHI:

    Step 11

    Cut a sheet of nori in half. Place nori on your left hand; add a small amount of rice. Add Spam and all or some of the other ingredients. Wrap nori around the filling and toll from left to right.

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