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Mickey Musubi (sushi rice in a Mickey shaped with fried spam, wrapped in seaweed)

Mickey Musubi

A Hawaiian favorite, these Mickey Musubi are topped with fried teriyaki spam and wrapped with seaweed!

Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack
Keyword Aulani, Hawaii, Mickey Mouse
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 10 musubi

Ingredients

Sushi Rice

  • 6 cups cooked sushi or short grain rice, still hot
  • 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt

Mickey Musubi

  • 1 can spam
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
  • 2 sheets nori seaweed sheets, cut into 1-inch wide strips
  • sesame seeds, for garnish

Equipment

  • Mickey Mouse shaped cookie cutter

Instructions

Sushi Rice

  1. Place the rice in a large bowl.
  2. Combine the rice vinegar, granulated sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Heat in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.
  3. Add the vinegar mixture to the rice and stir until the rice is fully coated. Let cool to room temperature.

Mickey Musubi

  1. Cut the spam length-wise into six portions. Cut each portion in half.
  2. Combine the soy sauce and the brown sugar in a small bowl, stirring to combine.
  3. Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add the vegetable oil. Once hot, place the spam in the pan and cook until browned on both sides.
  4. Add the soy sauce glaze. Cook until the glaze is thick and fully covers each piece of spam, about 5 minutes.

  5. Place the Mickey Mouse cookie cutter on a flat work surface, like a cutting board or piece of wax paper lined counter.
  6. Use wet hands to press a layer of sushi rice into the cookie cutter. Aim for ½ inch thick. Once shaped, gently remove the cookie cutter. Repeat until all of the rice has been used.
  7. Place a piece of spam on the face part of each of the Mickey Mouse shapes.
  8. Take a strip of seaweed and wrap it around the spam and the rice.
  9. Sprinkle some sesame seeds onto each of Mickey’s ears.

Recipe Notes

adapted from Alton Brown and @may.kawaiikitchen