Spam Musubi
(Contributed by Steven and Mae)


Ingredients:
Spam strips, cooked Sato-Shoyu style
Sushi rice
Nori (seaweed used to roll sushi)

Optional:
Cucumber sticks
Radish sprouts
Takuwan strips (Japanese pickled radish)
Wasabi (Japanese horseradish)

SUSHI RICE:
Prepare 3 cups plain Calrose rice or use sushi rice recipe.


SATO-SHOYU STYLE:
Slice Spam into 1/4-inch thick pieces.
Sauce:
1/4 cup shoyu (soy sauce)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)


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


To Assemble Musubi:
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 roll from left to right.