Absolutely the Best Spam Fried Rice

knobbyknee's Note:

I really like fried rice and was searching and searching for a recipe that I liked. My brother is a college student and one of his friends made some for dinner the night before and I snitched a bite the next day (I tried it cold, right from the fridge) and it was the best I have ever had (and it was cold)! His friend didn't have a written recipe to give me (he made the recipe up and just makes it), so I finally talked him into coming to my house to show me while I wrote the recipe down. My brother told me that there would be 5 of them coming over and to have the rice cooked and cooled. I had no idea how much rice to cook, so I made 4 1/2 cups (dry) rice. It made a ton, but after 7 of us ate (most had 2 bowls full) there was only 1 bowl as left overs. I am sure you can adjust this to make less. I had the original Kikkoman soy sauce to use and it was saltier and less sweet as the Aloha Shoyu that my brother's friend nomally uses. The serving amounts is a large range because you can have it as a meal like we did, or as a side dish.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 4 1/2 cups dry rice, cooked and cooled (preferably day old)
• 6 -7 eggs, with a splash water, scrambled
• 1 (11 ounce) can spam lite, diced
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 12 ounces frozen peas and carrots, thawed

Sauce

• 1 cup aloha shoyu soy sauce (or Kikkoman soy sauce, just use a bit more sugar to sweeten)
• 4 -5 tablespoons sugar, for aloha shoyu or 6 -7 tablespoons for Kikkoman soy sauce
• 4 -5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil

Directions:

1. Scramble eggs in about 1/2 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a wok on medium high heat. When done, set aside in a bowl.
2. Place another tablespoon of oil in wok and sauté onions and Spam on medium high heat. When golden & starting to crisp on the outsides add the thawed peas and carrots.
3. Combine ingredients for the sauce and stir until sugar is dissolved, tasting along the way to be sure it is sweet enough for you. Add to the vegetables and boil on high until the sauce reduces to a glaze.
4. Slowly add the cooled rice and eggs to the vegetable mixture, being sure to break up any clumps of rice and so the coloring is even. Warm the rice through and serve.

Reviews

[SueAz09]

I've made this 4 or 5 times now. It's so good, and if you've never had SPAM before, this is a good way to try it. Love the sesame oil in it. I like it really spicy, so I use a bit more Sriracha than the recipe calls for. It's the recipe I go to when I want to make something quick with lots of flavor. You can also eat this for breakfast no problem.

[Chef #1168783]

I liked this a lot. I made it healthier of course. I used brown rice instead of white, splenda instead of sugar, PAM spray instead of any oil, and light soy sauce instead of regular soy sauce.

[Ilysse]

I wanted to update and up my rating. I have made this many times since my first review, over a year ago and my family loves it. We now have a kosher kitchen however which makes SPAM a no no. Kosher hot dogs are a great replacement as is kosher salami. ;) Origional review: Pretty good. This makes more than any one family needs in a year LOL but everyone seemed to enjoy it even my spam hating husband. I cooked the spam nice and brown and crisp around the edges. I used less of the peas and carrots but added a small can each of baby corn, sliced water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and bean sprouts. I also left out the yellow onion but added green onion with the other veggies. All in all it was very good. A meal in itself but I served it with egg rolls. Thanks for posting.