Hi, this is Madeline. I had a can of Spam that someone gave me as a gift, and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with it. Then I spotted a container of well-aged kimchi in the fridge and decided to stir-fry everything together. Here’s my recipe for spam kimchi fried rice, a simple dish that makes a great quick dinner.
Ingredients
- Rice – 1 bowl (about 210g) (about 7.4 oz; cooked rice)
- Spam – 100g (about 3.5 oz; canned luncheon meat, diced)
- Kimchi – 100g (about 3.5 oz; preferably well-aged kimchi)
- Scallion – 30g (about 1 oz; thinly sliced)
(1 T = 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz, 1 t = 5 ml / 0.17 fl oz)
Sauce
- Jin-ganjang – 1 T (Korean soy sauce used for everyday cooking; regular soy sauce works fine)
- Sugar – 1/2 T
- Cooking oil – 2 T
- Salt – to taste
- Pepper – to taste
(1 T = 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz, 1 t = 5 ml / 0.17 fl oz)
How to Make It
1Dice the spam, thinly slice the scallion, and cut the kimchi into small pieces with kitchen scissors.
2Soak the spam in hot water for about 3 minutes.
As I mentioned before, this helps remove a lot of the added chemicals.
3Heat oil in a pan and slowly cook the scallion over low heat.
Most people toss scallions into a hot pan to make scallion oil, but the trick is to cook it gently over low heat so the aromatics infuse into the oil without burning.
4Once the scallion has softened, add the spam and cook over low heat.
5Once the spam is cooked through, add the kimchi.
6Right away, add in 1/2 T of sugar.
I accidentally added a full tablespoon once and it turned out a bit too sweet.
7Drizzle the soy sauce along the edge of the pan to let it caramelize slightly, then stir everything together.
8Turn off the heat, add the rice, and mix everything together.
Mixing with the heat still on can cause the ingredients to burn while you stir.
9Once everything is combined, stir-fry over high heat for about 30 seconds.
10I also topped mine with a fried egg. You already know how good this tastes.
Anyone who doesn’t enjoy this probably isn’t Korean.
It’s not spicy, so kids can enjoy it too, and it’s perfect for those nights when there’s nothing in the fridge or you can’t decide what to eat.
I’ll be back soon with another super simple recipe.
Ingredients
- Rice – 1 bowl (about 210g) (about 7.4 oz; cooked rice)
- Spam – 100g (about 3.5 oz; canned luncheon meat, diced)
- Kimchi – 100g (about 3.5 oz; preferably well-aged kimchi)
- Scallion – 30g (about 1 oz; thinly sliced)
- (1 T = 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz, 1 t = 5 ml / 0.17 fl oz)
Sauce
- Jin-ganjang – 1 T (Korean soy sauce used for everyday cooking; regular soy sauce works fine)
- Sugar – 1/2 T
- Cooking oil – 2 T
- Salt – to taste
- Pepper – to taste
- (1 T = 15 ml / 0.5 fl oz, 1 t = 5 ml / 0.17 fl oz)
How to Make It
- Dice the spam, thinly slice the scallion, and cut the kimchi into small pieces with kitchen scissors.
- Soak the spam in hot water for about 3 minutes. As I mentioned before, this helps remove a lot of the added chemicals.
- Heat oil in a pan and slowly cook the scallion over low heat. Most people toss scallions into a hot pan to make scallion oil, but the trick is to cook it gently over low heat so the aromatics infuse into the oil without burning.
- Once the scallion has softened, add the spam and cook over low heat.
- Once the spam is cooked through, add the kimchi.
- Right away, add in 1/2 T of sugar. I accidentally added a full tablespoon once and it turned out a bit too sweet.
- Drizzle the soy sauce along the edge of the pan to let it caramelize slightly, then stir everything together.
- Turn off the heat, add the rice, and mix everything together. Mixing with the heat still on can cause the ingredients to burn while you stir.
- Once everything is combined, stir-fry over high heat for about 30 seconds.
- I also topped mine with a fried egg. You already know how good this tastes.
