Spam Kimchi Fried Rice
"Spam Kimchi Fried Rice is a bowl of fried rice with fermented kimchi bits, and chopped Spam cubes, dried seaweed, and topped with a sunny-side-up egg, more Korean seaweed, sesame seeds, and green onions. Kimchi is a fermented vegetable side-dish which has a lot of varieties, too. The most common is the Chinese cabbage kimchi. One reason is that they love fermented food. The probiotics and prebiotics are the incredible by-products in the fermented food they eat to keep their gut flora, or their stomach, healthy. "
Serves2
Preparation Time15 min
Cooking Time10 min
Cooking MethodSkillet
Ingredients
- 2 cup white rice
- 1 cup chopped SPAM
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 cup korean seaweed/ nori
- 1 sunny side up egg
- Chopped green onions
- Sesame seeds
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup chopped kimchi with the juice
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 clove of minced garlic
- Cooking oil
Instructions
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Heat up the pan or wok under medium fire, and add the cooking oil. Saute onions and garlic until onions are translucent.
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Add chopped SPAM, and cook for about a minute. Add chopped kimchi with the juice, and saute for another minute. Add water, and let it simmer under low fire for 30 seconds.
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Add white rice, salt, pepper, brown sugar, and sesame oil. Mix everything well.
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Once all the rice is covered with the kimchi juice, add the korean seaweed, and mix again for another minute.
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Once done, transfer it to a serving bowl or plate, and top it with sunny side up egg, salt, sesame seeds, more korean seaweed, and chopped green onions.
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Devour while hot! That’s how Koreans do it! Haha