Mistakes Everyone Makes When Cooking Spam

Who doesn't love Spam? After all, it's basically savory canned ham, and it can be incorporated into both breakfast meals and dinner entrees in a snap. Flavorful and versatile, Spam has become a beloved American culinary staple, and while it's difficult to screw up the salty, precooked meat, there are definitely right and wrong ways to take it from the tin to the table.

While enjoying your Spam more or less comes down to preference, you might not have even given thought to how you could be leveling the stuff up. With that in mind, let's take a look at some mistakes everyone makes when cooking Spam.

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Thinking you have to cook it | 0:00
Cooking it in the can | 1:06
Thinking you have to eat it right away | 1:35
Not refrigerating open Spam cans | 2:17
Slicing it too thin for a sandwich | 3:00
Slicing it too thick for a sandwich | 3:30
Pairing it with other salty ingredients | 4:08
Crowding the pan | 5:01
Cooking it in oil | 5:53
Not trying it in an air fryer | 6:29
Not soaking your Spam | 7:14
Only cooking with original Spam | 8:00

[billwebb]

My stepdad served in WWII and he loved spam! He also knew how to cook it! My personal favorite is spam scrambled eggs! I love this stuff! When we go to Hawaii we always go to local restaurants and eat local food that includes Spam!

[gscotb]

0:24 Spam is cooked in the can, *after* it has been sealed, in a hydrostatic cooker. This means the cooking happens under pressure so the cans do not explode.

[janicetillman]

I don't want to transform my Spam all I want is a nice burnt Spam sandwich with a little miracle whip to cut the saltiness

[BobbyStanaland]

I grew on a cotton farm, in Texas. Spam was a delicacy. We had chickens, hogs and cattle to eat. But Spam was special.

[EdinMike]

My mother would never cook Spam, and it never put me off having it cold ! Fair to say I prefer having it slightly fried these days.

[growleym]

They have a low sodium Spam, and I love that stuff! For a sandwich, I like to slice it facewise, instead of in strips off the side or top or bottom. It's like a big spam patty that way. A brief soak removes even more salt, IMHO improving the flavor, especially if you like really thick slices.

Favorites for me are diced spam scrambled in eggs, or spamchili mac, or Spam Ranchero, which is a slab of spam like a spam steak, fried a little crispy and then topped with Rotel tomatoes and chiles, and braised covered for a few minutes. Serve over Thai Jasmine rice. Sometimes I make chicken fried spam steak. Good stuff. Spam cheeseburger. Spam chowder. Spam jambalaya. Spamghetti. Spammy Cristo Sandwich. Spam Wellington. Deep fried Spam nuggets. Spam tacos. Bacon wrapped spam sticks. Spam gravy over biscuits. Spam and cabbage. Lots of great stuff to make with Spam.

[countrycluckers]

Rinsing or boiling the spam loaf before cooking/frying will remove surface salt, but it also will remove the collagen (that jelly-like goo around the loaf and left in the can, when you finally get it shaken free). The collagen is good for you. I am not an expert on the best method for retaining, the effects cooking has on collagen, and the best way for the body to accept and use most efficiently. I still researching that part, but blatantly washing down the drain seems to be a waste of a beneficial nutrient.

[imissmydog]

To easily remove Spam from the can, punch a hole on the other side with an old (perhaps dull) knife (because you don’t want to wreck your good knives). Since there is no longer suction to keep it in the can, the Spam falls right out onto the chopping board!

[MrHootiedean]

Look how far SPAM has come! I'm a child of the 80s and it didn't have the best reputation. I've always been a fan!

[shopstuff]

I’ve been cooking and heating and eating before you were even thought of!

[edkeaton]

I have had Spam flavored Macadamia nuts given to me by a friend of mine who had taken a trip to Hawaii. There was only so much of them that I can stand! I enjoy chopped up Spam in a bowl of Chicken flavored Top Ramen sprinkled with Green Onions, chopped.

[johnsuffill]

Spam fritters are one of my favourites and easy to make too. Accompanied with chips (fries), fried eggs and mushrooms, it's a tasty comfort food.

[gapratt]

Spam breaded and fried Tonkatsu style is amazing. Slice it a little thin and fry it in the fond left from sautéing sliced apples in butter and brown sugar. Team up those apples and spam in an incredible Monte cristo sandwich.

[TomGorman-xq]

You can eat it as a cold cut, delicious with lettuce and mustard

[politicsuncensored]

I love the maple flavored spam. The spicy spam is very good as well. Frying it is the best way. Lightly fried then served with any meal. Shalom

[zion-jabezrobello]

You can crowd the pan🤙🏾 love from hawai'i

[lindabarling]

Yep, straight from the can is how we got to eat it. It was used as emergency food. Period. I haven't had any spam for over 30 years now🤣🤣🤣

[jasguy]

Here is a spam recipe.
1 can spam

1 can pineapple chunks in heavy syrup.

1 very small clove garlic pealed not chopped.

1/2 green bell pepper cut in chunks about the same size you cut the spam

1/8th cup sliced onions cut wide.

Small piece fresh ginger


Cut spam  in chunks not to thin or thick. 

Add spam and green pepper ginger to a pan using a neutral oil like peanut oil do not use olive oil.

Saute until both spam and peppers are lightly browned. 

Add pineapple chunks and saute a minute. Add pineapple syrup garlic clove onion Cook low moderate heat until syrup thickens. Take off heat and let it sit a few minutes. 

If you can find "light soy sauce" sprinkle some on your portion. Don't use regular soy sauce, it is to salty. Enjoy!

P.S. you do not have to strictly follow the recipe and can modify.

[steveskouson]

Moo-soo-BI.

Accent on the last syllable.
(Or, I was deaf those 6 years
on Oahu.)

Best way to make musubi, is
to lightly fry 2 slices in oil,
and then add some teriyaki
sauce. 2 pieces of Spam,
with seasoned sticky rice
between, and held together,
with a strip of nori.

steve

[eleanorbenner]

Reubens w/spam, swiss, sauerkraut, mustard. Yum!!
Spam fried one side, turn, add pancake mix, fry, turn.