Hello Kitty Spam Musubi

November 3, 2014

Author: KatieChin

I was so thrilled to teach the Hello Kitty Spam Musubi Making Workshop at the Hello Kitty Convention in Los Angeles last week!! Musubi, a delicious treat made with sushi rice, spam and nori, was invented in Hawaii where it’s sold all over from ABC Stores to grocery stores. Since it was Halloween and since I’m a Hello Kitty Super Fan myself, I donned a hot pink wig for this amazing event!

Making musubi shaped like Hello Kitty is a match made in Hello Kitty heaven. Sanrio partnered with Spam and offered a Hello Katie Musubi Making Workshop (led by Moi) that sold out in minutes!

It’s actually very easy and super fun to make. It’s a wonderful mother-daughter activity. Spam sold Musubi making kits at the Hello Kitty Convention which included the mold to make Hello Kitty’s face. You can find many Hello Kitty shapers on Amazon to make these musubi treats at home.

Here are some shots from the workshops and of my students’ fabulous Hello Kitty Spam creations. They were so proud and excited to create this adorable musubi on their own. Each student got to bring their creation home in a pink box. The Hello Kitty Spam Musubi freezes very well or can be eaten immediately.

Ingredients

1 12-ouce can low-sodium Spam, cut lengthwise into 8 slices, cooked and seasoned

Steamed and seasoned white sushi rice

Nori sheets, cut in half

Thin slice of carrot

yellow bell pepper

Instructions

Pack sushi rice in the Hello Kitty mold. Remove rice from mold and set aside.
Using a sharp paring knife, cut two small round circles from the nori for Hello Kitty and very thin strips from the nori for Hello Kitty’s whiskers.
Using a sharp paring knife, cut a small flower shape from the thin slice of carrot
Using a sharp paring knife, cut a small round dot from the yellow bell pepper
Place the nori eyes and whiskers on the Hello Kitty rice mold face. Add the carrot flower on the right side near ear. Place the yellow bell pepper as her nose.
Place 2-3 tablespoons of sushi rice in a musubi press. Place a slice of Spam on top of the rice.

Remove rice and Spam block from the musubi mold or can. Cut a 1-inch strip of nori and wrap it around the block or rice and Spam. Seal the nori on the bottom with a bit of water.

Form two small balls out of sushi rice for Hello Kitty’s paws. Press Hello Kitty’s face gently against a short end of the rice spam block. Use a toothpick if you wish to secure Hello Kitty’s head to the body. Gently press the rice balls to the bottom of her face to resemble paws.