1. First, you'll need to slice the spam and pan fry it.

2. We use a rice cooker to cook our sushi rice and usually just follow the instructions on the bag. If you want the perfect rice for spam musubi, you'll need short grain rice and preferably a Japanese brand. See our recommendation above.
   

3. While waiting for the rice to cook, the adult ("that's me") in the house fries the spam. Place fried spam on a plate to cool.
   

4. Next, cut up the nori to fit the mold(s) we purchased online.
   

5. Unless you have access to a specialized Japanese store, your best bet for buying the molds is online. We use two kinds of mold: a triangle onigiri one that makes perfect snack-size spam musubis, and a rectangle mold for the more traditional spam musubi pieces.

   We'll show you how to make both below.

The Onigiri Mold

1. Once the rice is finished and was still a bit HOT not steaming, we began putting our first musubi together.

2. Place thin 1" thick piece of nori into onigiri roll. Fill halfway with rice, add odd pieces of spam or triangular cut spam into mold, top again with rice. Wrap nori around remaining rice and….press!

3. These little guys are the perfect size for kids and they love the triangle shape of this spam musubi. We prefer using this mold for easy & quick lunches and snacks.

The Rectangle Mold

1. LouLou then began making the more popular shaped spam musubi using the rectangle mold. She required almost little or no help at all!

2. Place mold on top of pre-cut nori. Fill halfway with rice and then add in a piece of rectangular cut spam.

3. Fill with more rice till it just about loosely fills the top. Press and wrap! Cut into two pieces for the little ones to share :) It's really that simple!