Quick Spam Fried Rice
This Spam fried rice with egg is a quick and easy way to use up leftover rice. In less than 20 minutes, crispy pan-fried Spam, fluffy eggs, and simple vegetables combine to create a quick and delicious weeknight meal that the whole family will love.
This Spam fried rice recipe is easy to make, and perfect for using up leftover rice and vegetables. The crispy pan-fried Spam is salty and savory with a hint of teriyaki flavor.
Kids love eating it. Spam fried rice is a perfect way to feed them something they love with vegetables included. And it’s a gluten-free fried rice as long as you use gluten-free condiments!
Ingredients
- Spam – I prefer low sodium so that I can control the sodium level
- Egg – well beaten
- Garlic, green onion, frozen peas and corn kernels
- Leftover rice – any cooked white rice (medium grain, short grain or Jasmin rice)
- Sauce – soy sauce, oyster sauce, sesame oil and pepper
How to make Spam Fried Rice
Fried rice sauce
Mix all the fried rice sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Stir-fry Egg and Spam
For egg: Heat oil in a wok or a large skillet over med-high heat. Add the beaten eggs and stir until they are half cooked (still slightly wet). Transfer the eggs to a plate and set aside.
For Spam: Heat another tablespoon of oil, add Spam pieces and fry until they are crisp and slightly browned, about 2-3 minutes.
Add garlic, green onion and stir fry for 1 minute.
Add Veggies and rice
Then, add peas and corn and continue to fry for 30 seconds. Add rice and toss with spam and vegetables until rice grains are separated and well incorporated.
Pour the sauce over and toss well with fried rice.
Add the reserved scramble egg and continue to toss to heat through. Serve hot. Simple kimchi makes a nice side dish to accompany.
Helpful Tips for the Best Result
- Use day-old leftover rice for the best result. Day-old and refrigerated cold rice has lost some of its moisture content, making it more suitable for making fried rice. You will get a chewier and more pleasant rice texture. Nobody wants their fried rice to be soggy.
- You can dice up the Spam to any size you desire and pan fry the pieces until crisp. Adjust the frying time according to the size of your Spam chunks.
- Mix the sauce ingredients first so you’ll be ready to pour it over the fried rice, coating it evenly.
- Use any vegetables you have on hand that are suitable for making fried rice. I choose green peas, corn kernels, and green onion. You can also use onion, carrot, sweet pepper, zucchini, etc.
- If you like to add some spicy heat to your Spam fried rice, drizzle some sriracha sauce over the finished product when you serve.
- You can also use this Spam fried rice recipe Hawaiian style with the addition of pineapple chunks.
More fried rice recipes
If you are looking for rice main dishes to use up your leftover rice, check out some of these fried rice recipes.
- All-Time Favorite Thai Pineapple Fried Rice
- Crispy Kimchi Fried Rice with Cheese
- Fragrant Thai Basil Fried Rice
- Simple Egg Fried Rice
- Bacon Kimchi Fried Rice (Kimchi Bokkeumbap)
- Yangzhou Style Fried Rice
- Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Spicy Fried Rice)
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Quick Spam Fried Rice
Ingredients
For fried rice
- 2 tbsp oil, divided
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 12 oz (340 g) Spam, low sodium preferred
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 green onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup (100 g) frozen peas, thawed
- 1/2 cup (100 g) frozen corn kernel, thawed
- 4 cup (730 g) leftover rice
For fried rice sauce
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 1/4 tsp white pepper, or black pepper
Equipment
Instructions
- To make the fried rice sauce, mix all the ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat a tablespoon of oil in a wok or a large skillet over med-high heat. Add the beaten eggs and stir until they are half cooked (still slightly wet). Transfer the eggs to a plate and set aside.
- Heat another tablespoon of oil, add Spam pieces and fry until they are crisp and slightly browned, about 2-3 minutes. Add garlic, green onion and stir fry for 1 minute.
- Add peas and corn and continue to fry for 30 seconds. Add rice and toss with spam and vegetables until rice grains are separated and well incorporated.
- Pour the sauce over and toss well with fried rice. Add the reserved scramble egg and continue to toss to heat through. Serve hot.
This a a super recipe. To spice it up I used the Spam Hot and Spicy…highly recommend!
I lived in Hawaii for 15 plus years and I must inform you that no local or Hawaiian person actually puts pineapple in their spam fried rice. Lmao
I had all ingredients on hand and mad this for my husband with some leftover brown rice. He wasn’t a fan of the brown rice when I first made it but was a HUGE fan of this dish. Siad the brown rice was redeemed 😂 thanks for the easy recipe.
Ps. I see why you recommend low sodium spam, I didn’t have those on hand, Between the spam, soy sauce and fish sauce this dish is on the salty side but still delicious
I’m so happy to hear that. Brown rice is great to use up for fried rice like like this. Thank you so much for your comment.
Good recipe and easy to follow.
Needed a fast dinner last night, and this fit the bill perfectly! The flavor profile is spot on, it was just what I was craving.
Great simple recipe! I used a cup of frozen peas and carrot mix for veggies. My whole family loved it!
Awesome. Glad that you like it!
AMAZING!
As a half korean I don’t get to eat asain food as much as I would like but your recipes really help. Sadly I don’t live anywhere near my native country either but your website made me feel at home eating the foods
Loved this recipe. It is truly amazing.
10 out of 10 would recommend.
Absolutely delicious!! I swapped the corn out for some chopped carrots because it’s what I had on hand and they worked well. I noticed the instructions mention green onion but the ingredients list doesn’t. I may add those next time! My 8 year old daughter gave it a 9.75 out of 10 so that’s a win for sure!
Hi Antonia
So happy to hear that you liked it. And thanks for pointing out the missing green onion in the recipe card. I fixed it. Thanks again!
Delicious! Was so quick and easy to make
So happy to hear that, Temi! Thanks for the comment.
This looks so good! I can’t wait to make it ! Canswitch up & use teriyaki Spam YUM!
THANK YOU!
Wow!!! This was fantastic!!! Easy,quick,and satisfying. Great for midweek.
Fantastic. Thank you for this excellent recipe.
Is there any way to cut this in half? It’s only 2 of us and 4 cups of rice is a lot! I’m really looking forward to making this!
You can halve the amount of each ingredient. Adding slightly more veggies and increasing the amount of sauce would work great, too. Thanks!
I used jalapeño spam for extra flavor
Hi Holly. What kind of rice do we use for this dish?
Hi Betty
I used medium grain rice for this recipe. You can also use short grain rice as well. Jasmin rice works great, too. Thanks.