Recipe: How to make homemade SPAM!
When you are hungry, you know you want some SPAM! It is full of calories and if you are doing an activity that is burning calories, this is the perfect dish to get you back into the active zone!
I know what you are thinking, “SPAM?!?! Gross!!!” I used to think the same thing until my wife bought some at the supermarket and brought it home and fried it up for me. It was so GOOD!
So, if you still aren’t sold on it, and you definitely won’t be purchasing any at your local grocery store, then try making it yourself. You won’t believe how easy it is to make, and as soon as you slice it up and taste it, every meal will have SPAM in it! Let’s get the ingredients together and get this SPAM party started!
WARNING: This is a meat product. Specifically, pork shoulder and Ham. If you are not into the carnivore thing, you should go ahead and skip to the next recipe.
Timeframes to complete this project have everything to do with making sure you have all your utensils and ingredients first and at the ready. These are estimated timeframes:
Prepper: 1 hours
Preppy: 2 hours (depends on how much whiskey during the process)
Skill Level: 1 out of 5 (bring on the meat sweats)
Ingredients
• 5 lbs - Pork Shoulder (ground) • 1 lb - Ham (ground) • 2 TBS + 1 tsp - Tender Quick • 3 TBS - Sugar • 3 TBS - Corn Starch • 1 TBS - Kosher Salt • 1 Cup - Cold Water
Preppy Pro-Tip: If you don’t want to go through the grinding process, save a bunch of time and get already ground Ham and Pork Shoulder. It will allow for more time with the Whiskey!
Directions
• Mix Tender Quick, sugar, cornstarch, Kosher salt and cold water together until everything is dissolved. (4-quart bowl)
• Combine with ground meat and thoroughly mix.
• Spread mixture into 2 - 9x5 loaf pans and press firmly to remove air bubbles. (I use a smaller pan as I don’t have a large family to feed. I use a 7x4 pan shown above.)
• Tightly seal with aluminum foil, place into a water bath and then into a 250º oven for 3-3.5 hours or until they reach an internal temperature of 155º.
• Remove from oven, place a heavy flat object (I used a brick) on top while still hot.
• Let thoroughly cool, then place into the refrigerator with brick overnight.
• Remove SPAM from pans and slice as desired.
Enjoy!!
The Finished Product! Equipment Needed:
• Meat Grinder - http://amzn.to/2fk6rKe • Tender Quick Cure - http://amzn.to/2fkakPw • Aluminum Loaf Pans - http://amzn.to/2egwn8W • Victorinox Graton Slicing Knife - http://amzn.to/2fkcfDK • Calphalon Non-Stick Skillet - http://amzn.to/2egwCk4 • 4-quart Bowl (preferably Glass) - https://www.target.com/p/pyrex-2pc-2-5qt-and-4qt-glass-mixing-bowls-with-plastic-lids/-/A-88156163#lnk=sametab • One Brick (LOL)
End Project GR11/2024 Recipe source: http://www.thewolfepit.com/2016/10/homemade-spam-how-to-make-spam-at-home.html