Jalapeño spam is a lovely spicy taste sensation
Jalapeño spam is a variation of my favourite tinned meat. When you slice through a brick of Jalapeño spam you come across small pieces of diced Jalapeño pepper.
So far I’ve had a couple of sandwiches with a thick wodge of Jalapeño spam either oven baked and fried, or pan fried in a toasted sandwich.
Tonight, I thought I may combine some spam with prawns in a ramen noodle curry.
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Preparing tonight’s dinner
Today Canberra experienced another 41 °C maximum temperature. To avoid dehydration and heat stroke I’ve stayed inside and not done terribly much. I did go grocery shopping this morning and bought some raw prawns.
What you will need to put this meal for one together
- Jalapeño spam—diced
- Raw prawns that have been peeled
- Instant noodles
- Coconut cream
- Red onions—sliced
- Thai red curry paste
- Red chillies—sliced
- Jalapeño peppers—sliced
- Chilli flakes—dried
- Tomato—quartered (I wish this was a sweet fresh tomato)
- Peas
- Corn
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Lime zest and lime juice
- Mint
How to put all this together
- Cook the noodles in boiling water
- Fry off the spam and onions until they start to caramelise and then add the tomato
- To the spam and onions add the peas, corn, broccoli, carrots and potatoes and keep stirring while frying
- As the vegetables begin to soften add a couple of tablespoons of the Thai red curry paste and stir through the cooking food
- Once the curry paste has been well incorporated add the cooked noodles and stir everything through getting the curry paste mixed in with the noodles
- Open the tin of coconut cream and add it while stirring
- Bring the coconut cream to a slow gentle simmer and the red chillies, jalapeño peppers and chilli flakes
- Add the juice of one lime
- Hopefully, while the coconut cream simmers it reduces in volume slightly
- At this point add the prawns and let them cook gently and be careful not to overcook them
- Put everything into a bowl and garnish with lime zest and mint
How did it taste?
I liked it. What’s not to like, though? My favourite tinned meats are spam and corned beef. This jalapeño spam is very nice.
A like hot and spicy meals on hot days and today was a very hot day. It was worth making.
Final thoughts
If you’re not anti-spam, I reckon you should give this jalapeño version a go. If you do, please let me know what you think.
Parting words
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What a delish, Gary! Love everything about this, delicious, nutritious, and packed with so many flavours and textures!
Thank you very much Agness. Much appreciated.
Thank you Agness. Much appreciated.
When I go to the Asian grocery store I see so many varieties of Spam. Have you tried them all Gary? I feel like you may have! 😀
When I was in Hawaii I tried every variation I could find. The mainstream supermarkets seem to have more and more of them. I just have to be careful not to eat too much.
OMG! That sandwich? Absolute food porn!
Thank you brother, I did think of you as I made it.
What’s not to like about SPAM. Very well done, Gaz. Looking very appetising and all quick to make. Love how you used Malaysian brand coconut cream. That’s one of my favourite coconut creams 😀
Hope it gets back to warm and moist as opposed to hot and dry 🙁 When it’s 40’C+ and dry, you feel like you are being cooked…and then you go and cook food… We are getting cool and moist here in Melbourne this weekend. Not too bad, but a little warmer wouldn’t hurt.
Thanks Mabel, I’ve been trying to keep cool and hydrated.
That is my favourite brand of coconut cream. It’s got a great flavour and aroma.
Tomorrow should only be 31 °C so a little cooler 😃
I have enough leftover for lunch at work one day 👍