Tomato Spam Sushi

Sushi rolls are ideal for bentos (lunch boxes) because you don't have to worry about heat retention and they are very easy to pack and eat, fuss-free.


Serves 1 to 2

Ingredients:
1 hotdog (quartered lengthwise)
1 large egg
8 stalks French beans
2 sheets Nori (seaweed for sushi)
Mayonnaise squeeze
Canola oil

Seasonings:
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons hot water
1 tablespoon light soy
Pinch of salt


Preparation - sushi rice:

• Combine and mix seasoning in a small bowl.
• Scoop and spread rice onto a large plate, stir in the mixed seasonings evenly and set aside.

Preparation - ingredients:

• Beat egg and pan-fry it into an omelette with canola oil in a non-stick pan.
• Cut cooled omelette into strips of 1cm width.
• Pan-fry hotdog strips and set aside to cool.
• Blanch French beans in boiling water for 5 minutes and set aside to cool.

Making the sushi roll:

• Wrap sushi mat with cling-firm
• Have a bowl of water and a clean, sharp knife on standby.
• Lay a Nori sheet (rough side facing upwards) on working top (make sure that it's clean and dry)
• Scoop half of the tomato rice and spread it evenly on the Nori, leaving s 1.5cm space from the top.
• Line strips of egg, 1 strip of hotdog, 4 stalks of French beans (2 on each side for the entire lenght of the roll) on top of the rice.
• Squeeze mayonnaise on top of the French beans.
• Begin rolling from the bottom up, use fingertup to manipulate the Nori while applying pressure on the rice, pressing the ingredients firmly together.
• Dab water on Nori's 1.5cm space to seal the roll.
• Use sushi mat to cover the entire roll and press firmly (shaping the roll into a squarish-like tube).
• Cut roll into halves with a sharp knife.
• Cut each half into halves and repeat the process until each roll's thickness is about 2cm.
• Repeat the same for the remaining rice.
  

**Notes:

1. Hotdog can be replaced by Spam or luncheon meat.
2. Hot water is used with the seasoning for softening and moistening of the leftover rice. If freshly-cooked rice is used, rice has to be cooled to lukewarm and water can be at room temperature.
3. 2 Sushi rolls can be made from 2 bowls of cooked rice