Two of my favorite things: SPAM, and EGGS

Spam, and over-easy eggs. These are at the top of my list of favorite things to eat. I love the saltiness and the concentrated meatiness of Spam. It makes almost any dish more flavorful. Same with over-easy eggs - it completes any simple dish. I put it on top of a bowl of rice with sesame oil and soy sauce, and I've got a meal. I also slap it on toasted, buttery bread with salt, pepper and dash of Sriracha. Tastes great as a pizza topping, and also with ramen noodles. And of course, on top of Kimchi Fried Rice.

Kimchi Fried Rice is a popular Korean comfort dish. It mainly consists of some meat, rice (short-grain), Kimchi, and egg. For the meat some people use pork loin, many use spam, and I've even seen a recipe with bacon. My favorite way to make it is with Spam, it gives intense flavor to the fried rice.

The egg on top is a classic Korean addition. I can't wait to pierce the yellow egg yolk and watch as it runs all over the salty spam bits, kimchi, and rice. Green onions lend balance to this hearty dish.

Ingredients:

Oil (canola, vegetable, or light olive oil)

3 cups of pre-made short-grain rice (best if day old and left out at room temp)
1 cup kimchi, chopped, with a few tablespoons juice from the jar
1/2 can of spam, diced
½ onion, diced

3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp sesame oil
1 green onion, chopped
1 egg per serving
Salt to taste

Instructions:
1. Heat up 1 tbsp oil in a large frying pan.

2. Cook the onion and garlic for 1 minute over medium heat, just until the onions start getting tender.

3. Add the Spam to the pan. Cook for about 4 minutes on medium heat, or until the Spam gets slightly browned.

4. Put in the cooked rice and mix well. Add 1 tbsp of soy sauce and 1 tbsp of sesame oil.

5. Make a well in the center of the pan and add the kimchi to it, let it cook for 1 minute. Then combine it with the other ingredients in the pan (onion, garlic, rice, spam), mixing well.

6. Cook for about 5 minutes so the rice fully absorbs the flavors and dries out. Mix every few minutes, and add in salt to taste.

7. Fry the egg in a separate pan with plenty of oil (about 1 tbsp or more if needed). To make a good over-easy egg: Heat the oil well over medium-high heat, add the egg and let alone for a minute. After the edges begin to set, take a heat proof spoon and repeatedly scoop the hot oil over the top of the egg - this cooks the top of the egg but not so much that the egg yolk gets cooked. The egg is ready when the whites on top look cooked (not jiggly, not translucent).

8. Plate the finished fried rice and lay the fried egg on top of each serving.

9. Finish with some fresh scallion garnish.