ingredients:
- 170 g spam
- 1 block tofu
- 340 g cabbage
- 1/2 large carrot
- 250 g onion
- 30 g nira (garlic chives)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 tablespoons salad oil
step 1:
In order to drain the water from the tofu, first wrap the tofu in a paper towel. Then put it on one side of the tray. Place a folded kitchen towel under the same side of the tray and lean the tray on it. Let it sit for about 30 to 60 minutes.
step 2:
Turn the spam onto its side and slice lengthwise into 4 equal slices. Next, slice across into 8 equal slices.
step 3:
Cut the cabbage into bite-size pieces.
step 4:
Cut the carrot in half. Slice as shown in the pictures.
step 5:
Peel the onion and cut in half. Cut each half into 1 cm-wide slices.
step 6:
Cut the nira (garlic chives) into 5 cm. pieces.
step 7:
Heat the salad oil in a frying pan. Sear the spam for a minute.
step 8:
Remove the paper towel from the tofu and, with your hands, tear it into small pieces. Add to the spam in the frying pan.
step 9:
When the tofu changes color, add the vegetables and saute for a few minutes over a high flame.
step 10:
Add the soy sauce and salt, and saute for 1 minute.
comment:
The Okinawa-style dish (yasai-champuru) using spam, tofu and sauteed vegetables is unique in Japan. “Champuru” in Okinawa dialect means “jumble.” Okinawa is a small island and, being located about 645 km from the mainland, is the most southwest of prefectures in Japan.