• Put rice into rice cooker pot and rinse with cold water until water runs clear. This usually takes about 4 to 5 times rinsing and draining the water. Then add water to cover rice and allow it to soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Drain and add fresh water to the 3-cup mark. Dry the pot and place into rice cooker. Press the cook button and allow rice to cook. When rice is cooked, unplug rice cooker and allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
• Alternatively, rice can be cooked on the stove in a regular pot. After soaking, drain rice and add 2¾ cups (660ml) water into pot. Place on the stove and bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and allow rice to cook until all water is absorbed. This will take about 10 to 15 minutes. Reduce heat to the lowest possible setting and allow it to continue for another 5 minutes. Turn off heat and remove pot from heat source. Allow it to cool for 10 minutes.
• While rice is cooking, soak oshizushi mold for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pan fry Spam on a non-stick pan until lightly brown. This takes about 3 minutes on each side.
• Mix soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a small bowl. Pour mixture onto Spam.
• While mixture is bubbling, flip Spam slices so that both sides are coated and soy sauce mixture is absorbed. Remove from pan.
  
• When rice is done, sprinkle furikake onto rice and fluff rice with a pair of chopsticks or moistened rice paddle. Wet or moisten the wooden oshizushi (pressed sushi) mold.

Method 1 (with Spam on the top)

• Cut each slice of spam lengthwise into 3 pieces.
  
• Spread about 1½ cups of cooked rice into the base of the mold. Tamp down rice with the lid.
  
• Pressing down with the lid, remove the outer portion of the oshizushi mold. Then remove the lid.
  
• Cut a thin strip of rice lengthwise from the rice “cake” to match the width of Spam (this step is optional). Cut rice “cake” into 6 pieces.
• Place a piece of spam on each of the small pieces of rice cake. Wrap a strip of nori around each slice of rice and spam. Seal by moistening end of nori with a little water. Repeat until all rice and Spam are used up.
  

Method 2 (with Spam in the center)

• Spread about ¾ cup of cooked rice into the base of the mold. Tamp down rice with the lid. Place two slices of cooked Spam onto rice.
  
• Spread another ¾ cup of cooked rice onto spam. Tamp down rice with lid.
  
• Pressing down with the lid, remove the outer portion of the oshizushi mold. Then remove the lid.
  
• Cut into 6 pieces. Wrap a strip of nori around each slice of rice. Seal by moistening end of nori with a little water. Repeat until all rice and Spam are used up.