When many foods were rationed during World War II, my aunt recalls my grandma cooking these for the family. Good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or a late-night snack!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 1 |
| Yield: | 1 sandwich |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 slice fully cooked luncheon meat (e.g. Spam)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 slices bread
- 1 slice American cheese (Optional)
- 1 slice tomato (Optional)
Instructions
- Melt butter in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Saute the onion in butter until soft. Mash up the slice of luncheon meat with a fork, and add it to the skillet. Cook for 2 or 3 minutes, until browned. Pour the egg into the skillet so that it covers all of the meat and onion. Cook until firm, then flip to brown the other side.
- Place the egg and meat onto one slice of the bread and top with cheese and tomato if desired. Place the other piece of bread on top. Bread can also be toasted first.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 558 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 273 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 1500 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 39 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Different, I love Spam!!
It’s March 26, 2020, and we’re under a Stay Home order for Covid-19 here in Houston. During the build up to this, I purchased a flat of 25% less sodium Spam from Costco. With not much else to do at the moment, I decided to try a can of Spam. This recipe seemed the easiest for my meager skills with a couple minor changes to accommodate those skills. Pam instead of butter, grated cheese, no tomato, mix ingredients in a bowl, and sautee until it seemed done (meager skills, remember?). Spoon over two slices of toast and voila, delicious! I used about 3/8’s of the can to mash up for this and can hardly wait to prepare the remainder of the Spam. Suddenly my bad memories of Spam have vanished!
This was delicious and easy, never thought to mash up Spam with a fork, or fry it with onions, so good. I used Jalapeno Spam and didn’t have a tomato but would be even better with a big tomato slice. Will make again soon, thanks!
Oh my goodness – this was incredible for something so simple! I only eat Spam a couple times a year so I buy the Spam singles. Had one in the cupboard. I cooked the onion til slightly brown which sweetens them. Added the mashed spam and cooked til crispy. Then added the egg. I used a brat or small sub bun that I had on hand and that I had browned/toasted in butter. Skipped the tomato. Added thin strip of Velveeta singles slice. SOOOOOO good I just ate it now and want another! I have a feeling I’ll be keeping more Spam in the house! This was a great quick meal for me on a night I didn’t feel like doing any elaborate cooking. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!!
I actually grew up with my Mom making this on a regular basis because she grew up with HER Mom making it on a regular basis. The only change Mom made was using gov’ment cheese, she spread mayonnaise on the bread before making the sandwich, and sometimes, she would add lettuce. It was ALWAYS specifically on cheap white bread. I can’t think of anything more comforting than this sandwich.
I love this sandwich and have passed the recipe to other spam lovers.
I guess if you never had Spam (or don’t like it), this may not sound good. But, trust me, it is great! A perfect quick meal sandwich.
My husband surprised me with this new recipe for lunch today and it was great! I LOVE SPAM! This was a fun twist to the usual ketchup and spam sandwich i’ve grown up on. He used Mozzarella cheese instead of the American.
Great sandwich, quick to fix on a night when you get home and think oh no what’s for dinner?!!!
Followed the recipe as written, toasted the bread (we used Arnold’s Sandwich Thins). It was tasty, but I guess I’m not a huge Spam fan because I didn’t love the flavor. I liked the tomato in it to help balance the saltiness in the meat. It was something different, and if you’ve got spam to use a good way to use it. 🙂
It was good but not soooooo good. Not sure i I’ll make it again
I have been eating Spam for 70 years and I still like. The only change I make to this recipe is I put it on a toasted bagel. I take it for breakfast on day bus tours.
Pretty good actually. I don’t mind Spam but it’s a bit boring, so I like finding other things to do with it that are still easy to make. The bread definitely needs toasted. Didn’t like it as well with the tomato but that was OK too.
Not big Spam fans, but ~Taylor Ham~ worked really well. Kids loved this breakfast. Thanks!
This was awesome. I did cut the calories some by not using butter and using a zero calorie olive oil spray and by using a 35 calorie per slice bread. THESE ARE A DEFINATE KEEPER IN OUR CHEAP FAMILY!!!
These are really good. My Dad used to make these for me when I was growing up:) Great memroies:)
These were pretty good. Won’t make them often, but they are good in a pinch.
Ok, so I received a can of Spam for Christmas – a relative back home didn’t know you can get it in the US, and included it in a ‘grocery care package’ – and I didn’t really know what to do with it. I thought I’d give this recipe a go, but was pretty certain I wouldn’t like it. Well, I was wrong! I toasted the bread as suggested, and it was actually a very tasty sandwich. Blimey!
If you like spam you’ll like it. One of the best spam and egg sandwich’s I’ve had in a while.
I would definitely make this again, it was delicious.
This was really good, but then I like spam. 🙂 I topped with velveta cheese instead of sliced American.