You either love or detest SPAM, a meat product in a can that gets a lot of bad press. This tiny snack will undoubtedly please if you’re not vegan, have a gluten sensitivity, run marathons, and don’t own a TV!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon sriracha sauce
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 1 quart vegetable oil for frying
- 2 (12 ounce) cans fully cooked luncheon meat (such as SPAM®), sliced into fries
Instructions
- Process garlic, paprika, and salt in a food processor until smooth. Add mayonnaise, sriracha sauce, and ketchup; process until sauce is well-combined. Transfer sauce to a bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until chilled.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Rinse luncheon meat ‘fries’ with cool water and pat dry.
- Working in batches, cook ‘fries’ in preheated oil until browned and crispy on the outside and still moist on the inside, 4 to 6 minutes. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate. Transfer ‘fries’ to a plate and serve with chilled dipping sauce.
- You can use a mortar and pestle to make the sauce to give it more of a ‘bite’.
- For a spicier dipping sauce add cayenne or additional sriracha to taste or use jalapeno/habanero ketchup.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 562 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 70 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 1420 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 56 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Already loved fried spam, but the sauce is soooo good! You have to try it! I’ve got to find more things to dip in it.
An amazing appetizer, small lunch, and/or snack. Even my husband and 2 year old loves this. Which is saying something.
Recipe is great & the sauce is phenomenal – added some cayenne as others suggested
I make it camping. So easy and everyone loves it.
Easy and delicious. OK, not the healthiest side but very easy.
Recipe as is except we used firm tofu – dredged in organic spelt flour then gently air dried under muslin… used ground pinenuts and organic applesauce as dip… really wowed our quilting group as our main course. Dogs didn’t care for though… will make again for some off-grid meetings.
Ok a Novelty Dish but I made it. I would NOT overcook this,. We dropped this at the Bar for 6 Minutes. Next time will cut to 4. We will do this again. Perhaps use a flavored SPAM for more zing. Made the dipping sauce exactly as recipe calls for. I think next time I will use more Sriracha and maybe some cayenne. Just lookin for more heat. I was delighted to see the Spam Fries when we pulled them from the fryer. Did not fall apart. Looked just like French Fries. Lookin forward to next time. Thanks for post!
Delicious even though it will probably clog my arteries! Substituted tabasco for siracha since that’s what I had
These are perfect for when you couldn’t care less about your diet. The sauce is delicious, goes well with celery and carrots, too. Thank you for the recipe.
Delicious! I made it to drizzle over zucchini cakes. The consistency is such that it would make a great salad dressing. As is, though, there wasn’t enough heat, so I added about 3 more tablespoons of sriracha. We like it really hot!
Good Golly Miss Molly….HEAVEN! This didn’t take but a few minutes and the fires were all gone. I tripled the Sriracha to our liking and I even was adding more 😉 everyone that was here was a total fan. Will make again!!!!! Not enough stars on the rating to tell y’all how we really felt about this recipe.
Dip is great.
I was sort of afraid of this… But intrigued enough to try it. It was actually pretty good. Just serve with a salad or something as it does get heavy. I will make this again for sure. (My boyfriend would have given this a 5.)
OK, so this isn’t exactly the healthiest meal in the world, but we both loved it. I used one can of Cheese Spam and one can of Jalapeno Spam, and while they were both awesome, the jalapeno was better. For the sauce, I went heavy on the garlic and the Sriracha, and I discovered too late that I was out of paprika, so I used cumin instead to still add a smoky flavor, and it was great.
Deliciously salty and the kids loved them! The key is making sure they are crisp all around!