This SPAM® Carbonara is simple, quick, creamy, and delicious! Perfect for a quick merienda, lunch, or dinner.
I LOVE♥ SPAM®.
If you’re an avid reader of my blog or if you had the chance to scroll through the pages of The Peach Kitchen, you’ll find out that I’ve said this many times. SPAM® is one of my ultimate comfort food.
You’ll probably wonder why. Well, my mom is a SPAM® fan and our household wouldn’t be caught without a couple of cans of Spam®s (or five!) on the cupboard. It’s included in the breakfast menu rotation when I was growing up because it’s very easy to cook and you can pair it with either bread or rice.
The smell of SPAM® frying in the morning is enough to get me out of bed and straight onto the breakfast table. Now that I’m the one who does the cooking, it’s still the smell that gets me excited and that sizzle it makes on the frying pan. –Oh, music to my morning ears!
But aside from our usual SPAM®-SI-LOG, we have another favorite way of cooking it — SPAM® Carbonara! You know, our usual Filipino style creamy Carbonara but instead of bacon I put freshly fried SPAM® cubes which makes it more tasty. It’s a certified hit with the kids too!
COOKING
Cooking this is super duper easy. You can make this in 30 minutes. To start off, fry the SPAM® cubes in 1 tbsp oil, then set aside. In the same pan, add the butter and sauté the onions and garlic until translucent. Add the flour and the chicken cube and let it cook for a minute before poring the water. Stir until the sauce thickens and it’s free of lumps. Turn heat to low and pour in the all purpose cream. Add the mushroom too and 3/4 of your SPAM® so the flavors will marry. If the sauce becomes too thick, you can add more water or milk and keep on stirring. Bring to a boil and simmer for about three minutes. Add a pinch of nutmeg and season with salt and pepper to taste.
You can add the pasta at this time and stir to coat or you can serve it by putting pasta on a plate and just top it with the sauce. Make sure you garnish it on top with the SPAM® cubes you set aside, grated cheese, and chopped parsley before serving to make it appetizing. As you know, you eat with the eyes first, right?
I’m sure this will be a hit in your family too. This is actually Ykaie’s packed lunch today…
Kayo mommies, what’s your favorite way to eat or serve SPAM® to your loved ones?
For more Spam recipes, visit https://spam-ph.com/recipes
OTHER SPAM® RECIPES YOU MIGHT LOVE…
SPAM® Carbonara
Ingredients
- 500g, spaghetti, cooked according to package direction
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 can SPAM®, cut into cubes
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 onion,chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- chicken cube
- 1 tbsp all purpose flour
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose cream
- a pinch of nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup cheese, grated
- parsley flakes for garnish
Instructions
- Heat oil in a non-stick skillet, and fry SPAM® cubes for 3 minutes or until cooked.Set aside.
- In the same pan, add the butter and sauté garlic and onion until translucent.
- Add all purpose flour and chicken bouillon cubes and cook for 1 minute.
- Pour in water and stir (or whisk) until it’s free of lumps. Add the all-purpose cream and stir on low-heat.
- Add the mushroom and 3/4 of the SPAM®. Simmer for 3 minutes. IF it becomes too thick, you can add more water or milk to think it out.
- Add a pinch of nutmeg
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add Spaghetti. Mix well. Make sure pasta is well-coated with sauce.
- Transfer to serving plate, top with the SPAM® you set aside, grated cheese, and chopped parsley.
- Serve and enjoy.
♥ If you make this recipe, kindly snap a photo and tag @thepeachkitchen on Instagram (OR hashtag it #thepeachkitchen). I’d love to see what you cook!
41 Responses
New recipe thankyou fo sharing ideas ilove span
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you’re welcome mommy!
Pwede po pala yan. Natakam ako momsh sa carbonara? alam ko lang po prito at tsaka nakakatikim lang po ng spam pag may pasalubong galing abroad?
Oo mommy, pwedeng-pwede. Masarap sya sa carbonara
Nalaktuwa kaht saan bagay yan spam nakakatam ☺☺
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Im A Huge Fan Of Pasta..Lalo na po carbonara and spaghetti..Another recipe to try na naman po..
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carbonara spam ang sarap new dish to try! thanks for always sharing great dishes momsh.?
awww, you’re welcome
Wow try ko po to thank you for the recipe
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I love this amazing dish of yours momsh with SPAM ☺️
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awww, thank you. I’m glad you love it.
My family loves Spam! I can’t wait to share this recipe with them.
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sarap may favorite spam laso mejo mahalaya siya sa grocery
Mas napapasarap ang carbonara pala pag spam ginamit thanks momsh sa idea
Nakakagutom naman yan momshie ?
Comfort food talaga so SPAM mommy peach. .super sarap kasi..haven’t tried this one mommy peach pwede pala siya SA ganitong recipe. love it! ❤️ i love it.. must try talaga.. SA weekends po try ko po to for my kids..Thanks mommy peach big help po talaga samin mga vlogs niyo po. Hirap din kasi mag isip mg ihahain SA family..❤️
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That’s a great idea, it’s tastier than bacon so I guess this would be a much exciting version of carbonara. Yum!
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It’s amazing what you can do with a tin of Spam. I know a lot of people love it so it’s always useful to know.
Good to read about SPAM. Its not there in India though. There are many things you can do with SPAM, thats interesting.
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Mmmm sounds like the perfect comfort food. I love pasta, especially carbonara, so I will definitely give this a try!
Wow Carbonara with spam would b e perfect combination I love this parang gustu ku syang gawin sa Christmas!!
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SPAM is an all-time favorite at home 🙂 Love to try this recipe, I hope so many pasta to use!
This dish will be on week menu. I have all the ingredients, it’s simple and looks so delicious.
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Interesting idea to add Spam to this recipe. Maybe I will have to try it out.
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Who knew that something from a can, like Spam, could be so versatile. I think my personal favourite, of all the recipes you learned, is the Carbonara one. Who doesn’t love a good carbonara, right?
I would try this! I like regular carbonara so I’m sure I’d enjoy it with Spam. I’ve never minded Spam!
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Spam was a stable in my grandmother’s house for years! She swore by it and, honestly, I see why. It’s tasty, versatile and lasts forever!
My kid loves Spam. I used to tolerate Spam growing up, but for some reason, I can’t do it anymore. The smell and the texture just.. nope. But the carbonara I could definitely do!
Great how versatile that stuff is, sounds really delicious
I love that this recipe uses Spam. It is very creative and would save me time
I have to agree with Melanie above. I also grew up with spam I think because we didn’t have much money. And for me the smell of spam was a terrible smell. On the other hand, the rest of your carbonara recipe looks amazing–It is one of my favorites! So I will make it but just replace the spam with bacon. Thank you for sharing!
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Interesting recipe. It catches my attention. It’s certainly unique. I’m going to share it with a friend that absolutely loved SPAM.
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Thanks for sharing such a simple and interesting recipe. I will try and find out if SPAM is available in Mumbai.
Masarap talaga ang Spam. Amoy Palang nito talagang magigising ang itong diwa.
What a great and easy recipe. Spam really can bring interesting flavors to a dish. Not too long ago I had some ramen with spam and it was amazing.
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it is shocking how many memories spam brings back while reading this post, haha. my childhood was full of it
Hate spam but never thought of frying it with olive oil. Your recipe looks nice
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Wow, that’s a nice dish to try. Too nice a name to catch the attention though <3
i love carbonara.
Masarap po talaga ang Spam kahit saan i partner. Bigla ko po tuloy namiss ito kainin.
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