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How to Make Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl (Easy Korean Comfort Food Recipe)

Updated: 9 hours ago

Bright orange recipe thumbnail design for Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl with cucumber sticks, pickled radish, and wooden chopsticks for styling.


Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl – The Ultimate Quick & Satisfying Korean Meal

If you’re craving a Korean comfort food that’s creamy, savory, and deeply satisfying—but you don’t want to spend hours cooking—this Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl (참치마요컵밥) is your answer.



This one-bowl wonder layers warm, fluffy rice with soft scrambled eggs, crispy golden spam, sweet onions cooked in a light soy-based sauce, and a generous drizzle of creamy mayonnaise. It’s the perfect balance of rich, salty, and umami flavors, all ready in under 20 minutes.

Perfect for quick lunches, busy weeknight dinners, or a comforting solo meal, this recipe shows how simple pantry staples can be transformed into a restaurant-worthy Korean rice bowl.


Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl with golden scrambled eggs, crispy spam cubes, and drizzled mayonnaise, served in a black bowl on a lace placemat.
Close-up of Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl featuring fluffy scrambled eggs, browned spam cubes, and mayonnaise drizzle in a black ceramic bowl.



Why This Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl Recipe Works

Making a traditional Korean rice bowl from scratch often means a lot of prep work and seasoning adjustments. This recipe keeps it simple while delivering maximum flavor.


✅ Made with budget-friendly, easy-to-find ingredients

✅ One-pan cooking for fast cleanup

✅ Mild, kid-friendly flavor that still satisfies adults

✅ Flexible—serve for lunch, dinner, or in a lunchbox


The magic happens in the cooking order—soft eggs, crispy spam, and tender onions each get their own moment in the pan before coming together over rice.





Ingredients You’ll Need

Serves 1 (double or triple for more)


Main Ingredients

  • ½ can (100g) spam or other canned luncheon meat

  • 2 eggs

  • ⅓ onion (60g)

  • 1 bowl of cooked white rice


For the Sauce

  • 2 tbsp water

  • 1 tbsp tuna extract (or soy sauce)

  • 1 tbsp cooking sake

  • ½ tbsp sugar


For Cooking

  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise

  • 2 tbsp cooking oil

  • Pinch of salt


Optional toppings: dried seaweed flakes, chopped green onions




Step-by-Step: How to Make Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl


1. Prep Your Ingredients: Cut spam into small cubes. If you want less grease, briefly blanch in boiling water and drain. Beat the eggs and chop the onion into small pieces.


Four uncooked slices of spam neatly arranged on a wooden cutting board.
Cubed spam in a strainer being blanched in boiling water to remove excess salt and grease for Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl.

2. Make the Scrambled Eggs: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan over medium heat. Pour in beaten eggs, stirring gently until soft and fluffy. Remove from the pan.


Black bowl filled with beaten eggs on a marble surface, ready for cooking scrambled eggs in Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl.
Bowl of beaten eggs being poured into a preheated frying pan to make scrambled eggs for Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl.
Beaten eggs gently cooking in a frying pan, being stirred to make soft scrambled eggs for Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl.
Lightly cooked scrambled eggs in a stainless steel pan, part of the Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl preparation.


3. Cook the Spam: Lightly wipe the pan, add diced spam, and stir-fry without extra oil until golden and slightly crispy. Remove from the pan.


Cubes of golden-browned spam cooking in a nonstick skillet for Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl.


4. Cook the Onions: In the same pan, add 1 tbsp oil and onions. Stir-fry for 30 seconds.Add water, tuna extract (or soy sauce), cooking sake, and sugar.Cook for about 1½ minutes until onions are soft and the sauce is slightly reduced.


Onion slices simmering in soy-based sauce for the Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl topping.


5. Assemble the Bowl: Scoop rice into a serving bowl. Layer scrambled eggs, onions, and spam in that order.


Fluffy scrambled eggs topped with sautéed onions over steamed white rice in a dark bowl – part of an Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl recipe.



6. Add Mayo & Toppings: Generously drizzle mayonnaise over the top. For a neat look, put the mayo in a small plastic bag, snip the tip, and squeeze. Add optional seaweed flakes or chopped green onions.


Adding mayo to egg spam mayo bowl
Adding optional seaweed flakes or chopped green onions to Egg Spam Mayo Bowl


7. Mix & Enjoy: Stir it all together before eating for the perfect flavor in every bite.


Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl

Eating Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl


Pro Tips to Level Up Your Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl

  • Make it spicy: Add gochujang, sriracha, or chili flakes.

  • Extra protein: Add a fried egg or tofu cubes.

  • Meal prep friendly: Cook


  • and onions ahead—just reheat and add fresh eggs before serving.

  • Rice variety: Try it with brown rice or multigrain rice for extra nutrition.




Why This Simple Bowl Tastes So Good

Cooking each component separately keeps textures perfect—fluffy eggs, crispy spam, and tender onions in sauce. The combination is pure comfort food with a Korean twist.




Final Thoughts

Now you know how to make a Egg Spam Mayo Rice Bowl that’s quick, budget-friendly, and packed with flavor. This is the kind of recipe you’ll turn to again and again when you need a satisfying meal fast.

📌 For more easy Korean recipes like this, check out: How to Make Jjajang Tteokbokki with 3-Minute Sauce (Easy & Authentic Recipe)

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