How to Remove Salt and Nitrates from SPAM

This 5-minute video is all about how to remove Sodium and Nitrates from SPAM. I used a Stainless Steel Pan to boil the SPAM. This procedure is perfect if you cannot tolerate the amount of Sodium (Salt) or Nitrates in SPAM.
Note: Low Sodium SPAM also has too much Sodium!
OOPS: Had to correct spelling (Rince to Rinse) and republish!
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[@ernstroad]

I can't believe how well this works. I've always liked Spam, but I've felt a little sheepish due to its reputation for chemical, saltiness, and not being cool. This method transforms Spam into something I really enjoy eating and feeling good about.

[@xt-cj7jg]

chemicals im fine but the 3600mg of sodium is a big no!

[@johnduffy6546]

My blood pressure thanks you! I love SPAM but, there's enough sodium in it to drop a bull moose. Definitely gonna try this

[@xt-cj7jg]

avg person can take 2000mg a day but this has doubke! nearly 4000mg of sodium is nuts

[@lindasams6058]

And if you have Ménière's Disease this sodium is waaaay tooooo much ! I'm going to try this just to see if I could have a cracker & spam

[@josephgaviota]

I have to complement the author ... the story is easy to follow and the instructions are clear. My congratulations!

[@Schmool666]

I don't like SPAM because it's so salty. But I stumbled upon your tutorial, and seeing how easy it is to de-salt it, I'm willing to give it another shot. It'll be the first time in about 50 years that I'll have eaten SPAM. It's on my grocery list now. Like it or not, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. ☺

[@nickyguidice5979]

Why don't you just buy low sodium spam.

[@nickyguidice5979]

It's not knowledge it's called common sense

[@lol-ge9bh]

@@nickyguidice5979its knowledge not common sense and not everyone knows abt this.

[@lol-ge9bh]

@@nickyguidice5979low sodium makes no difference, its only 25 percent less

[@garaf1246]

6/30/2024 I’ve been boiling SPAM for a long time to remove salt and fat. After watching your video I realized that I do not do the second stage by letting it sit. The boiling time is essential as well as the resting time to do this properly. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@toddfraisure1747]

Simple and to the point. You really didn't waste a move other than using a knife instead of your fingers to separate the slices. I'm subscribing because I want to see what else you have.

[@Supermunch2000]

My wife loves spam and it's a once-a-year thing for us because of the nitrates and sodium but this is a great idea and I'm gonna share it with her to see if we can make it a once-a-semester thing!

[@r7eagle_]

Thank you

[@MrOldclunker]

You live once. I'm not really worried about the nitrates and sodium. It's bacon and eggs almost every day.

[@madaneoulix1312]

you are an idiot if you think you are putting your self in harm if you eat it 5 times a year.. lol once a year

[@vaughnlevesconte1192]

Spam & Egss

[@margaretjohannesen475]

1:32

[@nelsonroberson5388]

This video was very interesting. I do not remember it being so salty when I was a kid.

[@ChiliSSP]

Oh my! I am going to try this on a can of SPAM this week! I’ve always loved SPAM, but don’t have it often. This will make me feel better about treating myself to it!! Thank you!!

[@ChristineKaaup]

I live in Hawai'i and our spam cans are not decorated hawaiian design and your enjoyed your spam and learned a lot if the boiling process and I do before I cook and I love sauce and I definitely try. Mahalo nui

[@jisungrocks5871]

Thank you for the great video! I love spam but i think the light and low sodium are different tasting. This recipe helps me feel better. After my heart attack i need to watch the sodium and with your method I feel more in control. Have a great 2024!

[@gravy1219]

i just watched your OG spam video and your editing has improved 10 fold

[@r7eagle_]

Gravy...I am working on it every day...lol

[@dorismccaffery638]

I love this! I'm on a very restricted sodium intake due to kidney disease and even the 25% less sodium still have a lot of salt! I'm going to try this today. Thanks for better way to remove sodium 😊

[@richardmerriam7044]

All variants use 'mechanically separated chicken' as a filler. This process probably lowers the sodium by more than 50-60%. (Just a guess). Stick with the original!

[@sharbear4734]

It's such an eye opener! What to do, what to do. Down with nitrates.

[@lindaelia2616]

In Hawaii we fry the spam in teriyaki sauce then wrap with rice and nori (seaweed) and enjoy a spam musubi! It’s so good…we all love it!

[@ramosel]

I've made your salt removed SPAM a few times now... really enjoy it. One slight deviation - I make a bit more of your sauce and after the SPAM is cooked, I throw some pineapple rings in the pan and add a bit more sauce. They go great with SPAM

[@williamhester1307]

In Alaska we do not remove the slats and nitrates. We mix it with meats like Moose and Reindeer to add salts and fat

[@petalson]

Thank you after watching this, I did much the same but then sprayed some liquid smoke on each piece and brushed it with some maple syrup, and store it in a container before frying, it's pretty good.

[@r7eagle_]

Glad it helped

[@richardmerriam7044]

The first video I watched about this said 5 and 5. I'll have to try this 15/15 method.

[@richardmerriam7044]

Tried the 15/15 method. Works great. I use 9.5 oz. storage containers for freezing/fridge. If you blanch 2 cans you'll need 3 containers. (Clear w/ purple lids).

[@arroyobaby38]

Thank you!!! Worked like a charm! Although I had to do boil it twice ( I didn’t mind at all) I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t salty at all. It was PERFECT!!!

[@wgpkoch5957]

Corn fritters goes great with spam. I slice up a nice tomato as a side dish also. Nice cheap hardy filling meal. I fry my spam in a medium non stick fry pan using 2 tbsps of saved bacon grease.

[@gamingwithafro3012]

I should’ve looked this up before hand. My spam was so salty it made me sick, I will start doing this now

[@xt-cj7jg]

it does have 4000mg of sodium

[@ChiliSSP]

Wow! I am literally enjoying my SPAM right now after having removed the salt and nitrates as you instructed here! This particular can is Maple SPAM. Some of the sweetness has remained, but I’m going to put a bit of maple syrup on it just for fun and yum! Thanks for this video!!

[@ernestbury914]

God bless you for sharing this ! Family loves Spam but not the sodium ! We are seniors with high blood pressure and sodium is dangerous.

[@JayTwizzle]

Awesome music choice !

[@olddave4833]

I'm trying this little trick on smoked sausage; it should work even if it gets a little salt and some fat I will be happy

[@peggyeldridge4827]

I cant have much sodium, nitrates or nitrites due to Menieres disease. This is awesome, love Spam. I bet this would lower calories a bit too. I subbed to your channel.

[@jeanleteff1221]

Your video is making me want to try spam again 🤗

[@get1949]

Interesting experiment! I used a big spaghetti pot with a bunch of water in it (how much? Doesn’t matter…but the more the merrier, I’ll explain). I used the original SPAM, sliced it as described, and ended up with 9 pieces-the ends I discarded as they sort-ta fell apart. I also thought upon watching the ‘slabs’ chaotically dance in the water as it reached a rolling boil (I put the slabs in when the water was at hot tap temp)…that the slabs would fall apart before the 15 minute boiling time was up (but they did not…what type of glue do they use to keep all that ‘meat’ together!?). As I watched the water (they entire time…it takes a long time to get so much water to boil!). I noticed the grease and white fat spots come to the top and too the slabs did also before the water reached a boil…! So, thinking that I don’t want to go through another cession of this I used a ladle to skim off the grease and floating fat…and replaced the water with an equal ladle full of cold water. This made the boil calm for a few shot seconds and allowed me to again skim off more of the top dregs/slag! It worked well! This saved me from going through another costly electrical charge boiling up fresh cold water. I also decided to dump the boiling water at about a bit past 15 minutes as I skimmed even more junk as the stove was turned off, into my steel sink through a spaghetti colander as it was dunked in a sink full of cold water (drain plug in sink). I believe that dumping boiling water down the drain through my garbage disposal could be detrimental to the system…So I cool the boiling water first diluting it in the sink full of cold water. I patted the slabs in paper towels and put all but one in a sealed container and ‘one’ I immediately fried and ate-there was some salt taste and the thickness of the slab was reduced by half after frying. Bottom line and why I did this? I’m now prepared for the coming utility terrorists attack and so this was only a test to see if it would be worth it to store SPAM. For me living in a totally electric household…it is a NO! I have a way to cook, get water, and keep warm, and remove wastes…but the amount of effort and materials to boil so much water just to remove the salt (I have to, so say the docs), is not worth it-even if the slabs really did taste great. If I can boil water electrically then I don’t have an emergency and so there are better things for me to eat. But I thank you for the info and experiment and I will be checking what else you are…’cooking up’

[@shinelife6244]

Dammit dude...it just spam 🤣😂🤣😂

[@jisungrocks5871]

@@shinelife6244, Ditto. Its just spam.

[@saenole66]

I’m a new subscriber and just ordered my slicer from Amazon. Really enjoyed your no nonsense presentation. Looking forward to more recipes. I think i might top with Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce.

[@PecanRanch]

Yea! On the charcoal grill !

[@aladrasullivan9018]

Mmmmh

[@olddog103]

THIS WORKS GREAT FOR CAN ED HAM ALSO

[@BessieOlifant]

It look very yummy ,and healthy to ear specially salt is cooked out .in South Africa we call it Bully Beaf (Beef)😂..will definately try 😅

[@josephgaviota]

1:00 I agree, the slicer is the way to go!

[@sheilahucke4204]

I love my slicer

[@richardmerriam7044]

Amazon has them for about $10.00. I've got one and love it. Much easier than hand slicing.

[@josephgaviota]

@@richardmerriam7044 Plus the slices are perfectly even. I always use my slicer for SPAM.

[@OWK000]

I do like to simmer my "uncured" hot dogs this way. It helps. Had a can of spamish Celebrity ham from the Dollar Tree yesterday. Made a version masubi, without additional sugar, though. I just take a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar after, as that seems to break up the toxins from the sodium nitrate, which gives me inflammatory arthritis. I have also tried simmering with a little apple cider vinegar. Also frozen shrimp/prawns have sodium phosphate, so I like to put a little vinegar and lemon in the cooking water to flush that out.

[@kathyking2890]

Just came across your channel and LOVE the content. Hope you are still doing videos. Especially Spam ones!

[@BarneyWestphal]

Cool I'm glad I seen this I always thought spam was a little too salty thanks

[@brendamller]

I love spam thank you so much for sharing 😊❤

[@KittyMama61]

It's just as easy to make your own homemade Spam as it is to make meatloaf. That way you can control the salt, and there's no nitrates.

[@sylviahodges5946]

Thank you for sharing the video. Love the music.

[@r7eagle_]

Sometimes the music is better than my voice...nah...not really. lol

[@Deyonkersny]

i jazzed to end of the video 🤣, im going to try this thanks gor sharing...

[@aladrasullivan9018]

I do this,then make sandwich with a little mayo and Dijon mustard with a fried egg on top,its wonderfully delicious

[@robertblalock5009]

Love Spam/Treet was raised on it. Don't use much salt at all. Going to try this hope it works.Thanks for the video. Need a slicer, all we got is WalMart hope they got one.

[@mariapazlucio5900]

Thank you, So Much!!

[@meryplays8952]

I do it with sausages. Never roast anymore. I make some holes with fork and boil them.

[@kathleenharris6124]

I actually love spam. I will definitely try this even the 25% less sodium has too much salt in it.. good thing to have on hand for emergencies also

[@smolzeg7446]

love the music!

[@r7eagle_]

Thank you.

[@darrellwolf2922]

Nice video man and I'm going to give this a try, so impressed with your channel that I subscribed right after watching this video, keep up the good work!!!

[@r7eagle_]

Thank you for subscibing.

[@bikeman9419]

I love spam, I buy the Lite Spam and only have it once in awhile. My daughter said it was gross and full of fat. So I compared it the salad dressing she was smothering her salad with. The spam was lower in fat than her salad dressing. I’m going to try your method even with the Lite Spam. It can’t hurt

[@anklebiter9116]

I can't believe how many people are communicating that they are going to try this. American people have been doing this for salted hams and meats for over a century.

[@SisiRuang]

Thank you for sharing the video. I like this

[@r7eagle_]

You are welcome

[@ktawui9456]

Thak you very much for that one

[@johninjersey]

very interesting! i' have hickory smoked spam boiling as I write this. :)

[@johninjersey]

i desalinated but now it has no taste lol as expected. i will add salt and pepper to taste

[@evelynsen2937]

Good idea

[@jarrahdrum]

Thank you, subscribed

[@AChavez-p5k]

Sweet

[@disinvited]

Any idea how much sodium it actually removes. Even removing half of the less sodium is still a relatively high sodium per only 2 oz

[@richardmerriam7044]

Original Spam has 770 mg/serving. I've tried this process and would guess it removes about half the sodium. (Based on taste). I want to see a lab test. Could be interesting!

[@lisaserrano9750]

Magical ✨

[@bobbythompson3544]

We are going to try Spam as we can’t afford the butchers prices! 😢

[@JoseDimeterio]

I'll try it..

[@davesanders9203]

Thanks. Necessary for some "old" people that ate too much Spam "back in the day' ! But, of course, in the future, when all we have is canned meat - - - - it will taste great!

[@BigMacOrange]

Nitrates don't float

[@lisaserrano9750]

Genius

[@mikeplatts2603]

Good tip.

[@jomama81ranch8]

Doesn't this wash out all the flavor?

[@AKHWJ3ST]

I love Spam! It's one of my favorite comfort foods! But I have arthritis and it's hard as heck for me to open the can! I didn't like the old way with the key either, but I have an electric can opener, why can't they just can spam the ordinary way? It would make it so much easier for me and others who have a problem with opening cans!

[@Larz1961]

I hate to admit it but I love Spam.

[@owenritz1224]

If I use hot and spicy spam will this remove those spices as well? 😊

[@nancylouthen1752]

Like this demo better than previous one. Where can the slicer and strainer be purchased?

[@maydayzee]

look above

[@scholbe]

My dollar tree has a similar strainer.

[@richardmerriam7044]

Got my slicer from Amazon (about $10.00). Strainer or colander will work. Buy them anywhere.

[@genechronister7085]

Nice

[@paulinamunoz218]

Muchisimas gracias. Bendiciones.

[@tiedryflies]

No Salt No fat No good but healthier

[@leelarson107]

Nothing that tastes good is healthy.

[@JoyceHolmes-m5o]

Been doing this for a long time. It's use to be called poor man's food, but now it's called upper class food untill the price on spam goes up again then we will be rich shoppers ha !! ha !!!.

[@robertblalock5009]

Need a better way to cook bacon now and get the grease out of the meat. Thanks for the Spam lesson.

[@pattijesinoski1958]

Try cooking it in frying pan with some water to cover bottom of pan and bacon slices.

[@robertblalock5009]

@@pattijesinoski1958 Thank you

[@leelarson107]

Bear in mind also that any of SPAM's variants (Low-Sodium, SPAM Lite, etc) have chicken meat mixed in with the ham/pork. Be aware of what you're buying.

[@kristosvt]

Yep. I only buy the Turkey :))

[@richardmerriam7044]

@@kristosvt Only the "Original" Spam is free of mechanically separated Chicken.

[@cfrankwolfe2024]

“Repeat the process.” Which process? From the beginning or just rinsing?

[@ME-pq9ld]

Does this genuinely remove nitrates? Colon cancer wants to know.

[@angelicaduldulao8559]

I always cook our spam like that.

[@tnecniv1124]

does it remove nitrite also?

[@LovingShadow-e3k]

If you use seasoned Spam would cooking in this way boil out the seasoning also?

[@mikejohn5573]

When Rensing shouldn't you move the pieces around so the sides get rinsed... if they are stuck together the water won't rinse the sides because they're stuck to each other

[@hjets5387]

Sounds good but I wonder why you're allowing it to sit in the salty water for 15 minutes rather than immediately draining it.

[@richardmerriam7044]

That continues the blanching process. It's important to rinse all slices in cool water to remove the excess sodium. I've done it. It works.

[@roddydiaz1090]

Does this work for deli sliced turkey breast ??? (for my dog)

[@bernadettezelenski3491]

I cuuld see the salt boiling out but how do you know the nitrates are diminished?

[@vincecastillo6554]

Anyone with health issues like congestive heart failure be warned that you still don’t know how much sodium is left in your food. Stay safe.

[@heiron]

How much percentage of sodium removed in this process?

[@nimueh4298]

Nitrates can’t be boiled out, nitrates are heat stable only the salt can be boiled out.

[@hemaccabe4292]

#1 When it comes out of the can, rinse it!

[@gardeniagirl1374]

I like Spam lite. Has anyone tried this on Spam lite? Does it still taste good?

[@My2CentsYall]

this should say reduce... its the nitrate that give it the color.

[@nelsonroberson5388]

What type of slicer is this I. This video and where can I get one of those

[@KaylaCat7]

It's a cheese slicer.

[@EnsignAhkinum]

Can the water be given to the homeless?

[@Woodlawn22]

Maybe not a great idea to put the first water--with all the fat--down the drain? Fat clogs drains.

[@patrickbodine1300]

Pour it on the fence line to kill the grass.

[@tomunderwood4283]

SPAM should sell the same product under a different name and see if it sells better.

[@imafreak1266]

😢 I miss the Cicadas 😢

[@stevewhite7465]

I know a way, don't by Spam. No worries then. Spam is perfect the way it is. You want something healthier, eat something healthier. There, problem solved.

[@mcgarrett-xw2fm]

i agree

[@patrickbodine1300]

Link to the slicer is broken.

[@bernadettezelenski3491]

I would use a fresh bowl of boiling water to let it sit in for the additional 15 minutes.

[@ioann235]

I think boiling is not necessary...just leave it cold water, couple of hours, in the fridge...

[@hobertlee7598]

SPAM IS GOOD EATING,

[@gordonshelby8476]

Does this destroy the taste of the Spam ?

[@plasticbucket]

Are you for real. This stuff is disgusting.

[@richardmerriam7044]

@@plasticbucket Not when you're REALLY hungry.

[@nickyguidice5979]

Did you ever hear of low sodium spam.