Character Bento - Jewel Pet Ruby

Name: Character Bento - Jewel Pet Ruby
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 child rice bowl's worth Plain cooked rice; 1 slice Ham; 1 slice Beer ham; 1 Crab stick (Or a red wiener sausage); 1 Nori seaweed; 1 Sliced cheese

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This was my child's request!

I think it looks more like the character with the ears slightly curved rather than straight. The eyes are a bit of a pain, but once you get used to making them you can make other Jewel Pet characters. It's also okay if you leave out the ham in the eyes. For 1 child serving. Recipe by momo**

This was my child's request!

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

This was my child's request!

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Ingredients

1child rice bowl's worth Plain cooked rice
1 sliceHam
1 sliceBeer ham
1Crab stick (Or a red wiener sausage)
1Nori seaweed
1Sliced cheese

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Steps

1

Form the face and ears separately by wrapping in plastic wrap. Make sure the ears also have a solid thickness. (Balance-wise, the face is 60 g and each ear is about 20 g.)
2

Add to the bento box with side dishes. Make sure you don't displace the ears with the side dishes.
3

Cut out the ham and cut off any excess.
4

Add three cut-outs to each ear. If you're worried about it falling apart, hold it in place with an uncooked spaghetti noodle.
5

Cut out ovals from the sliced cheese and ham.
6

Peel off the red part of the crab stick and cut out ovals smaller than those from Step 5. If you don't have a smaller oval shape cutter, it's okay to use the same one and shift it for a second cut.
7

(The top picture was made with a peeled red weiner sausage.)
8

Stack the sliced cheese and ham on each other with the cheese slightly showing, then put the crab stick on top and hold together with uncooked spaghetti.
9

For the nose, punch a teardrop shape out of the ham and cut off any excess.
10

For the hair ornament, cut out a cherry blossom shape out of the ham, then a star shape out of the crab stick, and lay it on top.
11

Make the eyebrows and mouth parts with the seaweed.
12

Cut out the sliced cheese using a thin straw and a shaped straw and place the pieces on the eyes. It's done!