Preschool Bento (Sushi)

Name: Preschool Bento (Sushi)
Yield: Serves 1 young child
Ingredients: 1 small bowl cooked rice (about 2/3 cup, 100 grams); 1 hot dog sausage; 1 imitation crab stick; 1 egg; as needed Cucumber,; 1/2 pickled plum (umeboshi)

しのぶママ @cook_40022222

Today, instead of a character bento, I made a sushi bento. If you shape your child’s favorite foods to look like sushi toppings, you’ll have a fun kids’ sushi assortment.
Recipe background:
I saw this idea in a bento book a while ago and always wanted to try it. Today, I made it my own way without looking at anything. I didn’t have any character bento ingredients, so I improvised.

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Ingredients

Serves 1 young child

1small bowl cooked rice (about 2/3 cup, 100 grams)
1hot dog sausage
1imitation crab stick
1egg
as neededCucumber,
1/2pickled plum (umeboshi)

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Steps

1

Use a small oval mold to shape the rice into even pieces, as shown above. You can also shape them by hand. I made 7 pieces from 1 small bowl of rice.
2

Use plastic wrap to help shape the rice neatly.
3

Cut nori (seaweed) into strips. Place your favorite toppings on the rice and secure with a strip of nori.
4

For more variety, add gunkan-maki or thin sushi rolls. Pack everything into a bento box and it’s ready!
5

My son loved this sushi bento so much that I made it three times in a row. This photo is from the third time.