Bento with Barrel Cats

Name: Bento with Barrel Cats
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 rice-bowl's worth Plain cooked rice; 1 dash Salt; 1 Nori; 1 pinch Ground black sesame seeds; 1 dash Bonito flakes; 1 few drops Soy sauce; 1 Thin tamagoyaki, sliced cheese, ham, carrot

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I always though barrel-shaped rice balls look cute, but there's always a way to make things cuter, right? Tried to turn them into cats.

-Press on the nori 'faces' after the rice has cooled (they'll shrink if you stick them on while the rice is still hot).
-Be creative and have fun coming up with your own cute designs.
-Use a nori punch cutter if you have one. This will make preparing the faces a lot easier. Recipe by annnnn

I always though barrel-shaped rice balls look cute, but there's always a way to make things cuter, right? Tried to turn them into cats.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I always though barrel-shaped rice balls look cute, but there's always a way to make things cuter, right? Tried to turn them into cats.

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Ingredients

4 servings

2rice-bowl's worth Plain cooked rice
1 dashSalt
1Nori
1 pinchGround black sesame seeds
1 dashBonito flakes
1few drops Soy sauce
Decorations (all optional)
1Thin tamagoyaki, sliced cheese, ham, carrot

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Steps

1

Mix the salt into the rice, distributing evenly, and mold it into 4 barrel shapes using your hands. -Brown Cat: mix soy-sauce and bonito flakes into 1 portion of the rice. -Black Cat: Mix ground sesame seeds into one portion of the rice.
2

I used nori to make the face (eyes, nose, mouth) and cut the ears out of ham.
3

To decorate their bodies, I either wrapped a sheet of thin omelette or nori around them, and stamped out some decorations using a cookie cutter.
4

You can get barrel-shaped rice molds at 100 yen stores.
5

[Animals]）
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/148452-barrel-animals-character-bento

Barrel Animals Character Bento
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[Bears]）
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/148448-sleeping-barrel-bears-character-bento

Sleeping Barrel Bears Character Bento
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[Santa Cats]）
https://cookpad.wasmer.app/us/recipes/148447-santa-barrel-cats-character-bento

Santa Barrel Cats Character Bento