Heart Bento for Valentine's Day

Name: Heart Bento for Valentine's Day
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 child rice bowl's worth Hot cooked white rice; 1 if available Decorative furikake rice sprinkles (Decofuri) (pink); 1 enough for the eyes, nose, and mouth Nori seaweed; 1 enough for the cheeks Imitation crab sticks

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I make character bentos every day for my daughter in kindergarten. I come up with something for every event.

Basically, the smaller the heart, the cuter they look. It also makes them easier to pack into bento boxes. Recipe by Meronpannachan

I make character bentos every day for my daughter in kindergarten. I come up with something for every event.

Basically, the smaller the heart, the cuter they look. It also makes them easier to pack into bento boxes. Recipe by Meronpannachan

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I make character bentos every day for my daughter in kindergarten. I come up with something for every event.

Basically, the smaller the heart, the cuter they look. It also makes them easier to pack into bento boxes. Recipe by Meronpannachan

I make character bentos every day for my daughter in kindergarten. I come up with something for every event.

Basically, the smaller the heart, the cuter they look. It also makes them easier to pack into bento boxes. Recipe by Meronpannachan

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Ingredients

3 servings

1child rice bowl's worth Hot cooked white rice
1if available Decorative furikake rice sprinkles (Decofuri) (pink)
1enough for the eyes, nose, and mouth Nori seaweed
1enough for the cheeks Imitation crab sticks

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Steps

1

Add the pink decofuri to the rice.
2

Mix until evenly distributed, wrap in plastic wrap, then shape into a heart.
3

To make the top of the heart shape, make an indentation by pressing down with a chopstick.
4

Have fun decorating the onigiri with different expressions by arranging the eyes, nose, and mouth (cut out from nori seaweed).
5

Use imitation crab meat for the cheeks. It's easy if you use a round hole puncher to cut them into circles.
6

When all the pieces are assembled on the rice, they're done.