Bento with Barrel Cats

1. 1

   Mix the salt into the rice, distributing evenly, and mold it into 4 barrel shapes using your hands.

2. 2

   -Brown Cat: mix soy-sauce and bonito flakes into 1 portion of the rice.

3. 3

   -Black Cat: Mix ground sesame seeds into one portion of the rice.

4. 4

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

5. 5

   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.

6. 6

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

7. 7

   [Animals])

8. 8

   [Bears])

9. 9

   [Santa Cats])

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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