Rolled Chikuwa for your Bento

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   Cut the stem off the shiso leaf, and cut the sliced cheese in half.

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   Just pop the other half in your mouth.

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   Open up the chikuwa with cleaned kitchen scissors.

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   Score the inside of the chikuwa in a crisscross pattern with a knife.

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   It's hard to cut since it rolls up, but it's important to do this in order to roll the chikuwa cleanly.

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   The scores can be messy.

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   Place the chikuwa with the outside (brown side) up, and put the shiso leaf and cheese on top.

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   Place them so that the ends that will be at the end of the roll won't overlap, as shown.

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   The bottom will stick out a bit, but just ignore that and roll everything up.

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    Secure with picks in 3 places.

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    Cut in between the picks.

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    Done.

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    You can cut off the excess shiso leaf that sticks out if you like.

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    I don't cut it.

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    This is very popular and used a lot in our house.

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    To make it more colorful, add edamame to the picks too.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.

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