Bento with Rilakkuma Inari Sushi
- 2 pouches Inari age
- 1 Sushi rice (powdered sushi vinegar is handy)
- 1 Sliced cheese (or kamaboko)
- 1 Nori seaweed
- 1 stick Uncooked spaghetti noodle
- 1 Usuyaki tamago
- Tightly pack about 1 teaspoon of sushi rice into the corners of the inari age.
- Make a barrel shape with remaining rice using plastic wrap and fill the inari age from Step 1 with it.
- Adjust the size of the rice ball to the size of the pouch.
- Wrap it with plastic wrap and adjust the shape.
- Cut out the cheese slice with an oval shape cutter.
- Secure it to the mouth part with a piece of pasta.
- Cut the ears out using the same cutter (sliced cheese is used in the photo, but I recommend cutting out of usuyaki tamago).
- Add the parts made with nori seaweed and it is done.
- To make Korilakkuma: Follow the instructions of the Rirakkuma until Step 3.
- Fold the top layer of inari age in.
- Leave the back side as it is.
- Shape a barrel-shaped rice ball using plastic wrap and fill it into the inari age.
- Add the face in the same manner as the Rirakkuma and it is done.
- A Christmas version with a reindeer cap and wiener sausage Santa hat.
- Cut the red wiener sausage to make the Santa hat and wrap it with a thinly cut cheese strip around it.
- Cut out a round ball out of a cheese ball to make the pompom.
- The reindeer's antlers can be made by cutting smoked cheese and securing it with a piece of pasta.
- You can also use wiener sausage or a piece of snacking kombu.
- If you are only making Rirakkuma, it will be cute to change the facial expressions.
- You can make a Kiiroitori (yellow bird) with a tamagoyaki.
- If you do not own a nori punch, you could stack 2 pieces of nori and mark a circle with a pencil cap or a round mold.
- Use small scissors such as eyebrow scissors to cut neatly along the crease.
- Other tools such as tweezers, various cutters for charaben are convenient to have around.
pouches, rice, cheese, noodle, usuyaki
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/145144-bento-with-rilakkuma-inari-sushi (may not work)