Fluffy Duffy Rice Ball for Bento
- 1 Hot cooked white rice
- 1 Soy sauce
- 1 Bonito flakes
- 1 Kombu
- 1 Nori seaweed
- Add the soy sauce to the rice and mix until the color is even.
- Wrap up about half of the rice in plastic wrap to form the head.
- Don't make it too thick.
- Make shallow dents where the eyes and mouth will go.
- Make half-moon rice balls for the ears.
- Make a dent in the middle with your thumb.
- They should look the same.
- Use the remaining rice to make a small, Mickey Mouse-shaped rice ball.
- Check that the shape fits over the rice ball from Step 2.
- Mix the bonito flakes with a bit of soy sauce and coat the rice ball from Step 2 with it.
- Put Step 5 on top of Step 6, wrap in plastic wrap, and lightly press them together.
- Coat Step 3 with the bonito flakes as well.
- Put the head into the bento box.
- Cut out 2 circles from the konbu to make the eyes.
- Make the other facial features from the nori.
- Use a toothpick to apply a bit of mayonnaise to the eyes and it's done.
- The eyes will look even more real if you put a circle of nori on top of the kombu.
- You could make it even easier by just using nori for everything.
- I uploaded an easy version.
- I made an abura-age version.
white rice, soy sauce, flakes
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170643-fluffy-duffy-rice-ball-for-bento (may not work)