Cute Totoro Bento/ Sesame Chicken & Rice Lunchbox 芝麻鸡饭盒/ 龙猫便当

Rice Based Bento: My Neighbour Totoro Bento/ Sesame Chicken & Rice Lunchbox, filled with Pan Fried Sesame Chicken Chunks, Pan Fried Garlic Prawn, Crab Stick & French Bean Egg Roll, Vegetables and a cute Totoro made with natural blue colour rice. 

Totoro Bento/ Lunchbox.

Here are some quick notes to show how I put this together:

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1. Soak 70g sushi rice for 30 minutes, drain. Add 100g water, cover with lid and bring to boil, reduce to low heat, simmer for 10 minutes, let it sit for 10 minutes. 

2. Meanwhile, cook other side dishes. 

Here's the Sesame Chicken Recipe:

Season chicken meat with corn flour, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Let marinate for 10 minutes. Coat with potato starch and pan fried till crisp and golden. Stir in soy sauce, sugar, mirin and water (ratio:1:1), simmer till the sauce is thicken. Garnish with toasted sesame seed. Optional: Add a little dark soy sauce for nicer colour.

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3. Portion out small amount of plain rice and add some butterfly pea flower water to the remaining rice. Shape into Totoro rice ball.

4. Assemble bento as shown in the picture...

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