Mini hamburger bento (Select a mini burger recipe too)

Ingredients

• •1 serving mini burger recipe
• •1 2-inch length of carrot, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
• •1/2 oz cheese
• •1/2 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
• •salt
• •1/4 cup parsley, loosely packed, finely chopped
• •black pepper
• •1 tsp rice vinegar
• •1 pinch sugar
• •1/4 cup snow peas
• •1 cup cooked short-grain white rice
• •sesame salt, for sprinkling

Steps

1. 1Make or reheat mini burgers, pack into bento box to cool.
2. 2For carrots: cut out decorative flowers with a small bento cutter. Boil in salted water for 5 minutes or until the carrot slices are tender. Let cool before adding to the bento box.
3. 3For cheese (optional): cut out decorative flowers from sliced cheese. Alternatively, cut into small cubes.
4. 4For red onion salad: sprinkle the onion with a pinch of salt and massage the salt well into the onion with your hands. Squeeze the onion to expel as much moisture as possible. In a bowl, mix the onion, parsley, vinegar, and sugar. Season with pepper to taste. Pack into a cupcake liner or bento divider cup.
5. 5For snow peas: Blanch in boiling water for a few minutes until crisp-tender. Drain and cool rapidly under running water. Drain well before adding to bento box.
6. 6For rice: Pack rice into the bento box and sprinkle with the sesame salt.