Gina Chong

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Panda Rice Balls

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Summer really puts me in the picnic mood.
In Korea when people go on picnics they always bring lunch boxes with sushi rolls or rice balls or such, so I love to make those especially in the summer. Got a little fancy this time around and made my rice balls into panda bears! What do you think?

They require a bit of cutting, but that is the only complicated thing about them. For the filling I used Bumble Bee®‘s flavored tunas so you don’t even need to add anything to the tuna, just use it as is; it makes things so easy peasy, nutritious and very convenient. Here I used their jalapeno tuna because hubby loves all things jalapeno, but my personal favorite is the spicy thai chili, that one is serrriously delish guys, it brings rice balls to a whole new level. Recipe and pictorial is below, tell me if you try them out!

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Panda Rice Balls

  • sushi seaweed sheets
  • sticky rice, cooked (about 2/3 cup cooked rice for each panda)
  • Bumble Bee® flavored tuna (eg spicy thai chili)
Directions:
Cut arms, ears, eyes, nose and feet out of the nori sheets:
Arms: cut 6in. x 1/2in. strips then round the corners
Eyes: cut 1/2in. squares then cut into egg shapes.
Ears: cut 1/2in. squares then cut in half circles
Feet: cut 1/2in. squares then shape into circles
Noses: cut the corners off of your scrap pieces to make noses
Take about 1/3 cup of rice and shape into an oval disk. Press the center to make a divot, then fill the divot with tuna. Take another 1/3 cup of rice and cover the tuna. Gently but firmly squeeze and shape the rice into an oval. Decorate with cut nori pieces. Best eaten within the day.

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Comments

  12. Love Chriselle! I actually got the idea from Gary Pepper Girl's feed…another blogger brought them to a picnic but she had used a rice mold and shaped hole punches, so I had to figure out how to do it without all that.

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  38. Omg, they are the cutest thing ever! I love a good box filled with spring rolls or sushi, too! I don't think I'd be able to eat these when I do make them because they're just too adorbs, haha!

    May x • THE MAYDEN

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