Rice Cubes

Ingredients:-

3/4 cup short grain rice (Japanese rice)

70 - 80g chicken breast meat
1 - 2 tbsp mirin
A dash of salt
A dash of sugar

Assorted vegetables (amount to your liking)
Cooking oil
Chicken stock / Water


Method:-

1) Wash and soak rice for about 20 minutes. Drained and set aside.
2) Minced chicked and season with seasoning.
3) Minced up your choice of vegetables.
4) Heat up cooking oil in a pan then add in vegetables. Add chicken stock (or water) and simmer vegetables till soft.
5) Add in mince chicken and give it a quick fry till chicken is browned. Set aside.
6) Cook rice with recommended amount of water. Add in chicken vegetable mix in to the rice just before it is cooked. Mix well and continue to let rice cook till it is ready.
7) Use moulds to shape up rice while it is still warm.


Notes:-

1) Moulds to shape up the rice are readily available at Daiso. Other bento decoration items are also available. Let your imagination run wild.

2) Made 2 different batch of rice cubes.

1st batch - Chicken + Carrot + Cabbage + Tamago.
2nd batch - Chicken + Cabbage + Brown Mushrooms + Tamago.

For the 2nd batch, since mushrooms are used, I've used butter to cook the ingredients. End result, the rice have a buttery taste.

3) What to add into the rice with chicken is entirely up to you.