Lunch Box - Valentine's Day

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kid friendly

nut free

prep time:

60 min

inactive time:

240 min

cooking time:

60 min

total time:

360 min

A rice heart lunch box beats a box of chocolates any day.

INGREDIENTS

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for bulgogi
7 lb 4 oz	Sliced Beef Sirloin 불고기용 등심 (can use other thinly sliced cuts)
3⅔ cups	Soy Sauce (regular) 왜간장
3⅔ cups	Sugar 설탕
11 cups	Water 물
6	Onion (Medium) 양파
11	Green Onion 파
3⅔ tbs	Garlic (minced) 다진 마늘
3⅔ tbs	Sesame Oil 참기름
1 tsp	Black Pepper 후추
3⅔ tbs	Sesame Seeds 깨 (optional)
6 oz	Shiitake mushroom (dried) 표고버섯 (optional)
½ cup 3 tbs	Cheongju, Korean Rice Wine 청주 (optional)
for rice hearts
22 cups	Rice, white short grain 쌀
22 cups	Water 물
11 sheet	Seaweed (Gim, Laver) 김 (thinly sliced carrot or any red colored food)
1 oz	Crab Meat (Imitation) 맛살
for fruit skewers
1½	Cantaloupe 칸탈루프
1 oz	Grape 포도
1 oz	White Grape 청포도
1 oz	Blueberry 블루베리
22	Strawberry 딸기
22	Cherry Tomatoes 방울 토마토

Ingredients Notes:

Other garnishes
Green leaves or herbs (e.g., lettuce, kale, parsley etc.)
Chocolates or truffles

Tools
Bamboo Skewers or Tooth Picks
Heart Shaped Cookie Cutter

tips:

Optional Ingredients and Substitutions

Take it to the next level!
Add egg hearts to the lunch box. See recipe here.

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1. Marinate bulgogi Marinate beef. See here for detailed recipe for bulgogi. You can do this in advance and freeze it.		1 Marinate beef with ⅓ cup soy sauce ⅓ cup sugar 1 cup water 1 tsp minced garlic a pinch black pepper 1 tsp sesame oil ½ tsp sesame seeds (optional) onions, green onions
2. Make rice Make rice. See here for detailed recipe for rice.		2 Make rice
3. Cook bulgogi Remove the meat from the marinade (shake off the drippings) and cook in a frying pan on high heat for 5-10 min or until the meat is just cooked. OPTIONAL: Wash and slice 2-3 mushrooms of your choice. Add them when you start cooking the meat. Don’t add too many mushrooms because it will produce too much liquid.		3 Cook meat Add sliced mushrooms (optional) High Heat
4. Shape rice Roughly shape into a heart shape. Then, cover with plastic to refine the shape.		4 Roughly rice
5. Make smiley face Cut seaweed into mini circles and thin strips and place on the rice to create a smiley face.		5 Cut seaweed into circles smiles
6. Make blush Cut red part of the crabmeat into thin squares, and then cut corners to form heart shapes. Place them on the rice to create blush.		6 cut crabmeat into hearts
7. Cut cantaloupe Cut cantaloupe into 1/2 inch thickness. Remove the peel.		7 Cut cantaloupe 1/2 inch
8. Cut cantaloupe II Using a heart shaped cookie cutter, cut out the cantaloupe into heart shapes.		8 Cut cantaloupe into hearts
9. Make skewers Make fruit skewers using various fruit.		9 Make skewers
10. Make lunch box Place bulgogi and rice hearts in a lunch box. Use greens to separate the items and give some color. If the bento box is too deep, you can put a layer of rice at the bottom.		10 Place in lunch box bulgogi rice hearts
11. Make lunch box II Place fruit skewers and chocolates into a second lunch box. You can use cupcake liners to divide up the box.		11 Place in lunch box fruit skewers chocolates
12. Serve It’s ready for your lover! Don’t forget to include a sweet note.		12