Spring Themed Easter Bunny Bento - Pankobunny

Ingredients

• broccoli
• ½ a carrot or sweet potato
• frozen edamame (soybeans)
• kamaboko (optional)
• 2-3 bento or cake picks
• 3/4 cup Japanese sushi rice (uncooked)
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1 tbsp grated ginger (optional)
• pinch of salt
• 1 sheet of nori (dried seaweed used in sushi)
• 2-3 sticks kanikama (imitation crab meat, usually found in the frozen section)
• 3-5 black sesame seeds
• 1-2 lettuce leaves
• 1 boneless chicken thigh (cut into bite-size pieces and excess fat removed)
• 1 egg (beaten)
• 1 ½ tbsp potato starch or corn starch
• 1 tbsp rice flour or all-purpose flour
• vegetable oil (for frying)
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• ½ tbsp garlic (minced)
• ½ tbsp grated ginger
• ½ tbsp sesame oil
• ½ tbsp sesame seeds
• ½ tbsp soy sauce