PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for processing lump-like cooked rice by which rice is eaten as delicious cooked rice just like freshly and fluffy cooked rice and a loosening implement for lump-like cooked rice used therefor when heat-processing and eating the lump-like cooked rice which is cooled and formed into a lump after cooking the rice.SOLUTION: There is provided the method for processing the lump-like cooked rice in which the lump-like cooked rice 1 cooled and formed into the lump after cooking the rice is stored in a bag body 2, the lump-like cooked rice 1 stored in the bag body 2 is pressed from the outside of the bag body 2 by a loosening implement 3 for the lump-like cooked rice while keeping the lump-like cooked rice 1 in the bag body 2 and the lump-like cooked rice 1 stored in the bag body 2 is picked apart.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】炊飯後に冷えて塊状となった塊状米飯を加熱処理して食する際に、炊きたてのようにふっくらとして美味しい米飯として食することができる塊状米飯の加工方法並びにこれに用いる塊状米飯ほぐし機具を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】炊飯後に冷えて塊状となった塊状米飯1を袋体2に収納し、この袋体2に収納した前記塊状米飯1をこの袋体2に収納したまま塊状米飯ほぐし機具3で前記袋体2の外部から押圧して、この袋体2に収納した前記塊状米飯1をバラバラにほぐす塊状米飯の加工方法。【選択図】図1