Bento (Japanese Lunch Box)

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This recipe guides you through creating a perfectly balanced and visually appealing Japanese bento box. It features a variety of delicious components including Chicken Karaage, Spinach Tamagoyaki, Potato Salad, Honey Glazed Pumpkin, and creatively shaped sides like octopus sausages and apple bunnies, making for a delightful and nutritious meal.

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Cooking Time
About 45-60 minutes
Difficulty
medium
Servings
serves 1

🍳 Cooking Flow

Prepare all ingredients: slice vegetables, carve apple and sausage, and marinate chicken. → Cook vegetables for potato salad and blanch spinach; mix the potato salad. → Make the spinach tamagoyaki (rolled omelet) and pan-fry the octopus sausage. → Deep-fry the pumpkin and chicken karaage, then glaze the pumpkin with honey. → Shape and season the onigiri (rice balls). → Carefully arrange all cooked and prepared items into the bento box once they have cooled.

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Ingredients List

Potato (for salad):40g (1.41 oz)
Carrot (for salad):10g (0.35 oz)
Water (for boiling):400cc (1.69 u.s. cup)
Salt (for boiling water):1/2 tsp
Cucumber:4cm (1.57 inch)
Salt (for cucumber):A pinch
Sweet Corn:1 tbsp
Vinegar:1/2 tsp
Sugar:A pinch
Black Pepper:A pinch
Mayonnaise:1 tsp
Cherry Tomato:1
Chicken:50g (1.76 oz)
Kimchi Base (or Soy Sauce + Sake + Grated Garlic):2/3 tbsp
Potato Starch:1 tsp
Frying Oil:As needed
Pumpkin:40g (1.41 oz)
Honey:As needed
Toasted Black Sesame Seeds:A pinch
Apple:1/8
Fresh Steamed Rice:140g (4.94 oz)
Noritama Furikake (Egg & Seaweed):As needed
Yukari Furikake (Red Shiso Leaf):As needed
Toasted Nori sheets:2
Egg:1
Spinach:40g (1.41 oz)
Soy Sauce:1 tsp
Vienna Sausage:1
Oil (for pan-frying):1/2 tsp

Important Notes

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To make a nutritionally balanced bento, try to include five colors: red, yellow, green, black, and white.

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To save time on busy mornings, you can prepare some ingredients the night before.

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Ensure all cooked ingredients are completely cool before packing them into the bento box to prevent spoilage from steam and moisture.

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📅Published:5/16/2009

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