How to Make bento (Japanese boxed lunch)

Learn how to make Bento with YouTube's beloved Cooking With Dog.

Ingredients for Bento

(serves 1)

- Potato Salad -

40g Potato (1.41 oz)

10g Carrot (0.35 oz)

400cc Water (1.69 u.s. cup)

1/2 tsp Salt

4cm Cucumber (1.57 inch)

A pinch of Salt

1 tbsp Sweet Corn

1/2 tsp Vinegar

A pinch of Sugar

A pinch of Black Pepper

1 tsp Mayonnaise

1 Cherry Tomato

- Chicken Karaage -

50g Chicken (1.76 oz)

2/3 tbs Kimchi Base

or 1/2 Soy Sauce + 1/2 Sake + Grated Garlic

1 tsp Potato Starch

Frying Oil

- Honey Glazed Pumpkin -

40g Pumpkin (1.41 oz)

Honey

Toasted Black Sesame Seeds

1/8 Apple

- Onigiri -

140g Fresh Steamed Rice (4.94 oz)

Noritama Furikake - Egg & Seaweed

Yukari Furikake - Red Shiso Leaf

2 sheets of 19×5cm Toasted Nori (7.5x2 inch)

- Spinach Tamagoyaki -

1 Egg

40g Spinach (1.41 oz)

1 tsp Soy Sauce

1 Vienna Sausage

1/2 tsp Oil

**Trick to make bento in the busy morning is preparing the ingredients the night before or using premade ingredients from the market.

** Recently, bento regained its popularity in Japan for its safe and balanced diet and many Japanese bring their own bento to school and work.

About Music:

Frederic Chopin - Valse in D-flat major "Minute Waltz" - Op. 64 No. 1 Play by Muriel Nguyen Xuan, recording by Stephane Magnenat

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