Bento box – Nori Bento (Roasted Seaweed on Rice)
Nori Bento (Roasted Seaweed on Rice) is called Noriben in Japan. It is a classic bento consisting of just rice, bonito flakes, soy sauce and nori (roasted seaweed) . But I added fish and vegetable dishes to make it more nutritious. Because bento is usually made mostly from left-over dishes or make-ahead dishes, the time indicated in this recipe only shows the time to pack the bento box.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 11 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup cooked rice ((note 1))
- 2 sheets nori (roasted seaweed) (the same size as the rice surface area (note 2))
- 2.5g / 0.09oz bonito flakes ((note 3))
- Soy sauce
- 1 Spanish Mackerel Saikyo Yaki ( halved (note 4))
- 1 Japanese Fried Fish Cake ((Satsuma Age) cut in half diagonally (note 5))
- 30g / 1.1oz Karashi-ae (with gai choi/Chinese mustard greens (note 6))
- 1 Pickled Chrysanthemum Radish
- A bento box of your choice
- 1 okazu cup ((note 7))
Instructions
- 1
Tear the nori sheets into smaller pieces.
- 2
While the rice is still hot or warm, place ½ of the rice in the largest compartment of the bento box. Level the surface.
- 3
Spread ½ of the bonito flakes and dribble soy sauce (note 8) to wet the bonito flakes.
- 4
Spread ½ of the nori pieces covering the rice and bonito flakes as much as possible. Dribble/spray a small amount of soy sauce over the nori.
- 5
Put the remaining rice on top of the nori and level the surface.
- 6
Repeat the step 3 and 4.
- 7
In one of the empty compartments, place Saikyo Yaki fish pieces.
- 8
Put Karashi-ae in an okazu cup and place it in the corner of the other empty compartment.
- 9
Place Pickled Chrysanthemum Radish next to Karashi-ae.
- 10
Put Japanese Fried Fish Cake on Noriben in the corner (note 9).