Bento Box – Beef & Pork Patty Bento (Menchi Katsu Bento)
Beef & Pork Patty Bento (Menchi Katsu Bento) consists of cooked rice, Menchi Katsu as a main, a couple of vegetable dishes and fresh salad leaves with tomatoes. Make small size of Beef & Pork Patties so that they can fit in the bento box nicely, allowing for other side dishes to go in.Having the sauce in a separate container is strongly recommended.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
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup cooked rice
- 2 Menchi Katsu ((2/3 of the size made in the recipe, note 1))
- 1/5 cup Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad
- 1 heaped tbsp Simple Pickled Celery
- A handful of shredded lettuce ((note 2))
- 2 mini red tomatoes ((note 3))
- Menchi Katsu Sauce ( in a tiny bottle or a container (note 4))
- 2 mini foil cupcake liners or okazu cups ((note 5))
- A bento box of your choice
Instructions
- 1
While the rice is still hot or warm, place it in the rice compartment of the bento box and let it cool.
- 2
Place shredded lettuce and then Menchi Katsu on the lettuce, allowing some lettuce leaves next to the Menchi Katsu to be seen.
- 3
Place Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad and Simple Pickled Celery in an okazu cup individually.
- 4
Place these cups next to the Menchi Katsu to fill the space (note 6).
- 5
Place tomatoes on the shredded lettuce.