Bento Box - Karaage Bento
Bento Box with Karaage as a main is called Karaage Bento. It consists of cooked rice, karaage (Japanese fried chicken) and a small amount of a few side dishes. It is intended to be eaten at room temperature. I used a disposable plastic take away container that is partitioned. In this recipe, you will find how I packed the partitioned box and instructions to pack foods without partitions.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 Shimeji Gohan ((note 1))
- 60g/2.1oz Chikuzenni ((note 2))
- 40g/1.4oz Spinach Ohitashi Salad
- 4-5 pieces Karaage Chicken ((note 3))
- A handful of shredded lettuce
- 1 quarter of a mandarin ((note 4))
- A sprig of parsley
- Soy sauce in a tiny bottle/jar/container ((note 5))
- A bento box of your choice ((I used a plastic take away box with partitions, see the photo in post))
Instructions
- 1
While the rice is still hot or warm, place it in the 2nd largest compartment.
- 2
Put Chikuzennni in the second smallest compartment. Try to place ingredients in the way that you can see all the ingredients at one glance.
- 3
Put Spinach Ohitashi in the smallest compartment and place the tiny plastic bottle of soy sauce on the side if you are using.
- 4
Put shredded lettuce in the largest compartment, then Karaage pieces to fill the compartment.
- 5
Place the mandarin at the corner of the shredded lettuce and a sprig of parsley on the chicken.