1. Delicious Colorful Sandwich Bento Box Recipe
Ingredients (for 1-2 servings)
Strawberry & blueberry cream cheese sandwich
・Your favorite bread
・Strawberry
・Banana
・Cream cheese
・Blueberry jam
Egg & veggie sandwich #1
・Your favorite bread
・Mayonnaise
Red onion salad [A]
・4.2 oz (120g) Red onion
・2 tbsp Rice vinegar
・1 tbsp Olive oil
・1 tbsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Salt
・Black pepper
Egg salad [B]
・2 Boiled eggs
・2-3 tbsp Mayonnaise
・A pinch of Garlic powder
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・A pinch of Sugar
Carrot stir-fry [C]
・1 oz (30g) Carrot
・1/2 tsp Oil
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・Cucumber
・Lettuce
Egg & veggie sandwich #2
・Your favorite bread
・Mayonnaise
・Egg salad [B]
・Carrot stir-fry [C]
・Cherry tomato
・Ham slices
・Cucumber
Direction
1. [Strawberry & blueberry cream cheese sandwich] In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese with blueberry jam. Spread the cream on your bread, and put your favorite fruits. Place more cream on top of fruits, and put another slice of bread.
2. [Egg & veggie sandwich #1] Thinly slice red onion, and let the onions soak in water for a few minutes. Drain the water, and season the onion with ingredients [A]. Stir-fry shredded carrot in a pan. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Make egg salad with the ingredients [B]. Spread mayonnaise on your bread, and place lettuce, cucumber, egg salad, carrot, and red onion. Put another slice of bread.
3. [Egg & veggie sandwich #2] Spread mayonnaise on your bread. Place, cucumber, ham slices, cherry tomato, egg salad, and carrot. Put another slice of bread.
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2. Santa Claus with Karaage Bento Box Recipe
Ingredients (for 1-2 servings)
Santa claus decoration
・Rice (As much as you want)
・Imitation crab meat
・Cherry tomato
・Ham
・Nori seaweed
・1/2 tsp Mentsuyu or Soy sauce
Karaage (Japanese-style fried chicken)
・3.5 oz (100g) Chicken
・1 tbsp Shio koji (Salted rice malt)
・1/3 tsp Garlic paste
・1/3 tsp Ginger paste
・Potato starch (or Corn starch)
・Oil for frying
Rolled omelette
・2 Eggs
・Imitation crab meat
・Ham slices
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Oil
Direction
1. [Karaage] Cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Season it with shio koji, garlic, and ginger. Let sit for 10-20 minutes. Coat it with potato starch, and fry in oil for 4 minutes on each side.
2. [Rolled omelette] Mix egg with a little sugar. Oil the pan. After making a thin layer of egg, put imitation crab meat and ham inside and roll it up.
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3. Three-colored Bento Box Recipe
Ingredients (for 1-2 servings)
・Rice (As much as you want)
Ground meat stir-fry
・4.6 oz (130g) Ground pork or chicken
・1 tbsp Sake
・1 tbsp Soy sauce
・1 tbsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Ginger paste
Egg
・2 Eggs
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Oil
Snap peas
・1.4 oz (40g) Snap peas
・1 tsp Mentsuyu*
・1/2 tsp Sesame oil
・A pinch of Sugar
Daikon pickles
・1.4 oz (40g) Daikon
・A pinch of Salt
・1/2 tsp Rice vinegar
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・A pinch of Yukari furikake
*Mentsuyu substitute: 1 tbsp Mentsuyu = 1 tbsp Soy sauce + A pinch of Dashi powder + 1 tsp Sugar
Direction
1. [Daikon pickles] Cut daikon into desired pieces. Sprinkle with salt, and let sit for a while. When daikon becomes moist, rinse with water. Pat it dry with paper towel. Season it with rice vinegar, sugar, and yukari furikake. Refrigerate for 6 hours. (You can eat it right away, but it gets beautiful pink color after soaking in the yukari for a while.)
2. [Ground meat stir-fry] Put ground meat in a pan. Before heating, put ginger paste, sake, soy sauce, and sugar. Cook while stirring.
3. [Egg] Mix egg with a little sugar. Make hard type of scrambled egg.
4. [Snap peas] Remove strings from snap peas. Boil it and cut it into thin slices. Season it with mentsuyu, sugar, and sesame oil.
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4. Snowman with Creamy Potato Croquette Bento Box Recipe
Ingredients (for 1-2 servings)
Snowman decoration
・Rice (As much as you want)
・Imitation crab meat
・Ham
・Red color sausage
・Black sesame seeds
Creamy potato croquette
・5.3 oz (150g) White sauce
・3.5 oz (100g) Potato
・1.7 oz (50g) Onion
・1 oz (30g) Imitation crab meat
・1 tsp Butter
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・A pinch of Consomme (Stock powder)
・A pinch of Sugar
・1-2 tbsp Corn
・Flour
・Beaten egg
・Panko
・Oil for frying
Broccoli & tuna salad
・1.7 oz (50g) Broccoli
・1 oz (30g) Canned tuna
・1 tbsp Corn
・1-2 tbsp Mayonnaise
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
Direction
1. [Creamy potato croquette] Slice the onion. Stir-fry it with butter, and season it with salt, pepper, and stock powder. Cut potato into thin slices, and cook it in microwave (or boil) until soft. Mash them well.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine onion, potato, white sauce, corn, and imitation crab meat. Season them with a little salt, pepper, and sugar.
3. Transfer the mixture to stainless steel container, and level the surface. Put it in your freezer for 20 minutes.
4. Remove from freezer and form into desired shape. Coat it with flour, beaten egg, and panko. Fry in oil for 3 minutes on each side.
5. [Broccoli & tuna salad] Cook broccoli in microwave (or boil in hot water). Let cool throughly. Mix it with tuna, corn, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper.
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