Fried Rice and Healthy Shumai Bento
Ingredients (1-2 servings)
Fried rice
・7 oz (200g) Cooked rice
・1 Egg
・1.7 oz (50g) Kamaboko (Boiled fish cake)
・1 oz (30g) Green onion
・1 tbsp Oil
・A pinch of Salt and pepper☆
・A pinch of MSG☆
・A pinch of White pepper☆
Shumai
・15 Shumai wrappers
・4.6 oz (130g) Ground chicken (or Ground pork)
・2 oz (60g) Onion
・1.5 tbsp Potato starch
・1.5 tsp Soy sauce★
・1.5 tsp Sugar★
・1 tsp Shantan (or Chicken stock powder)★
・1 tsp Sesame oil★
・A pinch of Salt and pepper★
・2 tsp Oil
・0.2 cup (50ml) Water
・Edamame beans (or Peas)
Kabocha squash salad
・10.6 oz (300g) Kabocha squash
・Dried fruit, almond
・1-3 tbsp Milk
・1 tbsp Beet sugar (or Honey)◇
・2 tsp Mayonnaise◇
・A pinch of Consomme (or Other stock powder)◇
Direction
1. [Fried rice] Mince green onion and kamaboko. Mix egg with mirin, and prepare beaten egg. Oil the frying pan, and pour egg. Immediately add cooked rice. Coat the rice with egg.
Add green onion and kamaboko. Mix well and season it with ☆.
2. [Shumai] Mince onion. Mix it with potato starch. In a mixing bowl, combine onion with ground meat, and ★. Knead well.
Wrap the filling in the shumai wrappers. The top part of the filling should not be hidden by the wrappers. Place edamame in the center of the filling.
Oil the pan, and place all the shumai, then pour water. Cover and steam for 10 minutes until water is gone. (Keep the heat on medium for the first 2-3 minutes or so and then lower the heat to low.)
3. [Kabocha salad] Cut kabocha into small pieces. Cook in microwave for 6-7 minutes at 500W. When it’s soft enough, mash them. Add milk until moist and smooth. Season them with ◇. Add your favorite dried fruit and almond as you like.
