Does anyone have any good bento box recipes??

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Bento Chicken Teriyaki Recipe



This recipe is adapted from one in Bento Boxes by Naomi Kijima. It is scaled for a single lunchbox (bento box) sized serving. Add this to a big bowl of rice and veggies, maybe with some Japanese type pickles, and you have a great lunch! This recipe is not a quick recipe, though; cooking time includes marinating time. I would suggest starting the chicken in the marinade, then starting your rice, then fixing everything else while you wait for these two to finish.





1 tablespoon soy sauce

1 tablespoon mirin

1 teaspoon sugar

4 ounces boneless chicken (breast, tenders, thighs, whatever you have)

1/2 tablespoon cooking oil

3 tablespoons water



Mix first 3 ingredients together in bowl big enough to hold the chicken. Add the chicken. Let this marinate for 30 minutes, turning over halfway through.

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.

Take the chicken out and pat dry. Reserve marinade. Put chicken skin side down (if you aren't using skinless) in pan and cook until browned on that side (just a minute or two) and then flip and brown the other side.

Pour reserved marinade over chicken and cover tightly. Lower heat and simmer until chicken is done, about 5 minutes.

Remove cover and raise heat back to medium high. Reduce marinade until it is more of a glaze. Toss chicken in glaze to cover.

NOTE: You could certainly substitute beef or tofu for the chicken in this recipe. Just adjust the cooking accordingly.



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Bento Carrot Finger Salad Recipe



I made this up for my first bento box. So easy a caveman can do it!





2 ounces baby carrots or carrots, slices

1/4 cup raisins

1/4 cup shelled pistachios



Combine in a bowl.

Enjoy!



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Bento Balls (Aka French Hamburgers)



My kids and I spend Wednesdays out in the woods either hiking, biking, or letterboxing. We have to take a huge lunch with us and usually it's a Japanese-style bento with onigiri, some protein item, and lots of vegies and pickles. More often than not, my kids will pick this for the protein...it's basically a french hamburger recipe that has been adapted for our bento lunches. Cooking time will vary with how large your patties are. The sauce is a true basting sauce and these will not be in a soupy sort of base. The point of bentos is to make the food as fuss-free to eat as possible. The meat mixture is soft and a bit tricky to work with, but the result is a moist patty that doesn't need condiments and isn't a rubbery hard superball.





MEAT PATTIES

1 cup fine dry breadcrumbs

1 cup havarti with dill (grated)

3 tablespoons prepared horseradish

3 tablespoons dried onions

1 teaspoon salt (or salt-spice mix of your choice, we prefer a Creole seasoning)

1/2 cup cottage cheese (or 1/4 cup dairy of some sort)

1 large egg

1 1/2 lbs ground turkey



BASTING SAUCE

1/2 cup butter (melted)

1/2 cup ketchup

1-2 tablespoon soy sauce



Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a baking sheet by lining with parchment or foil.

Lightly coat the parchment or foil with cooking spray.

Mix the bread crumbs, havarti, horseradish, dried onion, salt (or spice-salt mix), cottage cheese, and egg together in a large bowl. (Please note that the horseradish should be prepared, i.e., the creamy kind that is mixed with mayonnaise. We use the Beaver brand.).

Allow to stand for 5 minutes to soften the bread crumbs.

Mix in the ground turkey.

The meat mixture will be very soft.

Form the meat into balls that will fit into your bento box(or on your plate).

Flatten slightly so that the meat is formed into shapes resembling patties.

Place in the oven to bake for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, make the basting sauce by combining the melted butter, ketchup, and soy sauce.

Carefully turn the patties over and put them back in the oven until 20 minutes before the meat is cooked through.

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The time to finish cooking will depend on how large you made your patties.

I use a meat thermometer to check for doneness.

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Approximately 20 minutes before the meat cooks through, baste one side of the meat with the sauce, returning to the oven for 10 minutes.

Turn and baste the other side and return to the oven for the remaining 10 minutes.

Let cool, add to your bento box, and have a great day hiking.



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Soy Sauce Eggs -- Bento Eggs Recipe



These eggs are really different from your standard hard boiled eggs and my kids love to have the in their bentos. The trick is to only medium boil the eggs initially and then crack or peel them and finish them off in the soy sauce broth. I use the smallest eggs I can find to do these, so that my kids can have two eggs and I don't have to feel guilty. The eggs aren't supposed to be overwhelmingly seasoned, but if that's what you're looking for, leave them in the broth for a longer period after boiling. I routinely double the recipe by increasing the number of eggs, but leave the amount of the broth ingredients the same.





6 small eggs (smallest ones you can find)

3/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce

1 cup water

1 slice gingerroot

1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder



Boil the eggs until they are just coagulated, and place them immediately in cold water. You will need to PEEL the eggs or crack them well, so the egg whites need to be firm enough to withstand this.

Tap eggs gently all over to cover with cracks or peel them entirely. Cracking the eggs will give them a mottled look that is really beautiful, but peeling them will give them a consistent coating.

Add the eggs to a pot that is small enough that when filled with 1 cup soy sauce, 1 cup water, 1 slice of ginger, and half teaspoon of five-spice powder, the liquid completely covers the eggs.

Simmer over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, then let steep for another 1/2 hour. Cool.

If you have left the shells on, crack open the eggs and peel them.

Slice into wedges and serve.Does anyone have any good bento box recipes??
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1 U.S. cup or 5oz / 140g spelt pasta, 170 cal

A few pieces of white flour pasta, 40 cal

1/4 cup or 1.75 oz / 50g frozen tuna salad with mayonnaise, 120 cal

About 3/4 cup sweet pepper and onion confit with zucchini, 90 cal

1/2 Tbs. olive oil, 55 cal

3-4 black olives, 30 cal

1 boiled egg, 80 cal

Lemon juice, cherry tomatoes, celery, parsley, 10 cal

Total calories (approx): 645 (how calories are calculated)



Type: Pasta salad!



This is such a simple thing to do, and there鈥檚 no better time to do it than in the summer when so many fruits are in season. Cut up any soft ripe fruit, and put them into silicon cupcake liners or wrap in plastic film. Then stash each cup or bundle in a freezer safe plastic container. You can then take out a cup or two and tuck them into your bento box. They act as an edible cooler for your bento. The container here has a cut up nectarine (divided into two silicon liners) and 2 small bananas (divided into 4).
Check out this website. There's some really good recipes with photographs.



http://lunchinabox.net/2006/06/22/willia鈥?/a>Does anyone have any good bento box recipes??
I love this website...pictures on how to fill a bento box:



http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-basi鈥?/a>
check out this website... http://jackiw.blogspot.com/

It's all about bento box meals. if you like bento boxes, you will love that site.



hope that helps!Does anyone have any good bento box recipes??
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They have some of the best recipes and ideas!!!
check out lunchinabox.net for some great ideas, and also livejournal.com has a group called eatmybento.
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