Japanese Bento Lunch Box ♡
Our everyday bento lunch box.
On the days my husband has work, I get up a little earlier and make bento for him.
My husband use a microwave in his office to warm the bento.
I put the food which doesn't need to be warmed in a small container, and my husband puts it in the fridge when he arrives at his office.
On that day, I was going to bring his bento to his work and eat lunch together, but he didn't have enough time so I just handed the bento to him.
It's pretty tough to make bento every day, but I can manage it because my husband always eats everything and says it's delicious.The dishes are all common, but these may be the best!
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うちのお弁当です。
いつものおかずのお弁当です。忙しい朝には、前日の残りの煮物なんかを詰めます。
この時期、そら豆は、ほくほくでとっても美味しいですよね。
天ぷらで食べるのも大好きです。
この日は、家族の所へ届けて一緒に食べるはずが、仕事の都合上、時間が合わず会社まで届けてきました。いつもの普通のお弁当ですが、案外それが一番のご馳走かも^^
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Dishes for bento lunch box
【Ingredients】
*Simmered dish
chicken thigh, bamboo shoot, carrot, shiitake mashroom
seasoning (sake, mirin(seasoning liquor), soy sauce)
*Salad
broad beans, potato
seasoning (salt, pepper, mayonnaise)
*Japanese Rolled omlet
for 3 eggs
seasoning (2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp mirin, 1/2 tsp soy sauce)
*Deep-fried chikuwa with cheese
chikuwa (tube-shaped fish paste cake), processed cheese
breadcrumbs, tempura flour (or cake flour, eggwash and breadcrumbs)

【Directions】
*Simmered dish
①Cut chicken thigh into small pieces. Cut bamboo shoot, carrot, and shiitake mashroom as well.
②Heat sesami oil in a pot, then put chicken thigh and fry until brown.
③When the chicken thigh is brown, add carrot (takes more time to heat) and fry.
④Add bamboo shoot and shiitake mashroom, and fry.
⑤Add water up to the ingredients to be under the water, when it starts boiling turn the heat to the low and skim off the scum with a raddle.
⑥Add sake, mirin, and soy sauce and simmer until the ingredients are soft.
(if you don't have mirin, use sugar.)
⑦Turn the heat off, then put the lid on the pot, and leave it to cool.
*Salad (broad beans and potato)
①Peel the potato and boil.
②Remove the beans from the pod, and boil a little in boiling water with some salt, then peel them.
③Combine the potato and broad beans in a bowl and add salt and pepper, then add mayonnaise and mix.
*Japanese Rolled omlet
①Add 2 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp mirin and 1/2 tsp soy sauce to 3 eggs and beat it well.
Fry it with some oil on a frying pan.
*Deep-fried chikuwa with cheese
①Cut chikuwa in half if it's too long.
②Cut processed cheese into pieces (to put in the hole of chikuwa)
③Put the cheese into the hole of chikuwa, and cover it with tempura flour mixed with water, then cover it with breadcrumbs.
(or cover it with cake flour, eggwash, and breadcrumbs and fry.)
④Fry with heated oil until light brown.
【about the dishes】
*Chikuwa is bamboo-shaped kamaboko (fish paste cake.)
It can be used for various dishes and it's also reasonable, so it's an important ingredient for bento.
*Japanese Rolled omlet can be different flavor between families.
My rolled omlet is a little sweet, so it can be a good side dish for main dishes with strong flavor.

●お弁当おかず
*煮物　(鶏もも肉・筍・人参・椎茸)
*サラダ(そら豆・じゃが芋)
*卵焼き
*竹輪チーズフライ