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Chicken Nanban Bento
Chicken nanban bento box with chicken nanban, tamagoyaki, mixed vegetable, and umeboshi.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 1 bento
Calories: 507 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- cooked Japanese short-grain rice
- chicken nanban (pre- cooked)
- ⅛ Tbsp unsalted butter
- frozen mixed vegetables
- tomatoes
- broccoli (pre-blanched, see Notes)
- Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette) (pre- cooked)
- umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums)
Instructions
- Fill up half of bento box with Japanese rice. Let it cool so that hot/warm rice will not warm up other cool food.*
- Pan fry leftover Chicken Nanban or bake in a toaster oven until it's warm.
- Heat butter in a frying pan and saute mixed vegetables until cooked through. Season with salt and pepper. Put it in a bento silicone cup.
- Wash tomatoes and pat dry. Place nicely in the bento box along with broccoli.
- Pack Tamagoyaki and cooled Chicken Nanban.
- Put Umeboshi on top of slightly cooled rice.
- Cool down completely before closing the bento box.
Cup of Yum
Notes
- Broccoli: How to freeze food for Bento, click here.
- * Cook broccoli florets in microwave: Put 1-2 broccoli florets in a small microwave-safe bowl/container. Fill with water and cover with plastic wrap. Microwave for a minute or so until it's a little bit soft (or you can blanch it as well). Drain well and let it cool.
- [Please read FOOD SAFETY TIPS .]
- If you are using a thermal bento box like Thermos, you do not need to cool down before closing lunch box.
- This lunch is for my 6-year-old son.
- Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe in your own words and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.
Nutrition Information
Calories
507kcal
(25%)
Carbohydrates
58g
(19%)
Protein
24g
(48%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
208mg
(69%)
Sodium
661mg
(28%)
Potassium
751mg
(21%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
3830IU
(77%)
Vitamin C
102mg
(113%)
Calcium
67mg
(7%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1bento
Amount Per Serving
Calories 507
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 507kcal | 25% |
| Carbohydrates | 58g | 19% |
| Protein | 24g | 48% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 208mg | 69% |
| Sodium | 661mg | 28% |
| Potassium | 751mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 3830IU | 77% |
| Vitamin C | 102mg | 113% |
| Calcium | 67mg | 7% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.