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Gyudon Bento
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Gyudon Bento

Mouthwatering gyudon bento with tamagoyaki, furikake rice, and mixed vegetables. It's fast and simple to prepare using leftovers from the previous night.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 1 Bento
Calories: 523 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

  • Japanese short-grain rice cooked
  • gyudon
  • lettuce (for garnish)
  • tamagoyaki pre-cooked, see Notes, Japanese rolled omelette
  • mixed vegetables frozen
  • furikake rice seasoning

Instructions

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  1. Fill up half of bento box with Japanese rice. Let it cool so that hot/warm rice will not warm up other cool food.
  2. Reheat leftover gyudon in a frying pan until it's warm thoroughly.
  3. Wash lettuce and pat dry. Place nicely in the bento box.
  4. Pack cooled gyudon on in a silicone cup and put in bento box.
  5. Put Tamagoyaki in the bento box.
  6. Put mixed vegetable in a silicone cup and microwave to defrost. Put it in bento box after cooled.
  7. Sprinkle furikake on top of rice.
  8. Cool down completely before closing the bento box.

Notes

  • Tamagoyaki: How to freeze food for Bento, click here.
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  • [Please read FOOD SAFETY TIPS].
  • * 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 523kcal (26%) Carbohydrates 38g (13%) Protein 33g (66%) Fat 24g (37%) Saturated Fat 12g (60%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g (6%) Monounsaturated Fat 8g (40%) Trans Fat 1g (50%) Cholesterol 212mg (71%) Sodium 732mg (31%) Potassium 645mg (14%) Fiber 4g (16%) Sugar 10g (20%) Vitamin A 2679IU (54%) Vitamin C 13mg (14%) Calcium 74mg (7%) Iron 5mg (28%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1 Bento

Amount Per Serving

Calories 523

% Daily Value*

Calories 523kcal 26%
Carbohydrates 38g 13%
Protein 33g 66%
Fat 24g 37%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g 6%
Monounsaturated Fat 8g 40%
Trans Fat 1g 50%
Cholesterol 212mg 71%
Sodium 732mg 31%
Potassium 645mg 14%
Fiber 4g 16%
Sugar 10g 20%
Vitamin A 2679IU 54%
Vitamin C 13mg 14%
Calcium 74mg 7%
Iron 5mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.