Ground Chicken and Egg Bento (Soboro Bento)
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Product(s) Used
Special Diet
Course
Main CourseMain Ingredient
ChickenOccasion
Quick & Easy, Authentic Japanese, Bento Lunch Box RecipesIngredients
Chicken Soboro
- 1 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 lb. Ground Chicken
- 3 tbsp Sake
- 3 tbsp Mirin
- 3 tbsp San-J Tamari Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Fresh ginger, grated
Egg Soboro
- 4 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Mirin
- 2 cups Cooked rice (Japanese short-grain rice), adjust the amount depending on the size of your bento box.
- 20 Snow peas, blanched and sliced (optional)
Directions
Chicken Soboro
- Heat a pan over medium heat and add the cooking oil until heated. Add the ground chicken to the pan and cook for about 5 minutes. Add sake, mirin, Tamari, sugar, and ginger to the pan and cook through, stirring frequently, for about 3-5 minutes or until the sauce is absorbed.
- Turn off heat and set aside to let cool
Egg Soboro
- Beat the eggs in a bowl and stir in sugar and mirin.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat and pour the egg mixture into the pan, and scramble vigorously with chopsticks until it becomes crumbly.
Assembly
- Fill the bento box with steamed rice.
- Place the chicken soboro and egg soboro over the rice separately and nicely.
- Spread snow peas between chicken soboro and egg soboro to add some color.
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