konnichiwa it's Nana from just one cookbook back with another video for you
and today I am making three kinds of bento
this year, I will be sharing a lot of japanese style meal prep recipes with you
so you can enjoy japanese food at home
so for this video, I will show you how I do meal prep for bento
to make this tutorial more interesting, I'm collaborating with my good youtuber friends
and we challenge ourselves to make bentos under $3
here's mark from no recipes who shares delicious recipes from japan and around the world
shinichi and satoshi from tabieats
who's frequently broadcast about japanese food culture travel and recipes
and shihoko from chopstick chronicles
who shares authentic japanese recipes from australia
make sure to check outtheir delicious $3 Bentos and I put the links in the description box below
now let's get started
typically on sundays, I prepare all the ingredients for three days of bento
which I will pack on monday, wednesday and friday
for tuesday and thursdays I usually make sandwiches
monday, karaage bento
rice $0.30 and sesame seeds $0.20
green leaf lettuce $0.10
chicken $1
grated carrot salad $0.10
spinach namul $0.12
egg $0.30
cherry tomato $0.13
snow peas $0.25
karaage bento total is $2.32
wednesday, soboro bento
ground chicken $1
eggs $0.30
snow peas $0.75
benishoga $0.15
soboro bento total is $2.20
friday, onigirazu
karaage onigirazu $0.85
soboro onigirazu $0.65
tuna mayo onigirazu $0.70
onigirazu bento total is $2.20
now let's meal prep!
make boild eggs
In a container, combine water, soy sauce and mirin
gently peel the eggs and put the eggs in the sauce
let them marinate overnight to up to 3-4 days in the refrigerator
grated carrot
add salt, black pepper, olive oil and rice vinegar then mix well
bring water to boil and blanch snow peas
blanch spinach
in a container, add sesame oil, minced garlic and salt then mix well
cut a spinach in small size and add to the mixed dressing
in a bowl, grated ginger, sugar, sesame oil, sake and soy sauce then mix well
cut chicken thigh into small pieces
add the chicken to the sauce and mix well
dredge the chicken in the flour and potato starch
pan fry the chicken
in a frying pan on medium heat, cook the ground chicken until no longer pink
add grated ginger, sake, mirin, sugar and soy sauce in the pan and mix well with ground chicken
transfer the ground chicken to a container
beat the eggs in a small bowl and add sugar and mix well
heat oil in the frying pan over medium-low heat and pour in the egg mixture
break the egg into small pieces and it’s cooked, transfer to another bowl
mixed canned tuna (in oil) and japanese mayo and mix well
how to make onigirazu
evenly spread the steamed rice in the center of nori sheet
add lettuce
add soboro chickens and eggs on top of the rice
on another set of nori and rice, add spinach
add carrot salad and chicken karaage on top of the spinach
fold each sets gently but tightly to wrap the rice
wrap with plastic wrap tightly and set aside for 5 minutes
cut in half and place in a bento box
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since you guys have been watching this video till the end here's the japanese word of the day
japanese language has many honorifics parts of speech that show respect and politeness
you may notice many japanese words has the use of prefix Oh
bento and obento kasan and okasan
jii-chan and ojii-chan kashi and okashi
toire and otoire uchi and ouchi
bento and obento, have fun using it
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