The Just Bento Cookbook 2

Table Of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Basic Bento Rules
Build Up Your Stash
Bento Safety

MAKE-AHEAD BENTOS

1. Meatballs and mini-burgers
        •   Teriyaki Meatballs
        •   Tomato Ketchup Meatballs
        •   Italian Meatballs
        •   Sweet and Sour Meatballs
        •   Japanese Chicken Meatballs
        •   Pan-fried Meatballs and Mini-burgers
        •   Mediterranean-style Spiced Mini-burgers

2. Chicken
        •   Steamed Chicken with Sesame Sauce
        •   Easy Chicken “Ham”
        •   Chicken and Beansprouts with Umeboshi Sauce
        •   Crispy Fried Chicken with Chili
        •   Maple Chicken Teriyaki
        •   Grilled Garlic Chicken

3. Soboro
        •   Japanese Dry Curry
        •   Classic Japanese Soboro
        •   Meat Soboro with Miso and Eggplant
        •   Dandan-style Spicy Meat Sauce
        •   Bento-friendly Spicy Meat and Tofu
        •   Mini Shepherd’s Pie
        •   Tuna Soboro

4. Pork
        •   Pork and Vegetable Rolls
        •   Sweet and Sour Crispy Sesame Pork
        •   Baked Mini-tonkatsu
        •   Stir-fried Miso Pork with Eggplant and Peppers
        •   Ginger Pork with Peppers
        •   Sweet and Spicy Bacon-wrapped Broccoli
        •   Bacon-wrapped Tofu

5. Beef
        •   Bibimbap
        •   Sesame-miso Beef
        •   Stir-fried Steak with Rosemary and Orange
        •   Roast Beef for Bentos
        •   Cold Roast Beef with Wasabi Ginger Sauce
        •   Roast Beef Salad with Southeast Asian Flavors

6. Egg
        •   Chicken Omu-rice
        •   Marinated Hard-boiled Eggs
        •   Egg Salad with Miso
        •   Japanese Rolled Omelette
        •   Egg Crepes
        •   Egg Parcels
        •   Mini Quiche

7. Fish
        •   Lemon Butter Tilapia
        •   Spicy Pan-fried Fish Nuggets
        •   Salted Salmon
        •   Salmon Soboro
        •   Tuna and Ginger Nuggets
        •   Salty-sweet Simmered Sardines

8. Tofu and Vegan
        •   Tofu Donburi Bento
        •   Baked Tofu
        •   Ginger Tofu Teriyaki
        •   Tofu Soboro
        •   Fried Tofu Roll-ups
        •   Bean and Pea Curry
        •   Green Lentils and Brown Rice

9. Rice Sandwich
        •   Ham and Egg Rice Sandwich
        •   Egg-wrapped Rice Sandwich with Bacon Rice Filling
        •   Rice Burger with Swiss Chard and Cheese
        •   Tuna Salad with Dried Shiso Leaves
        •   Brown Rice Sandwich with Japanese Omelette and Edamame Filling

10. Low Carb, featuring Shirataki Noodles and Konnyaku
        •   Stir-fried Shirataki Noodles
        •   Rice and Shirataki Pilaf with Shrimp
        •   Shirataki Chicken “Ramen” in a Lunch Jar
        •   Shirataki with Sesame
        •   Chicken and konnyaku “noodle” peperoncino
        •   Spicy Simmered Konnyaku

EXPRESS BENTOS
1: “Instant” Soup in a Thermal Lunch Jar
2: Mediterranean Pasta Bento
3: Yakisoba Bento
4: One-pan Bento
5: Deconstructed Taco Salad Bento
6: Wrap Bento
7: Appetizer Bento
8: Stir-fry Bento
9: Salad Bento
10: Tasty sandwich ideas

MORE RECIPES
How to Cook Rice and Other Grains Side Dishes: Vegetables
        •   Roast Asparagus with Balsamic Vinegar
        •   Asparagus with Sesame Seeds
        •   Asparagus Mimosa Salad
        •   Spicy Broccoli
        •   Broccoli Florets with Bacon and Garlic
        •   Broccoli-stalk Kinpira
        •   Salted Cabbage
        •   Carrots Cooked in Soup
        •   Carrot Shirishiri
        •   Max’s Lemon Carrot Salad
        •   Miso-peanut Green Beans
        •   Sautéed Mushrooms
        •   Sake-steamed Mushrooms
        •   Tricolor Peppers with Anchovies
        •   Braised Pepper and Eggplant
        •   Caponata
        •   Potato and Corn Salad
        •   Cheesy Potatoes
        •   Spinach with Sweetcorn
        •   Spinach Namul
        •   Spinach with Bonito Flakes
        •   Marinated Vegetables
Side Dishes: Japanese Vegetables
        •   Burdock Root Kinpira
        •   Burdock Root Tataki
        •   Simmered Kiriboshi Daikon
        •   Kiriboshi Daikon Salad
        •   Buttery Kabocha Squash
        •   Lotus Root Salad
        •   Spicy Stir-fried Lotus Root
        •   Lotus-root and Tofu Burgers with Sweet and Sour Sauce
        •   Simmered Soy Beans with Konnyaku
        •   Crunchy Stir-fried Soy Beans
        •   Edamame Cheese
        •   Hijiki Seaweed with Carrots and Shiitake
        •   Hijiki Seaweed with Garlic
        •   Simmered Konbu Seaweed
        •   Nori Seaweed Bento
        •   Wakame Seaweed and Cucumber in Vinegar Sauce
        •   Wakame Seaweed and Beansprout Stir Fry
Little Bento Side Dishes
        •   Miso Soup Balls
        •   Tomato Soup Balls
        •   Decorative Sausages
        •   Other “Gap Fillers”
Dashi Stock Recipes
        •   Katsuobushi and Konbu Seaweed Dashi Stock
        •   Rice Sprinkles
        •   Konbu Seaweed Dashi Stock
        •   Shiitake Dashi Stock
        •   Chicken Stock

Tools and equipment
Types of Bento Boxes
Bento Box Accessories
Glossary
Index
Resources