Teriyaki Chicken Bento is one of the very popular bento dishes, which is sold at almost every bento shop in Japan. By placing the Teriyaki Chicken on rice with a small amount of teriyaki sauce, the rice becomes so tasty like a Teriyaki Chicken Don. Choose colourful side dishes to brighten up the bento box.
Because bento is usually made mostly from leftover dishes or make-ahead dishes, the time indicated in this recipe only shows the time to pack the bento box.
- 1 cup cooked rice (note 1)
- 1 serving Teriyaki Chicken (note 2) sliced into 1½-2cm/⅝-¾” thick pieces
- ½ tbsp teriyaki sauce from Teriyaki Chicken
- ⅓ portion Dashimaki Tamago (Japanese Rolled Omelette)
- 30g/1.1oz Simmered Shredded Kelp (KONBU)
- 30g/1.1oz Cabbage Salad tossed in Shio Konbu
- 2 baby tomatoes
- 1 okazu cup (note 3)
-
Note: This instruction assumes that you use a double decker bento box.
-
Fill the bottom compartment of the bento box with the rice, allowing a 1cm/⅜” margin at the top.
-
Place Teriyaki Chicken pieces on the rice, then pour the teriyaki sauce over them.
-
Place the cabbage on one side of the top compartment of the bento box and place the partition divider next to it (note 3).
-
Place tomatoes next to the divider, then place Dashimaki Tamago.
-
Put Simmered Shredded Kelp in the okazu cup and place it next to the Dashimaki Tamago.
1. It is best to pack the cooked rice in a bento box while hot or warm as it is easier to shape the rice into the bento box.
2. Depending on the size of your bento box, you may need to adjust the size of the Teriyaki Chicken.
3. I had a partition in my bento box so that I only needed 1 okazu cup to put the simmered dish in. But if your bento box does not come with a partition, I’d suggest that you also put the cabbage in another okazu cup.
If your bento box does not come with a partition/divider, put the cabbage in another okazu cup so that the tomatoes do not get the flavour of the cabbage.
4. If you have a single layer bento box with no partitions, you can place the rice on one side and use okazu cups to separate the dishes with liquid from the other dishes. Please see the example photo of the single layer bento box in the post.