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Bento Box – Beef & Pork Patty Bento (Menchi Katsu Bento)
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
 

Beef & Pork Patty Bento (Menchi Katsu Bento) consists of cooked rice, Menchi Katsu as a main, a couple of vegetable dishes and fresh salad leaves with tomatoes. Make small size of Beef & Pork Patties so that they can fit in the bento box nicely, allowing for other side dishes to go in.

Having the sauce in a separate container is strongly recommended.

Because bento is usually made mostly from left-over dishes or make-ahead dishes, the time indicated in this recipe only shows the time to pack the bento box.

Serves: 1
Author: Yumiko
Ingredients (tbsp=15ml, cup=250ml)
Instructions
  1. While the rice is still hot or warm, place it in the rice compartment of the bento box and let it cool.

  2. Place shredded lettuce and then Menchi Katsu on the lettuce, allowing some lettuce leaves next to the Menchi Katsu to be seen.

  3. Place Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad and Simple Pickled Celery in an okazu cup individually.

  4. Place these cups next to the Menchi Katsu to fill the space (note 6).

  5. Place tomatoes on the shredded lettuce.

Recipe Notes

1. The standard size in the recipe uses just over 60g of mince/ground meat per patty. For a bento box, 40-45g mince would be better. In other words, out of 2 standard patties, make 3 smaller patties.

2. Shredded cabbage is the best as an alternative because the sauce goes well with it.

3. You can substitute with boiled carrots or strawberries.

4. See the post for the sauce container samples.

5. Okazu cups are the paper or aluminium cups specifically made to put a small amount of food in. They look just like the cupcake liners but more durable against liquid. Please visit my post Yakitori Bento for sample photos. You can buy okazu cups at Japanese grocery stores and Daiso discount shops.

6. I placed the warm salad near the shredded lettuce so that the tomatoes sit next the warm salad. Remember, green and red are complimentary colours in the colour wheel.