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Chicken Teriyaki Bento チキン照り焼き弁当

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TGIF!  How was your week?  I cannot believe we are already at the end of September.  Didn’t schools just start not long ago?  Just like any other families with children, I sometimes find it difficult to prepare dinner with everything that’s going on.  I cook dinner almost everyday, so quick and easy recipe like Chicken Teriyaki comes in handy.  It’s especially tasty with the homemade sauce.

If your rice cooker has a timer, you can wash rice and set it to be ready for your dinner time.  I defrost chicken in the morning before I drop off my children at schools.  And when I come home for lunch after picking up my daughter, I quickly marinade the meat.  If you are working full-time, you might have to plan ahead so that you can marinade the chicken before going to work.

About 40 minutes prior to dinner time, you can start cooking the chicken.  While you are doing so, you can make quick Miso Soup and simple salad.  If you still have some time, you can make another quick side dish like Sunomono (Cucumber Salad).  There you go, healthy homemade food!

I wish everyone a fantastic weekend.  I definitely need to catch up some sleep as well as some blogging work, and of course have some fun with my family.  Enjoy!

Previous Dinner was:

Chicken Teriyaki

Chicken Teriyaki (I used chicken thigh WITHOUT skin this time), and quick side dish Sunomono (Cucumber Salad).

Sunomono

Lunch Next Day:

Teriyaki Chicken Bento 2 | Just One Cookbook.com

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Chicken Teriyaki Bento
Chicken Teriyaki Bento | Just One Cookbook.com
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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 
Course: Main Course
Servings: 1 Bento
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Fill up half of bento box with Japanese rice. Let it cool so that hot/warm rice will not warm up other cool food.
  2. Reheat leftover Chicken Teriyaki in a frying pan until it's warm thoroughly.
  3. Wash lettuce and tomatoes and pat dry. Place nicely in the bento box.
  4. Pack cooled Chicken Teriyaki on top of lettuce.
  5. Put Sunomono in a silicone cup and put it in the bento box. Make sure you do not include any liquids.
  6. Pack Apple Bunnies in an open space in the bento box.
  7. Sprinkle furikake on top of slightly cooled rice.
  8. Cool down completely before closing the bento box.
Recipe Notes

[Please read FOOD SAFETY TIPS .]

If you are using a thermal bento box like Thermos, you do not need to cool down before closing lunch box.

This lunch is for my 6-year-old son.


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Click here to see how to make  Apple Bunnies (Apple Rabbits).

Apple Bunny | Just One Cookbook.com

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  4. Helooo Nami! what a wonderful lunchbox. It looks too delicious, and the cucumber salad as well. I’ve been canal boating through beautiful English countryside these last two weeks with my sister from Canada, cooking like crazy and loving it all. Have a lovely restful weekend!

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  9. Beautiful and delicious; and even the apple being cut out so nicely! The cut out looks like a tulip flower! Your son’s schoolmates must be full of ‘jealousy’ after looking this delicious bento. Does your hb request for bento set too? 🙂

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  18. Well, I have ordered the Chicken Teriyaki Bento before and it didn’t look near as pretty as this! 🙂 What a beautiful box of healthy and delicious food! I wasn’t familiar with Furikake so thanks for introducing me to a new seasoning! I do love the simplicity of sprinkling rice with a blend of herbs and spices. Of course I do love your recipes for all of the ingredients in this box. what a gorgeous lunch!

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  19. I love these bento dishes that you are coming up with. It also give busy mom and dad ideas on how to manage their meal and meal that they can take to work. My son would love this teriyaki bento to take to school. Thank you, Nami and wishing you a very nice weekend! 🙂

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  21. Nami… I would love the Teriyaki chicken, but those apple bunnies….. AWESOME! I feel like I’m just putting bland, boring stuff in my kids lunch boxes… your bentos are so beautiful and fun! I need to up my game and do more cute stuff with veggies and fruit. My kids would really love the apple bunnies. I finally got them some good thermoses so they are finally taking a hot lunch to school from me. Next…. apple bunnies! Yay! Have a great weekend. ~ Ramona

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  26. My Friday was awesome! I met Eva and had lunch with her and her husband in Paris (Korean barbecue! Soooo good!) 🙂

    I bet your son has the best damn packed lunch in the whole class with this Nami – certainly the most flavoursome and healthy. Some of the junk kids eat these days….. 🙁 I see people walking to school munching candy bars and potato chips, washing it all down with a can of Coke… and this is at 8am – breakfast time! 🙁

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  31. Kimmi

    Thanks for the instructions on making the apple bunnies!! Recently, I’ve been packing a banana and some grapes with my lunch, but it’s time for some variety. =) I usually use a little lemon juice to keep apples from browning, but I’m going to try the salt water technique you mentioned!

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    • Hi Kimmi! Japanese use salt water for apples, and I didn’t know about lemon juice until I came to the US. 🙂 Salt water always work perfectly, so please give it a try when you don’t have a lemon! 🙂

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  33. It’s sounds like you’ve got everything down perfect and are on a great schedule. I remember those days. They were a repeat of the day before and went clock work. If something got in the way I got all off course.

    Love this chicken and the nice way you organize it Bento style. I saved this recipe before but never made it. Glad you posted again so I can make it this time.

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  35. Lovely bunnies…!!! Incredible the year is over, just 3 months and we will be on the 2013. Sometimes I have a hard time with Adriana, well, not me because she has lunch at the school, so her teachers have to deal with her. The food at school is excellent, but not for her, so she always asked me for a lunch box, but I can’t, I can’t make something like your bentos.

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  53. At the moment I mostly sit at home and study for my exams, but next year when I start a PhD I’ll work at an office mostly and then I’ll make a lot of lunch boxes for myself. I love the bento concept because it’s so balanced and fresh, and everything is so organized and kindly arranged. I think my bento would have vegetables, fish or chicken, and brown rice or legumes. Looking forward to that already! 🙂

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  60. I wish I had a chicken teriyaki Bento right now for dinner! It is so hot outside I don’t want to cook dinner tonight, wouldn’t a lovely Bento be perfect right now, I wish you delivered these Nami;-) Chicken thighs without skin are my favorite part of the chicken, they look good with the teriyaki sauce;-)

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  65. The apple bunnies are so cute! I’ve heard bento is popular among moms trying to get their children to eat more, by making food into cute shapes, etc. My sister uses tricks to get her daughter to eat, and says to me, “We never needed extra incentive to eat when we were little.” lol I think chicken terayaki and apple bunnies would definitely do the trick.

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  66. kok77

    Hey! I just love how you explain how to make these pretty bentos. I’m not a Japanese, and how these pretty and tasty things are made are such a mystery to me. Maybe one day I’ll try sprucing up my bento like this. 🙂

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