I remember my son was around two years old when he tried his first Ebi Fry (Fried Prawn). He immediately fell in love with this crispy crunchy prawn and it’s one of his favorite dishes since.
The Ebi Fry he had was a part of Japanese Bento that I purchased from a Japanese grocery store. He was still small to eat his own lunch so we used to share one bento. Ebi Fry Bento typically has only one large deep fried prawn along with several side dishes, and the whole prawn was gone before I realized.
When my son was first born, I continue to cook but did not deep fry food because you need full attention when deep frying. Stepping out of the kitchen can be very dangerous when you’re deep frying (Please stay in the kitchen at all times while deep frying!).
When I learned that he really, REALLY loves Ebi Fry, I occasionally made it for him when my husband was around. It was a real treat for all of us. Several years already passed by since then, but my son’s love for Ebi Fry hasn’t changed a bit. I knew his face would brighten up when he sees Ebi Fry in his lunch box. So I made it again.
Previous Dinner was: Ebi Fry
Lunch Next Day:
- Ebi Fry Bento
- Small fruit box
- Water bottle
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Ebi Fry Bento
Ingredients
- cooked Japanese short-grain rice
- ebi fry (pre-cooked)
- lettuce (for garnish)
- tomato
- broccoli (pre-blanched, see Notes)
- Tamagoyaki (Japanese Rolled Omelette) (pre-cooked)
- furikake (rice seasoning)
Instructions
- Fill up half of the bento box with Japanese rice. Let it cool so that hot/warm rice will not warm up other cool food.
- Reheat leftover ebi fry in a toaster oven until it's warm thoroughly.
- Wash lettuce and tomatoes and pat dry. Place nicely in the bento box.
- Pack cooled ebi fry on top of lettuce.
- Put tamagoyaki in the bento box.
- Sprinkle furikake on top of rice.
- Cool down completely before closing the bento box.
Those shrimp look amazing!
Nothing better than fried prawns! Any kind of seafood seems to take to frying well. Another fun and beautiful bento. 😉 I love all the bentos you’re making. Really good stuff – thanks.
Mmm, this would be my favorite too! I love all of your bentos!
No two lunches are the same, Nami. Your son must delight every time he opens his lunch box. Many people in Ireland just a little older than me can recite what they had for school lunch on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday… because their State-aid lunches had only 5 variations, and I think they all rhymed: Jam, Spam, Ham… if only they’d had you in charge of the lunch menu!
My kids have some serious lunch box envy when they see these beautiful bento lunches your son gets.:) I love the shrimp… looks fantastic. 🙂
If I was your son, I would come home with an empty bento box too! Looks so good.
全部美味しそうです。They all look delicious!
完璧なエビフライ弁当のやり方を教えてくださってとてもありがたいです。
Very grateful to you Nami-san, for sharing the how-to for perfect shrimp fry bento.
Nami this is stunning. I really love bentos and wish my kids were younger so I could have some fun with them. It’s such a cool idea.
Looks good! I can never forget the tutorial of rolled omelet. I even showed it to my husband, that how neatly you do all videos.
Oh wow…this looks SO good. How I wish I can have that for lunch…and even dinner 😀
Nami, your son is really lucky to get such a delicious home made lunch box!
Now I learned as well the difference between Ebi Fry and Shrimp Tempura, very interesting. Thank you for sharing!
This bento looks delicious. I like how you package it too.
Carmen
Thank you so much for your kind words Carmen! 🙂
I don’t eat prawns but but boy this crispy looking one makes me wish I did.
Does the prawn still stay crispy in a bento? I love fried shrimp and I know I’d love this but never thought to put it in a lunch box!
I cannot compare the crispiness level compared to right after deep fried (this is the best!). However, if I re-heat by toaster oven in the morning, let it cool down completely and pack in the bento box (therefore no moisture after closing the lid), it’s pretty decent. However, since I grew up eating bento in Japan, I’m used to eating room temperature bento… so my standard for bento may be different from you though. 🙂
It looks beautiful and very appetizing!
Cheers,
Rosa