After two long weeks, my routine is finally back to normal when my husband came back from his business trip yesterday. I realized how much I rely on him on day-to-day tasks around the house and helping with the children. Now I can get back to focusing more on my blog work besides parenting.
Lately I received positive feedback from readers that my recipes are very easy to prepare even on busy weekdays (thank you!). I’m happy to suggest to you one of our family’s favorite recipe again, and that’s Garlic Miso Chicken.
Have you tried the combination of garlic and miso? It is very delicious, just the right amount of saltiness and savory. For this recipe, I only used common Japanese condiments miso, soy sauce, and mirin. We really love the marinade and I hope you will enjoy this recipe.
Previous Dinner was:
Garlic Miso Chicken (I used chicken thighs this time).
Lunch Next Day:
- Garlic Miso Chicken Bento
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- Onigiri (Rice Ball)
- Garlic Miso Chicken
- Strawberries
- Kiwis
- Cherry tomatoes
- Broccoli (pre-blanched, see Notes)
- Make Onigiri and let it cool.
- Reheat garlic miso chicken in a frying pan or toaster oven. Set aside to let it cool and pack in bento box.
- Cut strawberries and kiwis into small pieces.
- Pack fruits, cherry tomatoes and broccoli in the bento box..
- Make sure all the foods cool down completely before closing the bento box.
Broccoli: How to freeze food for Bento, click here.
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* This lunch is for my 6-year-old son.
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This chicken looks absolutely delicious! Just one night of patience…
Hi CK! I wouldn’t recommend to freeze the chicken WITH marinade. As you know, miso and soy sauce are both quite salty. You just need to marinade for a short time and it’s perfect. I understand the convenience though. If you use boneless, and cut the meat smaller size (for faster marinade), you actually need to marinade (in all ingredients) for a several hours, not even over night. Marinade is very quick to make so hope you can just combine chicken and marinade in the morning before you leave the house to prep dinner. Hope that helps. 🙂
Such a cute bento box! Your son is very lucky! =)
Your recipes are such a lifesaver on weeknights. =D
Thank you Candice! xo 🙂
I made the Garlic Miso Chicken two days ago and it is so good. We have to always encourage/bribe our 3 year old son to eat meat but once he tasted the chicken he said “MMMmm” and when I asked him what he wanted more of he said chicken.
Thank you so much for posting the recipe.
Hi Kat! I’m so happy to hear you liked this garlic miso chicken recipe! I’m especially happy that your son enjoyed it. You made my day! 🙂