Another weekend went flying by. I cooked and shot four recipes on Saturday and got to have dinner with my friend Melanie from Far West Rice. My husband’s cousin and his family are visiting from Japan and we had a great Sunday lunch at the Beach Chalet in San Francisco. It’s one of our favorite places to go since my husband loves their beer and I love watching the ocean waves through their glass window on a clear sunny day.
As the weekend is coming to an end, even though Monday is a minimum day for my son’s school (which means school dismisses before lunch), I start thinking about what to pack for this week’s lunch menus.
If you follow my Bento (lunch box) Series, you probably noticed that I usually put the leftover in my son’s lunch box from previous dinner menu. I also pack leftovers in individual containers and freeze them for later bento use. This is helpful when you eat out and do not have leftover to pack for next day’s bento.
Previous Dinner was:
My family’s favorite Hamburger Steak!
Lunch Next Day:
- Hamburger Steak Bento
- Fruits
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Hamburger Steak Bento
Ingredients
- cooked Japanese short-grain rice
- hambagu (hamburger steak)
- broccoli (pre-blanched)
- tomato
- celery
- frozen or canned corn (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 hamburger steak in a frying pan until it's warm thoroughly.
- Pack cooled Hamburger Steak in a silicone cup and put in bento box.
- Place broccoli, tomato, celery, and corn in the bento box.
- Sprinkle furikake on top of rice.
- Let cool completely before closing the bento box.
Thanks for the great recipe 🙂
Hello Maëlle! Thank you for reading Nami’s post and trying her recipe!
Hi Nami, thanks for sharing your beautiful bentos and awesome recipes with us. I love cooking Japanese cuisine (healthy and tasty, what else) and your blog is a real gem, to say the least!
Just thought I’d mention it in passing: there’s a problem with your links to the “Hambāgu steak” recipe (both links under “Previous Dinner” and “Lunch Next Day”). They point to “Garlic Miso Chicken Wings” instead. These look fab and I’m drooling over them right now, but they probably weren’t meant to be included in this post ! 🙂
From France with love,
Liz
Hi Liz! Thank you SO much for pointing out the error and I just updated with the correct link. It was previous Bento post, and I forgot to exchange the link! xD
I’m so happy to hear you enjoy cooking and eating Japanese food. Sometimes I wonder readers in the world have an access to Japanese ingredients and I get worried if my recipes are too difficult to make (due to lack of ingredients). So I appreciate your kind feedback!
Thank you so much for writing! 🙂
Thanks for sharing another great bento! I love the small touch of the corn that you included with the veggies. I would imagine that the smaller portion would make it easier to eat too! Today happens to be an off-work day for me… but I need to start thinking about this week’s lucnhes… =)
Thanks Kimmi! You are so right! My kids tend to eat more varieties of veggies and fruits when each portion is small (besides their favorite veggies/fruits – they eat like crazy). Enjoy your off-work day! 🙂
Hi Nami,
I made the hamburgers steaks today and I want you to know they were absolutely delicious! The sauce was wonderful and the hamburgers were very tender and moist. I will be making this a lot in the future, I’m sure. Thank you for the lovely recipe.
Greetings from the Netherlands!
Hi Cristine! Thank you so much for trying this recipe. I’m really happy to hear you you enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for your feedback – you made my day! 🙂