Teriyaki Chicken Bento Recipe
Bento lunch box with chicken teriyaki, rice, and vegetable
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Sake
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp Mirin
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 4-6 Shishito peppers (stems removed)
Other items for Bento
- Steamed Rice
- Furikake (rice seasoning of choice (optional))
- 6-8 cherry or grape tomatoes (optional)
- 2 lettuce leaves (optional)
Instructions
Making Teriyaki Chicken
- In a small bowl, combine Soy Sauce, Sake, sugar and Mirin. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook for 4-5 minutes. Flip the chicken, reduce the heat to medium, and continue cooking on the other side. Add the peppers to the same pan and cook and stir for 3-4 minutes.
- When the chicken is cooked through, add the sauce to the pan and cook until the sauce is reduced and the chicken is coated in the sauce.
- Cut the cooked chicken into 1/2" thick (13 mm) slices.
Assembling Bento
- Put Steamed Rice on one side of a Bento box, and sprinkle with Furikake. Place a lettuce leave as a divider between rice and chicken. Put sliced chicken and Shishito peppers over the lettuce. Then add tomatoes on the side.