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Bento Lunch Box Dishes

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It's good to avoid perishable food and liquidy food for bento. Here are some dishes for bento.

Tamagoyaki

Tamagoyaki is Japanese rolled omelet. It's often served in Japanese-style breakfast and is the most popular bento food.

Rice Balls

Rice balls are called onigiri in Japanese. Rice balls are usually shaped into rounds or triangles by hands. Onigiri are often put in Japanese bento lunch boxes.

Inarizushi

Inarizushi is known as brown bag sushi. Sushi rice is packed in seasoned aburaage (fried tofu) pouches. Inarizushi is easy to eat, so it's often put in a bento lunch box.

Teriyaki Chicken

Marinated and pan-fried chicken is easy to make and is a good bento food. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces before packing.

Shogayaki

Pork slices are marinated in ginger-flavored sauce and stir-fried.

Asazuke

It's a quick pickle with hakusai which goes with steamed rice.

Apple Rabbits

Rabbit-shaped apple pieces are often packed in bento boxes to please kids.

Kinpira Gobo

Braised gobo (burdock root) is a traditional side dish which goes with plain steamed rice.
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