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Bento Box Basics — Ginger Soy Chicken Rice
A classic Japanese bento with sweet ginger soy chicken thigh, steamed rice and quick-pickled cucumber. Glazing the chicken with the remaining marinade in the final minutes of cooking is what builds a sticky, caramelised coating rather than leaving it just lightly seasoned.
Ingredients
Instructions
Marinate chicken in soy, mirin, sake, ginger and honey 30 minutes.
Cook chicken in a pan skin-side down 5 minutes, flip, cook 4 more minutes. Glaze with remaining marinade.
Quick pickle cucumber in vinegar, sugar and salt for 10 minutes.
Slice chicken.
Pack rice, sliced chicken and pickled cucumber into bento boxes.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
