Bento Box Basics — Ginger Soy Chicken Rice

Name: Bento Box Basics — Ginger Soy Chicken Rice
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 chicken thigh fillets; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sake; 1 tsp ginger, grated; 1 tsp honey; 2 cups cooked Japanese rice; 1 cucumber, thinly sliced; 2 tbsp rice vinegar; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp salt

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.

Total time

55 min

Prep

40 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Japanese

gluten-free

Ingredients

4chicken thigh fillets

3 tbspsoy sauce

2 tbspmirin

1 tbspsake

1 tspginger, grated

1 tsphoney

2 cupscooked Japanese rice

1cucumber, thinly sliced

2 tbsprice vinegar

1 tspsugar

1 tspsalt

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.

Calories

304

Protein

32.7g

Fat

13.2g

Carbs

9.4g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

1197mg

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