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This video of how to make "Bento", a Japanese boxed lunch including step-by-step instructions and the ingredients for Bento.

"Bento" ingredients:
(serves 1)

- Potato Salad -

• 40g Potato (1.41 oz)


• 10g Carrot (0.35 oz)


• 400cc Water (1.69 u.s. cup)


• 1/2 tsp Salt


• 4cm Cucumber (1.57 inch)


• A pinch of Salt


• 1 tbsp Sweet Corn


• 1/2 tsp Vinegar


• A pinch of Sugar


• A pinch of Black Pepper


• 1 tsp Mayonnaise



• 1 Cherry Tomato


- Chicken Karaage -

• 50g Chicken (1.76 oz)


• 2/3 tbs Kimchi Base

or 1/2 Soy Sauce + 1/2 Sake + Grated Garlic

• 1 tsp Potato Starch


• Frying Oil


- Honey Glazed Pumpkin -

• 40g Pumpkin (1.41 oz)


• Honey


• Toasted Black Sesame Seeds



• 1/8 Apple


- Onigiri -

• 140g Fresh Steamed Rice (4.94 oz)


• Noritama Furikake - Egg & Seaweed


• Yukari Furikake - Red Shiso Leaf


• 2 sheets of 19×5cm Toasted Nori (7.5x2 inch)


- Spinach Tamagoyaki -

• 1 Egg


• 40g Spinach (1.41 oz)


• 1 tsp Soy Sauce



• 1 Vienna Sausage


• 1/2 tsp Oil

**Trick to make bento in the busy morning is preparing the ingredients the night before or using premade ingredients from the market.

** Recently, bento regained its popularity in Japan for its safe and balanced diet and many Japanese bring their own bento to school and work.

About Music:
Frederic Chopin - Valse in D-flat major "Minute Waltz" - Op. 64 No. 1 Play by Muriel Nguyen Xuan, recording by Stephane Magnenat Creative.