Gyoza bento

Ingredients

• •3 gyoza (or other small dumpling)
• •1/2 cup sushi rice, cooked
• •1 large eggs
• •3/4 tsp sugar
• •1/4 tsp mirin
• •1 pinch salt
• •1/8 tsp soy sauce
• •1 chikuwa, thawed
• •1/4 Persian cucumbers, see instructions for prep note
• •1/4 cup broccoli, blanched
• •3 grape tomatoes
• •soy sauce, or other dipping sauce
• •furikake

Steps

1. 1Fill up half of the bento box with Japanese rice. Let it cool so that hot/warm rice will not warm up other cool food.
2. 2Pan fry leftover gyoza or bake in a toaster oven until it's warm. Allow to cool.
3. 3Mix together tamagoyaki ingredients until combined. See for cooking instructions: https://www.xanthir.com/recipes/showrecipe.php?id=id451
4. 4Slice cucumber lengthwise into thin sticks to fit inside chikuwa. Put cucumber inside chikuwa then slice at an angle into 3-4 pieces.
5. 5Pack cooled gyoza, tamagoyaki, and chikuwa cucumber. Fill empty spaces with blanched broccoli and tomatoes.
6. 6Sprinkle furikake on top of slightly cooled rice.
7. 7Pack soy sauce or other dipping sauce in a sauce container.
8. 8Cool down completely before closing the bento box.