Bento Box – Beef & Pork Patty Bento (Menchi Katsu Bento)

Method5 steps · about 10 min

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   Step 1: Start with fully cooked small Menchi Katsu, ready-cooked rice (1 cup) and prepared, cooled snow-pea salad and pickled celery. Pack the cup of warm cooked rice in the rice section of a clean bento box and let steam escape briefly while arranging the other dishes.

   Uses 1 cup ready-cooked rice

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   Step 2: Line the main compartment with washed, dried shredded lettuce. Put both fully cooked, cooled small beef-and-pork cutlets on the lettuce, leaving some leaves visible around them.

   Uses The same box with all packed rice · A handful of washed, dried shredded lettuce · 2 small fully cooked Menchi Katsu (beef-and-pork cutlets), about 4 × 6 cm each

3. 3

   Step 3: Put all one-fifth cup prepared snow-pea salad in one food-safe liner and the heaped tablespoon prepared pickled celery in a second liner. Keep their liquids separated.

   Uses ⅕ cup prepared Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad (Nibitashi) · 1 heaped tbsp prepared Simple Pickled Celery

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   Step 4: Fit the two filled side-dish cups beside the cooked cutlets, filling the available space without mixing their dressings into the crumbs.

   Uses The same partly filled bento box · Both filled side-dish cups

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   Step 5: Put the two washed tomatoes on the lettuce. Pack the prepared Menchi Katsu sauce in a separate small sealed food-safe container and add it to the cutlets only when eating. Eat promptly, or refrigerate promptly and keep chilled with ice packs during transport until lunch.

   Uses The same assembled bento · 2 mini red tomatoes, washed · Prepared Menchi Katsu sauce for serving, as desired