Tonkatsu Bento

Name: Tonkatsu Bento
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 porsi
Cuisine: Indonesian
Ingredients: cooked Japanese short-grain rice ((enough to fill half of your bento box)); tonkatsu; tonkatsu sauce; cherry tomatoes; lettuce; red radish; broccoli; salad dressing

It‘s easy to pack a delicious Tonkatsu Bento lunch at home with a crispy pork cutlet leftover from last night‘s dinner. In this guide, I‘ll show you how to add steamed rice, salad, and fresh vegetables for a yummy Japanese lunch box to go. You‘ll want to finish every bite!

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1 porsi

cooked Japanese short-grain rice ((enough to fill half of your bento box))
tonkatsu
tonkatsu sauce
cherry tomatoes
lettuce
red radish
broccoli
salad dressing

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Before You Start: For the steamed rice, please note that ¾ cup (150 g, 1 rice cooker cup) of uncooked Japanese short-grain rice yields 2¼ US cups (330 g) of cooked white rice. See how to cook short-grain rice with a rice cooker, pot over the stove, Instant Pot, or donabe.
Fill up half of the bento box with cooked Japanese short-grain rice. Let it cool so that the hot/warm rice will not warm up the other cool food.
Meanwhile, take out your leftover tonkatsu from the refrigerator and bake it for a few minutes in a toaster oven until it‘s warm.
Place the tonkatsu on top of the cooling rice and drizzle tonkatsu sauce on top (or put it in a separate sauce container).
Wash the cherry tomatoes, lettuce, and red radish and pat dry. Cut if necessary. Place nicely in the bento box along with some blanched broccoli.
Pour salad dressing in a sauce container (I bought at a local Daiso, a Japanese dollar shop).
Let the contents cool down completely before closing the bento box.