Chicken Soboro Bento

Name: Chicken Soboro Bento
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 5 ounces (150 g) ground chicken; 2½ teaspoons sugar, divided; 1½ tablespoons (23 ml) plus dash soy sauce, divided; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) mirin; 1½ teaspoons sake; 2 large eggs, beaten; Pinch salt; 2 cups (330 g) Steamed Rice; 20 snow peas, blanched and thinly sliced; 2 teaspoons chopped benishoga (pickled red ginger), for garnish; 2 teaspoons chopped benishoga (pickled red ginger), for garnish

Preparation info

Yield:
2
Servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
20 min

Appears in

Simply Bento

By Yuko and Noriko

Published 2018

About

Chicken soboro is cooked ground chicken flavored with soy sauce and some sweeteners. It is often served over steamed rice, with finely scrambled eggs and snow peas or green beans. As soboro can be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator for a few days, it is a perfect bento dish.

Ingredients

Chicken Soboro

5 ounces (150 g) ground chicken
2½ teaspoons sugar

Asia
Japan
Main course

Method

In a medium saucepan, combine the ground chicken, 1½ teaspoons of the sugar, 1½ tablespoons (23 ml) of the soy sauce, the mirin, and sake. Cook the chicken over medium heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula and breaking up the meat, until the sauce has evaporated.
In a small nonstick skillet, combine the eggs, the remaining 1 teaspoon sugar, salt, and